Do you feel energized when you work?
Um, when my boss isn't there.  When she is, I feel like my very soul is being drained from my body out of my eyes.  She is a joy sucker.  And the sad thing is, I know she doesn't mean to be.  She just doesn't know a lot about life and people and common manners.  Which is strange because she is more than twice my age; and yet I feel like I know so much more about life than she does.  She has never really had want for anything.  And so the prospect that I may have to have a second job or donate plasma is preposterous to her.  And I want to be able to say she is a good woman who means well because I really think in her closed minded little brain, she does.  But she is so self involved that she doesn't really follow through with her good intentions.  But when she isn't there, I feel like I have the freedom to do my job and get things done.

Do you feel creative when you work?
Not really.  My job isn't a terribly creative one.  Since I work through and get paid by a grant, there are a very strict number of regulations I have to follow.  I have very little free room to expand and implement the awesome ideas that I have.  I have been able to once in a blue moon.  Like, when the kids were learning about ancient Egypt, the lesson plan I came up with was brilliant.  They mummified apples, made cartouches, and learned about gods and goddesses.  It was a little more brilliant than it sounds.  But that was truly a blast.  And it makes me think it might do me well to be a History teacher.  Who knows?  Not me, that's for sure.

Describe what you consider work and what you consider play.  What are the differences?
Work is doing something that you have to do in order to make ends meet.  It can even be something you love, but if you have to do it to survive, it is work.  Play is something you do in your free time that you enjoy and don't feel pressured to do.  You don't have to do it for anyone but yourself.  For some reason, I consider answering this question work.  I think it's because I love my blog and I enjoy writing it.  But in order to complete it, I have to answer questions that don't interest me and that I find mundane.  Like this question.  A means to an end.