Yesterday made my new career official. After sitting in The Department of Revenue office for an hour playing peak-a-boo with a Hispanic couples little boy who kept diving for my coffee and hiding under my chair, my trade name and business license were approved! Although it is only a piece of paper I am terribly excited for the possibilities ahead. Though playing with the little boy took up some of the waiting time, sitting for an hour is not really my forte. By the time my number was called I had decided to register another trade name after hearing two women in front of me talk about their jewelry business...What the heck, all these ideas that seem to sprout in my head daily maybe I will pursue another sometime! And I certainly did not want to sit through the waiting room anytime soon.

Since I was downtown I thought I would drive around a bit. I had been meaning to stop into a store/gallery called Design Within Reach since learning they had opened in Denver awhile ago. Being over confident at times with my sense of direction it took several loops around the Cherry Creek North neighborhood to even find a place to park. Part of the problem was my slowed driving to look around, but finding a spot on Clayton St. I was close enough to walk everywhere I needed to go. Getting out the car I stood in front of a realtors info box for the office condo I had parked by.

Like any curious person I grabbed a sheet describing the beautiful brick Tudor neighbored by these gated courtyards of townhouses they shared. Seeing the floor plan, my hopes of finding DWR flew out the window. Slowly walking to the Starbucks on the corner my mind raced with all the ideas a person (or maybe me=) could do with the prime business location!

Those who have talked to me lately about me newest ventures all seem to give the same wide-eyed straight smiled response, as not to give away they think I am crazy, but still want to be supportive..."wow"...."Now what exactly are you going to do?"

I know I am not the only one out there with dreams that seem out of the norm. And maybe someday I will learn to keep my mouth shut to keep some credibility, but what if my extreme positive assurance allows someone to take a small step in expressing their closeted ideas? How great would that be. And it would make all theses wide-eyed responses worth it.

As to what I am doing, I will get to that later.