Well, I’ve finally put in my two weeks at Costco. I had initially planned on staying there for another year or two while the business took off, but Kevin (the warehouse manager) won’t let me go part time! WTF?!?! I mean, I can kinda understand his reasons, but that doesn’t mean that I have to like it. Rachel tried to give me solutions, but none of them really worked. Besides, I’ve been really sucking at work. I’ve been lazy as all hell, and even if I don’t want to do a job, I should really try my best. So I figured I should quit now so they have time to train someone for Chistmas. I’ve toyed around with the idea of working during the holidays. Make some extra cash. It was a REALLY hard decision to come to because I LOVE the people I work with. I’m going to have to make trips up there at least once a week to see my peeps. I feel guilty leaving my friends (and I do honestly consider them my friends), but I know that if I want this business to succeed, I HAVE to put 100% into it. Balls to the wall, as I’d like to say. 😀
On a business note, things are going good. I work for STLDigital making sports posters and wedding albums, and I had a meeting tonight with another photographer to make wedding albums. This is all in addition to the website, which I have FINALLY started working on. I’m stressed and not sleeping much, but it’s nothing like the stress that I was feeling pre-lexapro. This is something that is normal and healthy. I’m not having the constant headaches and feeling like I’m about to explode, which is good, I guess. 🙂
Other updates:
-I fell off the wagon on the caffeine. Honestly though, it’s the only thing keeping me up in the morning. I said I was going to quit after Mother’s Day, but I think I will after my last day at work.
-Matt is almost finished with the half wall upstairs. He did the first coat of paint today. Now we need to get a board to put on top.
-Finally got an office area set up with my computers. Trying to work on my Powerbook is not such a good idea.
-Found out that I will be an aunt to a nephew! Rodney and Christine can have a boy; Matt better give me a little girl (when the time comes of course. No babies any time soon, thank you.).
-Still making creepy pictures. I really need to post them
-Saw Over the Hedge this weekend with Matt, Don, and Mallen. Took a ride in the Nissan Z (thank you Don) with the top down. Hit 115mph on Hwy 40. Good times. 😀
-Found out that I will be taken off Lexapro starting September: w00t!!!

No creepy pictures today, I promise! Haven’t had the time, to be quite honest. I’ve got some pretty messed up coworkers (like Travis Hauser), and I hear some pretty weird shit at work. So I’ve decided that I am going to start coming up with the “Costco Quote of the Week” or CQotW for short. This week is from Bob:
In response to the question “Do you know where your kids are?” he said:
“Yeah, they’re sitting next to Big Jim and the Twins.” (he has no kids)
Guess you had to be there.
So, I royally fucked up on a clients order. I told her that I could get her albums ready by Mothers Day, only to realize that my printer takes a month to get the albums back to me. Mother’s Day is May 14th; that’s 2 weeks away. Now, I found another printer that can get them to me in a week, but it literally costs $100 an album. That means I am making NO profit whatsoever. But you know something; that’s OK, as long as I don’t make a habit out of this. She will be getting a better product than she planned on, and she’ll be happy. She has about 25 of my business cards to hand out to coworkers, so if I make her happy, then she’ll bring more business my way. Also, she is having me make her wedding album, so that’s $800 right there. All is good, I hope.
Talked to Christine today (Matt’s sister). Her due date is August 18. I’m going to be an aunt! I know I already said that before, but I’m still excited. I won’t be having kids anytime soon, so I can spoil baby boy Mais! I’m going to buy him the Cardinals mobile to hang over his crib.
I REALLY need to finish my website. If I want this business to take off, then I need to get into high gear. The only problem is that I spend all of my time working on stuff for clients. I put my stuff last. Ugh. Maybe one day I’ll get it online. 🙂

Yes, I know I’m fucked up. 🙂 I should really get to work on my clients’ stuff. But at 1 am I just can’t think about website design. Sorry!
Creepy doll crying

So, I’ve decided to go back down to part-time at Costco. I’m getting enough freelance work on the side to more than cover the difference. Besides, it’s difficult to work 40 hours a week at Costco, then work every other free minute on the computer. I would like to spend a little free time with Matt, although he doesn’t have much time either. I’m not reallly complaining though, because life is pretty good right now. 🙂
Today I had a day off, and I was goofing off in photoshop as opposed to working on the stuff that I actually get paid for.
What I made when I should have been working on other stuff