Hello 2013.
Katy and I are alive. In fact we are alive and well.
We enjoyed Thanksgiving with Bob & Deb, Bob's mom Gerry, Josh, Laura & Malin and Bopa. It was a great mix of family and relaxing.
I will try to get better at blogging. What kills me is the loading of pictures and the time it takes up.
I didn't work until 1pm the day after Thanksgiving so it was quite the normal day. In fact, the season was quite normal except for the last ten days which got pretty intense. But we had many more intense days at Herbs throughout the season. And now, they're doing inventory. And that's nasty compared to ours.
Christmas Eve was great. I enjoyed two four day weeks back to back. At Herbs it was 5 long days each week. We were again at Bob and Debs with the same group of people.
I am still into fashion. Style. Big time brands and unique clothing. I need to get a blogging and twitter thing going. I'd love to explore retail consulting. But I need to know more. I'm still apprehensive about becoming a "store manager" or something like that. Nothing will prep me. You just have to do it. I've found that there is no being prepared in a job. You just get entrusted to doing it and you have to come through. I just want to know someone knows I can do the job or will be there to back me up.
I want to curate something. Decide on what is cool and what is not. Be credible or something.
That is a jumbled up paragraph.
Should I run Grandma's marathon? OR Twin Cities?
Will anyone volunteer with me at Twin Cities in Motion?
Should I get an MBA or a new job. Or what classes should I take to gain knowledge and confidence.
Confidence is huge. Teach your kids to be confident. Somehow. Failure is not bad. Getting it right and progress is just fine. Don't take critique personally. How early you can do that in high school and college effects that.
Katy is busy with work at work and at home. But she is killing it. I think she's doing a great job right now. I love her for all the work she does. It's wonderful to see. It makes me want to keep up.
But another life lesson comes out here. I don't take life competitively. Why? I wasn't taught that. I was taught to be competitive with sports and select activities in life. How can you be competitive in life? That must make life suck. Or stressful. And you know what? Look at my face when I get stressed out. Exactly. Pick and choose your "life competition."
2013. Gotta go make a list of things to get done.
