
Productivity aside, I listened to a couple of really good audiobooks on the trips to and fro. On the way there, I listened to Veganist by Kathy Freston. She's a fun writer and I didn't find her to be very pushy with her "beliefs" like some proponents of the vegan lifestyle. Truth be told, I stopped listening part-way into the chapter about the mistreatment of animals raised for meat because (a) I couldn't handle the sadness and (b) I was already sold.
I quit eating meat (cold turkey, haha) in February of 2007. I did fine with it for 3 and a half years and even converted my sister for a time, but I had been dating Russ for a while and started to gain weight because we went out to eat so much to accommodate both our preferences. So I reluctantly started eating fish and progressed to chicken and turkey over the following 6 months. But I never felt good about the decision and, after being reminded of my convictions, I'm going back. Russ is ok with it, and he's usually a pretty good sport about my experiments in the kitchen. More to come about said experiments.

The second book [I'm still listening to] is What Should I Do with My Life? by Po Bronson. Oh, such a good book - it's like it was written for me! I try not to overspiritualize the idea of finding meaning in life, I just want to get to a place where I enjoy some part of my work every day, feel like I'm contributing to society in some way, and, for Pete's sake, don't have to sell anything. Is that too much to ask? But the trend in my work life has been to do something for a while, usually somewhere between 2 months and two years, get bored and quit. Let's look at my work history, shall we?
- holiday gift wrapper
- piano teacher
- church secretary
- fabric store worker
- seamstress for interior designer
- civil engineer
- veterinary tech
- drapery seamstress
- nanny
- wedding dress seamstress
- tutor
- *here's hoping* full-fledged teacher??