Yesterday we started doing a total floor-change at the store. I am completely overwhelmed by this. I know what I want it to look like, but until we take all the shelves apart and redo them, it may not happen.

In other words, I have to make what I've got right now work, and then I can can rework what I've got later.

It doesn't help that I'm working sporadic hours, so I feel like nothing is being finished. Frustrating.

I have so much inventory right now, getting ready for Christmas. So many platters... wishful thinking, hoping I guessed right. I know that after Christmas I will not carry such a heavy inventory load again until next Christmas.

I have one incredibly awesome employee right now, and three less than stellar ones. I need to hire another awesome employees. One of the LTS will be better I think, one not so much, and one is a temporary fix. Awesome employee is so good that it makes it hard to work with the others.

In household news, Henry is waking up at 5 in the morning crying. He's not really awake, sort of in a dream state. Today he wanted me to read to him a bedtime story. He handed me a book and rolled over and went back to sleep. The worst part is that I bolt awake when I hear him, and then I'm up for the day. The good part is that he doesn't seem to remember that he wakes up. The better part is that he isn't crawling into bed with us when it happens. I keep waiting on that.