He's Done

I think my husband may be done with me. Not in a "call the lawyers it's time to seperate the assets" type of way - more along the lines of shaking his head and wondering what exactly he married in to (while knowing full well he went in with his eyes open).

Last night, right before bed, I asked him what he would think if I went into (another) business with a friend of ours. To his credit he didn't say NO right away and gave the brief outline I presented him with as much thought as anyone can while getting ready for bed, but I have a feeling that he was just shaking his head.

I'm actually not talking about starting up another "real" business - more along the lines of starting up a "hobby" business that could potentially bring in a little bit of mad-money for this friend and I to have while we continue to funnel money into our respective real businesses (she also owns a business). I also think it's one of those one-hit-wonder type of ideas that I could see doing well for a max of 24 months and then it's time to shut up shop. Obviously there are pros and cons with this new idea which I'm just starting to work through and no business idea is foolproof so there's always the chance that money can be lost...but it's an interesting idea nonetheless and I think this other gal and I have a good grouping of mixed skills and experience that could help make it work.

In the "real" business world - my funk has lifted and I'm back on track getting ready for an upcoming tradeshow. I'm pretty excited that the show is in Las Vegas only because I haven't been there since I was 20 (yes, too young to go to the casino's) and want to get a sense for it - though in truth I'm not much of a gambler (outside of starting up businesses). I'm also excited because I got the list of confirmed attendees for this show and it's a really good mix. There are certainly those who are outside of my business niche (reptile retailers...yick!) but there appears to be a good number who do fall into my classification so we'll see how it goes.