Plants Eating the Water in my Career Corner

Uh, oh. Have I ever been bad. No wonder I don’t have an agent. I have rocks in my career corner. And plants. Lots of plants. This is not good. Not good at all.

In case you fear that I have fallen off my rocker, I have been checking out a book on feng shui. As it turns out, my career corner happens to be located in my kitchen. (North) And a career area, if I have it right, is a water area in one’s life. Rocks and plants eat water. That’s where the ‘uh, oh’ comes in. After reading that I sprang up and put my rock collection which was on the northern most windowsill in a bowl and shoved it in my I-haven’t-read-that-far-in-the-book corner. Next up, plants. Problem is, I like having plants in the kitchen. I like the green, leafy, chi-making plants on top of my cupboards. I have removed two plants, but haven’t quite figured out a loophole to keep the other four.

My husband, who heard me muttering about chi, career corners and water eating rocks, warned me, “Be careful! Last time you messed with feng shui we ended up in this house. Are you ready for a major change in your life?”

While my memory is fuzzy, I’m pretty sure I pumped a fist in the air and bellowed, “Yes! I want an agent!”

I headed out of the kitchen with my water eating rocks. The phone rang.

“See, that’s my agent right now,” I replied.

It wasn’t. Maybe I do have to remove those plants. Or at least finish reading the chapter on career corners.