At Your Service

In my reading and book browsing I've noticed a trend.

There's a protagonist, unhappy with job and life, who has something BAD happen, resulting in a life-altering twist of fate. Usually it involves wrong-doing by a man and by The Man. She often finds herself unemployed, either of her own free will or fired. No longer attached or employed, our girl now has to fend for herself. Apparently by resorting to temporary jobs which she would have deemed herself above doing, just a few short months ago. Suddenly our main character is living a life she may not have always dreamed of, but one that's even better.

A small sampling of these lucky characters:
The lawyer who takes a break from work and accidentally becomes a dog walker/messenger.
The woman who leaves the world of publishing and begins dog walking. (Having keys to her wealthy clients homes, allowing her to snoop, is a fringe benefit.)
A corporate housewife, whose husband takes up with a trophy blonde, finds work in a bakery, becoming the bread artisan she's always wanted to be.
Another lawyer, this one wrongfully fired, takes on pet sitting to pay the bills from her previously platinum-card lifestyle while she tries to clear her name.
These two friends play a game of "what if" and switch lives for six months after they both suffer romantic troubles.

The one thing these characters have in common? A previously charmed life. I'm pretty sure my bank account would not allow me the privilege of trying out one of these "menial" jobs for a short time. Maybe I'm just too practical. I couldn't help daydreaming a little at work today about giving 2 weeks notice and trying on some different shoes for a while, the kind that go for walks in the park. I could bake bread. I could watch pets and pick up dry cleaning, and any other freelance opportunity out there.

Is there a need for a personal book shopper I wonder?
That job is so mine.