the world as i know it

bluebonnet season is my favorite time of the year. bluebonnets make me happy to live in texas. that lasts for about 3 weeks, and then i'm over it. once they die, i want to move to virginia to see the cherries blossom. someday...

it's been 2 weeks today since my store opened and life has been crazy ever since. we're pulling 11 hours days still, 6 days a week, and running on pure adrenaline. the money is coming in slowly, but i think it might take awhile for people to know that we're open.
being in charge of a big store is a weird feeling. i've done challenging things before and had a few cool jobs, but there's nothing like knowing you're completely responsible for a very large store, thousands of dollars, a fulltime staff, keeping the landlord and all the customers happy, and being the face and voice of the business. in the last 2 weeks i've had to become very comfortable with saying "i'm sorry, that's my fault." even when it's not my fault, it is. that's a great feeling, isn't it?
and now that i'm managing, i can't just decide to call in sick when i wake up and don't feel like working. when i was working at ken's store, i called in probably once a week because i thought i really couldn't work. and the days when i didn't call in sick, i would still walk around looking horrible and making little effort to hide the fact that it was a bad day. why ken asked me to run one of his stores, i have no idea. but i've learned very quickly that i can't just not go to work. and i can't mope around and complain all day because i have employees who want to sleep in just as badly, so i have to be cheery and try to make it a fun place to work, even on a rainy day. all that probably sounds stupid, but it's all new to me.

well all of us in this house are kind of "orphaned" this week. dad's in hawaii and mom's in canada so we've got the house to ourselves. we're living on our favorite foods--french toast, cookies, drpepper, pizza, and hot chocolate. you know, a healthy, balanced diet to make the parents proud.

it's 8:30 and we're all going to bed. we're so not cool.

goodnight...