in the realm of the fictionman

That slow, quiet kind of busy

What a wierd January. The store has already had the best January in five years. Monday we start setting up for an outdoors show. 35,000 sportsmen and outdoor enthusiasts over five days. Some of those days are going to be very long days. It'll mean getting home after Jareth's in bed for a few of the days.

But, these shows are supposed to be good for creating sales and store traffic. I'm not sure I saw that at the other two shows we've been at since I started, but we'll see. The big show isn't until later in February. We'll see about that one, too.

For the moment, store traffic has slowed down, so more time has been claimed by show prep. On one hand, there are customer follow-up things I should be doing (especially) during these slow times. On the other hand, if I'm going to spend half of next week not at the store, I think I'm better off just waiting.

So many things... but time to go to work. Maybe a proper blog post in the next day or two.