The Kingdom of the Blonde Ninja

I realize the title of this post isn't going to make any sense at all to anyone who reads this blog with the exception of my husband who will understand all too well, and that's OK with me. On to bigger and better things that do make sense.

I never write about business here, aside from the random screenshot of a few websites I've colored in and like, but as is evidenced by my glaring lack of posts for three entire weeks, business is good. We've been busy building our empire, not to mention doing behind-the-scenes work on a number of other people's empires. It's fun, this business stuff and I'm as shocked at myself as I've ever been to discover I have a real talent for it, but there it is.

I went from disdaining the very idea of work (I mean, shouldn't I just be paid to be alive? Come on...) to being literally addicted to the growth of our business. We've moved in the last year to a referral *only* based practice, which means no more wild-cards in the deck of our clientele. It's safe to say that when you're a freelancer, a consultant, or anyone else who makes their living marketing themselves to other people, a referral based practice is *the* way to go. That can be a difficult place to find though, and we're oh-so-lucky to have amazing clients who pass our names around like trading cards.

Aside from building up other people's empires, we've gotten down to business on our own with major developments at two of our other websites and the purchase of three more (granted, one is the namesake of our future boy-child, but still, it's a meaningful addition to the lot.) I've spent every waking moment these past few weeks drafting ideas, designing advertisements and writing and submitting press releases while simultaneously mainlining hot tea into Hamid's exhausted body as he coded his gorgeous heart out to create the things I'm imagining.

I've always taken our business seriously, from day one realizing it was the literal thread that held us together - not because the business is our common bond but because it was what financially allowed us to remain together all this time. Ah, it was the work of destiny, bringing forth that Craigslist ad that invited me to apply for the magical job of being someone's virtual assistant, and the rest is history. Without that first client we'd have run out of money and had to separate at some point - I was almost tapped out from lazing around the world for a year when we met and Hamid wasn't really in a position to 'keep' me at the time. Couple that with he's Iranian, I'm American - well, you do the math.

Fortunately, the universe has been conspiring behind my back for ages - working out the details of my life and placing them before me in perfect order; each on a platter more golden and shiny than the one previous. I have no doubt that our business success, our own little empire, is an integral part of that grand scheme, but I'll still take the credit.