kadollan | Wow, do you think this might become a habit?

Okay, many of you know that I'm an "Avon Lady." Which is to say, I've been running an Avon business since 2002. When I quit working at MTSU, my business started to take off, but shortly after we were down to one car. When cybermathwitch went to work at Ye Olde Solutions of Med, I also lost having a second adult in the house during the day. Somewhere in the middle of all of this, I just got bad at it. I was depressed (who's shocked, really?) and I stopped following through. Around 3 or 4 months ago I just quit. My only helper emailed me to tell me she wasn't going to be my helper anymore (in large part due to how unreliable I had become) and I decided "Fuck it." I kept my account because I really like Avon products, but I wasn't selling it anymore.

Recently, I've been pondering the great "Do I go back to work" question, since dirocyn and I are in some serious financial straits. (That's fancy talk for "screwed"). I called our old day care, who used to be the cheapest in town, and found out that my two kids would be $740 a month. If I were to get a job where cybermathwitch works (not to mention every other adult in our coven saving dirocyn), and I were to make $10/hr, after taxes I would bring home $60. Unless we got insurance, in which case I would owe them money. I'm thinking this is what you call a bad plan.

I pondered seeing if LadyHawke or WalkingCrow would be able to help with child care, but I don't think that either of them need the extra stress right now. dirocyn is almost always in court in the mornings and home in the afternoons, but today, he had court at 1:00 p.m., so he didn't need to leave the house until noon. So, unless I work 3rd shift, trading the kids between us isn't much of an option.

Somewhere amidst all of this pondering it occurred to me that I could try Avon again. I now have a working vehicle, and I can be flexible enough that working around dirocyn's schedule won't be an issue. (Or at least not an insurmountable one). I went to our sales meeting last night, for the first time this year I think, and I have an appointment for lunch with Margot, our DM. (That's District Manager not Dungeon Master.)

The thing is, I never actually made any money the first go 'round. Note to self: Sell more than you buy.

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If any of my out of town friends want to help the needy, I'm set up as an e-rep.

http://www.youravon.com/rmaclaren

Passcode: Becky

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