Wanted: Inspiration!

I need some inspiration right now!

I need for my creative juices to be flowing!

My days are pretty busy

and my mind is blocked with

too much stuff!

I need to take a trip to one of the three

places that inspire me to create.

I love the sights, the smells and

the feel of these three places.

These places awaken the artist in me!

Telluride, Colorado

Taos, New Mexico

New Orleans

But NO!

I am stuck here trying to finish up

too many projects!

I am in a writing frenzy!

That's good, right?

Yes, two people have contacted me

to write sketches for them.

Why am I not more excited?

I don't get paid for a year...

if ever.

But I have to get back to work

and make money,

so I thought about opening

one of these...

there are a lot of vacant shops these days!

So I decided what kind of shop to open...

only to find out that...

there is already a pork store!

So I thought some more and created

a business plan for this store...

only to discover that Charles Lee

beat me to the punch!

I fear that most Texas towns

don't need two oyster stores!

In desperation, I settled on opening

a liquor store.

But who can compete with this guy?

So, I gave up.

I decided to just open an Etsy shop!

Besides, the work hours are much better

and I can work in my sweats!

Etsy shop premiere coming very soon!

And I am doing something else I didn't think

I would have to do...

polishing up the resume.

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!

I know, I know, I hate it too!

I gave 30 years to education...

don't I deserve to retire?

Evidently not.

In the meantime, I am still trying

to catch up at home.

I am still clearing out the overgrown lawn.

Lurch is still supervising.

I'm tending to the plants and landscaping...

cleaning up this nasty house...

making a few home repairs.

Oh, and I am reminded of this daily...

So any words of inspiration, my friends?