Mundane Madness
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meccahiUgh. Monday can go Die In A Fire. It's been made of frustration and crankypants-ness.
This week is going to be pure madness. I have a scale mail mantle commission to finish by tomorrow ( *sigh* I need to charge more for rush jobs).. Then set up the shop tomorrow so that I can be ready for the dreaded Kid's Day on Wednesday.
Here's praying that my employees can wake themselves early enough to make it.
Their erratic behavior worked to my advantage on Easter Sunday... I told them to show up at 1pm since it was a Sunday, and all the good church folk wouldn't be showing up until beer could be legally sold.
2pm rolled around and they were still a no - show.. and by that time, I had conceded that Easter Sunday at the Georgia show..... blows. So. Slow.
It was nice having the time to make stock, and chat with my amazing neighbors... but the people that DID show up, were...well... the lower common denominator of the annoying kind. Obnoxious questions from people with no intentions of buying anything ( because really.. almost no one bought anything that day). Then children acting out and knocking things over in the booth.. Gah.
All in all just annoying. And being all girly and bleedy didn't help either.
I texted the couple and let them know that if they weren't on their way, to not even bother. I couldn't have afforded to pay them. Which is such a sad contrast to what last weekend was.
They DID however show up on Saturday...and while they were there...did a pretty passable job of being sales people. They're not the best with math so I have to make sure that they use calculators for everything.. But they made effort. The girl of the couple had massive energy in the morning.. but by mid afternoon just wanted to sit and not do anything. We were slow enough that it wasn't an issue, and her boyfriend covered everything.. but, I may just stick her on a stool in front of my earring display and have here work those. it may end of being that I get both of them, but only one of them is actually working...in which case.. they're getting one person's pay.
I'm on day 7 of no soda. I almost don't even think about it. I need to wean my dependency on flavored water now... but I found the little bottles of pure lemon juice so now.. instead of tasty chemicals I can add lemon juice instead.
I'm also at a week of my quest to eat healthy and to stay eating healthy... Today's lunch being a piece of baked chicken, a cup of air popped popcorn, half a cucumber with Cholula hot sauce, and for dessert, a small cup of blackberries with two squares of dark chocolate. ( I finally found the dark chocolate that I love so much).
And I can barely finish my lunch... it feels so decadent. I think I can manage this.
I've also started a food diary. If I make myself responsible for what I eat, and keep written proof, hopefully I can find where I'm going wrong, and what I can do to change it.
I'm desperately searching for a Bikram studio close to here.. but everything so far is in the 20 plus mile range..and with gas being what it is..I just don't see that being feasible.. So I might have to join a gym again. Meh.
But.. aside from my babbling.. I feel like the shop is at the brink of actually Being Something. I've been getting Etsy orders on a weekly basis now... instead of bi weekly or monthly ( had another order come in on Saturday morning). I'm trying to be a good little monkey and tuck money away every week into savings, and then just forgetting it exists. I'm not saving for anything in particular any more... just... saving.
Hrmmm.... It's time for a nap, and then to get with the scale-mailing.
This week is going to be pure madness. I have a scale mail mantle commission to finish by tomorrow ( *sigh* I need to charge more for rush jobs).. Then set up the shop tomorrow so that I can be ready for the dreaded Kid's Day on Wednesday.
Here's praying that my employees can wake themselves early enough to make it.
Their erratic behavior worked to my advantage on Easter Sunday... I told them to show up at 1pm since it was a Sunday, and all the good church folk wouldn't be showing up until beer could be legally sold.
2pm rolled around and they were still a no - show.. and by that time, I had conceded that Easter Sunday at the Georgia show..... blows. So. Slow.
It was nice having the time to make stock, and chat with my amazing neighbors... but the people that DID show up, were...well... the lower common denominator of the annoying kind. Obnoxious questions from people with no intentions of buying anything ( because really.. almost no one bought anything that day). Then children acting out and knocking things over in the booth.. Gah.
All in all just annoying. And being all girly and bleedy didn't help either.
I texted the couple and let them know that if they weren't on their way, to not even bother. I couldn't have afforded to pay them. Which is such a sad contrast to what last weekend was.
They DID however show up on Saturday...and while they were there...did a pretty passable job of being sales people. They're not the best with math so I have to make sure that they use calculators for everything.. But they made effort. The girl of the couple had massive energy in the morning.. but by mid afternoon just wanted to sit and not do anything. We were slow enough that it wasn't an issue, and her boyfriend covered everything.. but, I may just stick her on a stool in front of my earring display and have here work those. it may end of being that I get both of them, but only one of them is actually working...in which case.. they're getting one person's pay.
I'm on day 7 of no soda. I almost don't even think about it. I need to wean my dependency on flavored water now... but I found the little bottles of pure lemon juice so now.. instead of tasty chemicals I can add lemon juice instead.
I'm also at a week of my quest to eat healthy and to stay eating healthy... Today's lunch being a piece of baked chicken, a cup of air popped popcorn, half a cucumber with Cholula hot sauce, and for dessert, a small cup of blackberries with two squares of dark chocolate. ( I finally found the dark chocolate that I love so much).
And I can barely finish my lunch... it feels so decadent. I think I can manage this.
I've also started a food diary. If I make myself responsible for what I eat, and keep written proof, hopefully I can find where I'm going wrong, and what I can do to change it.
I'm desperately searching for a Bikram studio close to here.. but everything so far is in the 20 plus mile range..and with gas being what it is..I just don't see that being feasible.. So I might have to join a gym again. Meh.
But.. aside from my babbling.. I feel like the shop is at the brink of actually Being Something. I've been getting Etsy orders on a weekly basis now... instead of bi weekly or monthly ( had another order come in on Saturday morning). I'm trying to be a good little monkey and tuck money away every week into savings, and then just forgetting it exists. I'm not saving for anything in particular any more... just... saving.
Hrmmm.... It's time for a nap, and then to get with the scale-mailing.
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Date: 2011-04-26 04:13 am (UTC)Or are these people like this all the time?
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Date: 2011-04-26 02:34 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2011-04-26 09:33 pm (UTC)