oddityodyssey

Finally painting the showroom! Goddamn is it gonna look good. I'll have to post pictures when it's done.

Shit, looks like I'm going to have to trot out "Mr. Lawrence" on a customer. Mr. Lawrence don't take no shit from unruly customers.

I have this feeling that I'm more of a pest to people than someone worth knowing. Always seems like I'm the last on the list, if I make the list.

Trust and respect. Those are the two most critical elements in the jewelry business. They are currency no money can buy. Without trust and respect a jeweler will not last long. And the only way to earn such things is through good work and making your word your bond. If that trust and respect is lost you rarely get it back. So guard it carefully....
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Today I shall rock out to Cee Lo Green's The Lady Killer. Amazing record, truly a gem of 2010.

Oh I'm getting a feeling that today will not be a good day. Not in the slightest.

Fuck me, I think I need a new stylus for my turntable. This is a tragedy of the highest order.

This year has felt more like a decade than a year. Way too much crammed into too little time.

Kind of a sticky situation. Friend of the family is trying to broker a diamond deal. Normally I wouldn't have a problem with this but the family friend (ex-family actually) can't go on our insurance nor would I want her on the policy. Various reason why and any one of them is enough on their own to make me twitchy. Just a bad vibe.
Now...
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Beginning to hate my weekends, though hanging out with Rory and blood_angel Saturday night was fun. Still, so much I want to get done that doesn't happen. I just crash. I mean, at least I'm trying to keep an evening routine, which seems to help my sanity a lot. All the same, productivity on my weekends (Sunday and Monday, store hours) drops to nil. And...
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Still not quite up and running again. Things seem a mess but really aren't. Trying to find my habits. Need more energy than I have right now.