12.11.2005
Ooooooooooooooooooo!
There are those of you who are wondering if I am alive, but the jury is still out on that one. I could be a ghost, and it would serve you right. Actually, I probably am a ghost because I am a very haunting individual. There was a ghost story I used to read when I was a kid. I don’t remember the title, only that it was about a group of trick-or-treaters who found a spirit amongst them. It wore a blue cape and sang a song: “I am me / And I’ve been granted / A strange, strange power / For I’m enchanted!”
That’s precisely how I feel . . . minus the blue cape, the power, and the enchantment.
(All right, I’m lying about the cape.)
So my business is open. It’s not booming, but it’s steadily increasing. I think my employees feel bad for me, that it’s not an instant success, but if it had been an instant success, I would probably be hiding in the mop closet right about now. For a year, the only thing that kept me going was the vision of having my dear friend Natalie Douglas sing at the opening, and now that this has gloriously come to pass, I feel as if my store has had a benediction of jazz and color. Nothing can go wrong now . . . it can only go right slowly, which is exactly where I need to be.
Where I don’t need to be is working sixteen hours a day, and I’m trying to stop this. My average this week is about twelve, and I had the audacity not to go in at all today, even though I had planned to up until the last moment. Today, I am lounging around eating homemade shortbread cookies and thinking about going to a movie. This is so scandalous I can barely stand to write it. What I forgot to tell you is that I’m expecting a phone call any moment, telling me that my business has gone up in a puff of smoke because I was not present to hold things together with the force of my eroding will.
In other news, there is no other news. I just hope I remember how to post a blog entry, as I will feel awfully foolish if I'm the only one reading this.
posted by
David at 3:31 PM
What's the name of the biz and where can we find it when we out-of-towners come to Baltimore on business?
posted by: Jeffrey on 12.11.2005 at 4:36 PM
Or at least, what sort of business is it?
posted by:
sam on 12.11.2005 at 6:53 PM
The guilt, oh the guilt! I feel it too. Today, coming out of the movie, I thought, "Oh no! I had my phone turned off for 2 hours! What if something happened at the store!?!". Then you called.
Things like Christmas shopping and sewing feel like forbidden pleasures.
Now, if I could only quit freaking out about being to work on time. I know the day I feel confident that I did set both alarms correctly is the day something goes wrong and I'm LATE!
posted by: Amy on 12.11.2005 at 11:24 PM
I think I know the reason the store has had a benediction of jazz... don't worry, I'll put some other stuff on there soon...
posted by:
jwer on 12.12.2005 at 9:32 AM
You are the only one reading this. We are all ghosts. Ooooooooooooo.
What IS the name of the place, and can we out-of-towners order things over the internet?
posted by:
David on 12.12.2005 at 11:23 AM
"The time we enjoy wasting is never time wasted" - Bertrand Russell
posted by: campbell on 12.12.2005 at 12:05 PM
I assumed that the long pause between postings was due to your new business venture!
Your legions of fans breathlessly await your return!
posted by:
Hanuman on 12.12.2005 at 12:38 PM
Good luck with everything!
:)
Your store is pretty and nice.
posted by:
Cara on 12.13.2005 at 11:26 PM
Ooooh! You're back! I'm so happy for you!
Now stop working 16 hour days, it just isn't DONE. Balance, perspective, blah blah blah.
I love jazz.
posted by:
Mush on 12.15.2005 at 3:44 PM
Best of luck on your new venture and congrats on the opening!
posted by:
Coffeedog on 12.18.2005 at 12:36 PM
I'll bet you've been so busy you won't even recognize this guy, a potential customer who lives in a big house about 40 miles south of bluehouse. Love, b
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posted by: barb on 12.19.2005 at 12:01 PM
Jeffrey and Sam: It is a secret store hidden in an alley that isn't there when you come back to get someone to remove the curse on the vase you bought.
Amy: I'm right there with you, babe. :)
Jwer: That wasn't what I meant. Now if I had said "never-ending jazz" . . .
David: The e-commerce site will be up early next year, and you'd better believe you'll be hearing about it!
Campbell: So what's your point?
Hanuman: The word "fan" always brings to mind a particular scene in Mommie Dearest.
Licketysplit: Howdee do?
Starbender: Thanks!
Cara: You are pretty and nice, too.
Mush: How about 17?
Coffeedog: Thanks!
Barb: How would you like to wake up to THAT face every day?
posted by:
David on 12.21.2005 at 1:50 PM
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