Quess Who?
Guess who's the #1 store this week? Go ahead, guess. Yes! It's mine, mine, mine! Too excited for words! Not only was my store in the top slot but we were the only positive stores in the batch! Last week the numbers didn't even go out. Of course no one wanted to see them either. We were in the negative so assumed that all store were hit so bad that the owner declined to send the ranks out. That was a close assumption but not completly accurate. All stores were in the negative but ours? Ours was the least losing of that batch of losers too! lol Funny huh? Well I guess you gotta keep your ego in check.;)

I'm losing one of my girls next week. I'm not too excited about it. Feels like a mother bird letting her young fly out of the nest. I'm happy for her but going to miss her. I've had this chick under my wing for some time.

So now I'm hiring a lady that is older, more mature. I hope. I'm fully aware maturity has little to do with age these days. She apparently needs a job in the worse way. You know my instinct tells me, there may be more to her than meets the eye. I really need to trust my instincts. But then I think there's always more than meets the eye with anybody. I'll do her interview and that expensive personality test. Oh yeah, I say silly but damn thing hasn't been wrong yet. It's weird.

I hate to mess with my staff too much. They're just right at the moment. So this change comes at a bad time for me. And to think I was ready to turn over the staff as owner thought it may be necessary. Now I just don't want to. We've come through so much. Everyone has really put on their A-game so to speak. Going up against other stores doesn't seem so daunting now. We have this bad ass attitude of, "Bring it! We'll kick your asses!"

What I've learned since taking on this store is that I will never ever do something so stupid again. No matter what the pay. Forget it. The position is too much stress, too much hassle and too much heartache.

I'm better if there's anyone out there keeping up with the health-o-meter. I'm not sure what I had and I swear whatever it was I do not want to experience it again. I still feel the affect it had on my chest. I keep coughing thinking I have a little liquid stuck in my lungs. Sorry best description I could come up with.