Domestic Geek

Oh, yeah...I get total control over what music I listen to when I have my own business. The stuff I'm listening to is making me tired and giving me a headache. I changed the tunes during lunch, but art director guy changed it back. Grrrr.

<sarcasm>I'm having so much fun, I must be dreaming. Somebody pinch me.</sarcasm>

I am so freakin' BORED today...and tired. I need a nap really bad. I usually catch up on sleep over the weekend. Didn't happen this week. Sitting cooped up in this dreary little office is the last thing I want to be doing today. *sigh* At least the owner took the art director out to lunch and I can make the post that I didn't get to yesterday.

Thanks to everybody who commented and emailed me advice yesterday about starting small businesses and grants. This is something I really, really want to do. I am so tired of the amount of my income being controlled by morons. I also hate not being able to control my work environment. I'm tired of being around filth and things that are broken. I've been working 60-70 hours per week for the last 9 1/2 weeks (wasn't that a movie?) and I feel I should have more to show for how hard I've been working. I'm really frustrated. I'm also not dillusional about how tough it's going to be to start a business. That's why I haven't quit my jobs and jumped in with both feet. I'm researching stuff and planning and all that mature stuff you're supposed to do as an adult.

Has anyone reading this ever bought a shirt (or any other merchandise) from Cafe Press? I was thinking of designing some stuff to try and sell there and then if anything takes off, have a large run of them done. If the quality of the products totally bite, though, I don't want to bother. Any info would be greatly appreciated.

I'm totally diggin' driving the new car. The best part--I'm only halfway through the tank that the dealer put in it on Friday. I've driven alot, too. I would've gone through two tanks in the old car. The sad thing is that nobody wants the poor little guy. I don't know what I'm going to do with him. I've got to get rid of it before the park owner starts complaining.

I am so bummed out about not having a garden. I broke down and bought a couple of tomato plants and a couple of other things that for the life of me I can't remember what they are (told you I need a nap) and I'm going to plant them in pots. Screw the park owners. If you keep raising my lot rent and everybody else around here can do whatever they darend well please, then so am I.

OK, I better get back to work.

Sorry I didn't make the promised post for Sunday. I'll probably do it once I get to work. They want me there between 7-7:30 now so that an artist can be available if the production floor needs changes to film, but I have to beat the art director about the head to get him to have stuff ready for me to do. Friday I didn't feel like pushing it since I wanted to go get a car, so I won't have any idea on what the status of the jobs are or what needs to be done. So, I'll work a little on a web project and I'll post.

I do have one small thing I wanted to throw out there this morning, though. Does anybody that reads this thing have any idea how a woman goes about finding government grant money to start a small business? I keep hearing about how the government wants women to become entrepreneurs, but all I was finding on the Internet yesterday was companies wanting to sell you books about it (like that Matthew Lesko guy). After reading review on Amazon about his books, I don't want to waste my money on that route. One guy in a review said if you wanted grants, go to the public library. I'm going to do that when I have a free moment. I've already knocked three major goals off my list for this year (graduate, get 2nd job, get new car), I want to get starting my business checked off as well.

Anyway, I'll post more about why this has become a front burner issue to me later today. Right now I need to stop procrastinating and go make dough. I'm sure the front door will give me problems again and now the swamp cooler in the back of the store is broken. I hate that place and need to get away.

Check out the newest addition to our family. Last night I became the proud owner of a yellow 2003 Subaru Baja.

It's not the one I was talking about last week...that one had already been sold. I took some photos tonight and posted them in the photo gallery. The main selling points for the one I got, even though I wanted a manual, was the bed cover and the bed extender. I was really interested in this 2004 white Turbo Baja that they had because it was a manual transmission and had the bed cover, but it was more expensive, had more miles and the bed was CARPETED! The whole point of a Baja is it is part truck. If you want carpet in your cargo area, get an Outback.

My car now needs a name. The old Subaru never told me what his name was. It may sound kind of stupid, but I feel bad for my old car. I feel like I'm betraying him after all I've put him through the past 7 years. Is that weird?

I found Marcus some Mexican Pepsi in a glass bottle. I'm not thrilled about the circumstances of the discovery, but he was glad I had found some. After conversing late with Marcus after his return from Tennessee, I didn't get to work until 7am. I couldn't get the front door open again. I was sooooo pissed. I was meeting my friend Chrissy for lunch today (she lives on that side of town) so I couldn't just leave and go home. I was pacing back and forth along the sidewalk in front of the store trying to decide what to do when I spotted the Pepsi in the cooler of the place three doors down. Of course, they weren't open and had no hours posted. I eventually left to run errands (after blistering my index finger trying to get the key to turn in the lock). I got back a couple of hours later and the door opened. Stupid thing. Now I had to see the stupid manager and make dough in a hot store. At least by the time I finished, the Mexican restaurant place had opened and I got Marcus a couple of Pepsis.

Well, it's getting late and I need to get some sleep. I'll write tomorrow about the cool day I had Wednesday. I made a huge post about it and when I hit submit, Firefox locked up and I lost the whole post. *sigh*

Happy Flag Day!