Playing Catch-up

Sometimes Dan, my husband, will ask me: are you always working? I'm at the point with my jewelry career where the answer needs to be "yes" because I'm playing catch-up with the business side of jewelry. Last fall I took some great entrepreneurial classes at the Women's Business Development Center in downtown Chicago. Boy do I wish I had taken these classes before I left my graphic design career in 2005, but I didn't. My business counselor reassures me that everything is okay and it will all get done in due time. So now I have grandiose to-do lists and am working on everything from cash-flow projections to choosing new gem colors to use in my designs. At any given point my head is spinning!

When that gets to be too much, one of my favorite past-times is catching a movie. I love renting movies and watching TV shows on DVD as well, but actually going to the movies is still a treat. On Saturday Dan and I caught "Juno" on the big screen in a still-crowded theater. I've been hesitant to run out and see it after so many people have shared their opinions with me, and after seeing a run of seemingly-similar quirky independent comedies ("Super Bad" and "Knocked Up"). But I loved it! The character Juno really captured my heart, even with her snarky, at times smarmy, attitude. Somehow it was all endearing and hilarious to me. It was also interesting to watch a coming of age story that wasn't preachy or delivering a particular message.

Dan is actually on the fence about the movie, which is even better because then we have lots to talk about. Nothing is harder to discuss than "I loved it" and "me too,"  so it's making the time between grocery shopping, doing laundry, and prepping for our Cooking Club's Moroccan night more enjoyable... and it was the perfect distraction from work, even though my to-do list still has plenty for me to tackle.