Well, the camping "season" is slowing down around here now and weekends are not what they used to be at the store. We felt that it would be good for us to have some time off and get some work done at home during this "down" time, so we've decided to close on Saturdays and Sundays until November. That's just our Abbotsford, WI store, the internet store is open for business 24/7! It seemed like a great weight was lifted off me when we made that decision. We've worked 7 days a week for 2-1/2 years and our house shows that we've not been able to do all we want to do. Of course, the kids have helped us and do a lot of work, but still and all, they're kids and just don't do things the way WE do!
Although we were "closed" today, Greg and I were both in the store getting the orders ready to go out tomorrow. Normally I do all the weekend orders on Monday (which makes Mondays very busy), but I have to go to the doctor tomorrow morning, so we decided it would be easier to go in today and get a bunch of them done.
The doctor's appointment is not mine, though. We're finally going to find out what's wrong with my dad. Remember earlier in the month he was in the hospital for a week? Well, tomorrow, we're going to get the results of his bone marrow biopsy. We'll be seeing the hematologist, so it seems prudent that I be there, especially considering all the things we've gone through with Greg. Hematology is so closely related to oncology and not knowing what's up with dad, well . . . it seems the right thing to do.
To get back to the store being closed . . . it's funny how we always took weekends for granted in the past. It was always a given that weekends were off-days. When you own a retail store, that's just not the case and we've worked weekends since we opened in June, 2005. Today, I returned to the world of domesticity!
After spending a good amount of time reading the latest Harry Potter book (I read it in 1-1/4 days), I dusted the living room (and got rid of all the cobwebs!), dusted our bedroom, which hadn't been done in too long (oh, those cobwebs are gone, too), and vacuumed our room, even though Greg vacuumed yesterday, and then to rid of all the cobwebs in the upstairs hall and stairwell!
Not only that, but I gave Maddie a BATH! You know, there's nothing more pathetic than a German Shepherd in the tub getting bathed when she doesn't want to! She looked so pathetic that I felt sorry for her, but that didn't stop me from washing her up good!
Getting back to being a mom and taking care of a household . . . it's a GOOD thing!
Godspeed All!
Julie
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