Work - and its pleasures?

I am looking for work. As the UK is still recovering from recession, this is not an easy task. Now I am not just looking for work, I am looking for a job that I will love. Now I just must sound plain mad, no? As a friend once said after I had asked him if he was enjoying his job: " It's work, Its' not meant to be enjoyable"
However, I have left Law to work with wines, so for me...yes, it is. It was supposed to be. I would love to mix business with pleasure. Unfortunately, this hasn't been always the case.
I have worked as a Sommelier (for a famous TV Chef, I might add) and that was...torture at its best. 60 hours a week under pressure. Heard a lot of rude, abrupt, unnecessary remarks from Managers and people pretending to be Managers. Swallowed a lot of my pride and tried to forget my anger by treating myself to a bottle of the best Cabernet or Sauvignon after the daily ordeal was over.  
I worked in Retail after that, and that was alright. I had fun with other wine Specialists, we had the wine tasting thing going on quite often. The boss was harmless to our ego and dignity.  It got boring eventually.
Alain de Botton has been one of my favorite writers. Since he published Essays on Love. But sometimes he gets it wrong. He has a new book out: "The Pleasures and Sorrows of Work", on which he quotes "work is one of the most exciting and most painful of our activities". Ok, I agree with painful, but exciting? Speak for yourself, Botton!
One of the most exciting days of my husband's work was when the shop he manages was robbed, mission-impossible style (When no one was there). I remember his eyes sparkling as he imagined the scene of the thieves coming down from the ceiling - probably wearing masks and who knows, maybe a leather catsuit! - and stealing electric showers.
Wow. How can any other day of work top that?
But you know...he is completely contempt with it. 
As for myself, after giving up my childhood dreams of being an actress, a singer or a ballerina- because frankly, I was mediocre in every single one of these forms of art - I am still looking for that job that will leave me enough time to improve my French, finish my wine studies, let me blog, twit, e-mail, facebook etc., travel, read, go to jazz clubs, cinemas, restaurants, do a dance or yoga class, whilst providing the money to do all of that. After all, there's much more to life than work, no?
Another friend once told me "Bless. You're such a dreamer".