Don't quit your day job, or do. Whatever.

I've been trying to find another job. Either something else part time to supplement the part time job I already have, or a full time position to replace this shit hole job. (Did I say that out loud?) Well, after months of searching, an opportunity knocked on my door, literally.
First I have to take you back to the summer, when we visited our state fair. There was a booth that had a big box full of cash that was blowing around and you had to guess how much money was in it. With your guess, you of course have to include your phone number, so they can call you if you win, and hassle you endlessly if you don't. We were already familiar with this company that sold a particular brand of vacuum cleaner. The RAINBOW. You may have heard of it. My mother-in-law has had one for over 20 years, and they are awesome. Expensive, but awesome. Well, the way they sell rainbows is by setting up appointments to demo it for you in your home. It's a type of pyramid scheme, where you sell, recruit more people to sell, and then make money off they're sales, and so on. But it is a good product, unlike some of the crap out there that is sold the same way. But I digress.
Since August, this company has been calling me pretty much every day, and knowing what they wanted, I simply didn't answer the phone. I figured if I won the contest, they'd leave a message. Then one night about a week ago, the phone rang and the caller ID showed a private line of a name I didn't recognize. Curious, I answered, expecting a wrong number. But no, it was rainbow! Tricky tricky. So now that I was in the clutches of the sweet sounding voice on the other end of the phone, I agreed to a home demo. We'd get a free 2 night hotel stay out of the deal, so why not?
Now we're up to date. The guy comes over and gives us the demo, and I'm surprised at how badly I want this machine! It really does do it all. It cleans the air, as well as the carpet. And you can even use it as a vaporizer, which I love! So, I'm smitten. After much discussion my husband finally says to me, "if you want to get it, then you have to work it off." Me? Sell vacuum cleaners? Seriously?
But then I ponder the situation. I would drive around and talk to people (a skill I was born with, BTW) about a machine that sells itself. And even if I sell nothing, after a certain amount of shows, I've earned back the money to pay for my rainbow. And if I do happen to sell, then I can call off the job search, and maybe even make enough to pay for all the things that I want to do to my house! This actually sounds kinda perfect! "Deal"
So now I'm a rainbow salesperson. I've only started training, and won't start actually selling until sometime next week. But I have to admit, I'm a little excited about it. I mean, if I get good at this, I could make all kinds of extra cash. And even if I suck, at least I got an awesome vacuum, right? Only time will tell if this was a good idea. I may be writing a week from now about how some old lady made me cry when she asked some crazy question that I couldn't answer and proceeded to berate me for being a silly vacuum salesman, when I should go out and get a real job, and have babies to take care of. Yes, only time will tell...