07 May
A few quail have recently moved into the parking lot at my store. Today one of them wandered a lot closer to the shops than I’ve seen before. So, this quail was pecking at the ground by one of my windows and then I heard a “thud” as he walked into the window. I thought that was cute… but then he backed up and tried again! *thud* Well, that didn’t work so he got back a little farther and tried again! *thud* He did this a total of 5 or 6 times… *thud* *thud* *thud* Each time, going back almost to the end of the sidewalk… I felt so bad I almost wanted to let him in but he gave up and flew away, probably with a spinning head. I’ve never seen anything like that in my life! It almost rivals the finch that was exploring my store a couple months ago.
I imagine if Alex was in the store with me he’d have done his classic super-loud laugh and scared it off sooner.
Click here for a large image of the bird
06 May
So, I get my nails done every other Tuesday morning at 8am. I get done at 9, which gives me an hour before my store opens to do things. Usually I just stop by my PO Box and get to the store a little early, but I had things to do. In that one hour, I stopped by Bank of America to get a cashier’s check to make my car payment, ordered more checks so I won’t have to get cashier’s checks, got change for my register, stopped by the credit union and dropped off my car payment, then went to Payless to get more shoes. My shoes were seriously fucked. I was risking the entire sole detaching from the upper part. Now my feet are boggling at the renewed comfort.
I got to the store around 10:05 and have already made 3 sales before 11:30. This is the universe rewarding me for doing things right.
01 May
When the order for two tables came through on my website I didn’t know if it was ever actually going to come to be, and I had no idea the roller coaster of shit I was in for.
To set this story up, I have hooked up with a guy who makes tables and he has designed a nice table that costs a lot less than it looks like it should. So, I put them up on my website, pointed some Google ads to it, and let it go. Last Thursday night, an order came across for two tables and some other random stuff. He called on Friday to finalize the arrangements. Now, this is the timeline as best I can remember it.
Players:
- C - the Customer, who lives in Rocky Point
- T - the guy who makes the tables
Friday, April 11
- C calls to specify what he wants his tables to look like. I provide a tentative quote. I told him I didn’t know when they could be done but I could find out. He said he would call back in a half hour while I got a hold of T to find out. C wanted to have someone pick them up on Saturday, but I told him that couldn’t happen that fast.
- I call T and find out that the felt he wants has to be ordered. I’m supposed to give C an estimated delivery date of Thursday.
- C doesn’t call back that day. I let T know about the order anyway.
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28 Apr
I am in the midst of my too-many-things-to-do paralysis, sitting 12 tabs deep in wikipedia articles about alcohol and alcoholism, and I just came across this.
Alcohol Flush Reaction
Symptoms include a hot, red face, dizziness, light-headedness, increased pulse, drowsiness… these are all things I experience with just one drink. In fact, even a sip or two of an alcoholic drink can give me a mild head buzz and everyone thought I was crazy or making it up.
From what I can tell, if I do in fact have this condition, it means that I am lacking some enzyme that helps in the process of breaking down alcohol and therefore is rather toxic to me, causing the rapid onset of these negative symptoms, which is the body’s way of making sure you don’t do it any more.
I wonder if there is a definitive diagnosis available for this. Treatment is simply to avoid alcohol which I am just fine with as well. This just makes me less likely to even have one drink as I do sometimes in social situations.
