50 things to do in May.
1. clip back hedges
2. turn compost
3. plant magnolias
4. dead head hydrangeas
5. polish indoor plant leaves
6. build insect hotels
7...
Huh. There's heaps of things to do. Poor Slowy. She's never going to be able to do all this.
My sister said 'Why did you ever leave the library? There's always jobs there to do'
I said I got replaced by robots. I don't think I can go back. I'd just disrupt their automated system. Also, I got told off for reading the books.
Ok. Well I don't know. What else can you do?
Search me, I'm not good at anything. Mum says when I do the dishes, I just make them dirtier.
My sister admonished me. That's not the way to think. Be proactive!
I didn't know what she meant by that. Maybe easy for her to say, she'd always been the boss of everything she did. I just had to be the unfortunate recipient of everyone else's orders, which meant I had to follow them and not think for myself.
Unless I created my own business called 'Pay-my-bills.com'.
But as with all my brilliant ideas, I had no idea how to go about it, and if I tried, I would probably get in trouble with the authorities.
My sister said If I wanted to start my own business, I had to go to the bank to get a loan, and make a business case, because nobody would give me any capital without it.
How about I tell you a story, and you can pay me per word.
What like write a book?
Yes...
What are you going to call it?
I'm thinking of calling it 'The day the oil ran out'.
Er...
I did some calculations. It's about 32,000 words so far, so if I charge a dollar per word, surely the bills can be paid off this month.
My sister said, Selina, I think you need to find a real job.
