Uggghhhh........

Oh man, I am *beat*.

It's been a tough week. Tough. Like cowhide, mahogany, and carbon fiber all rolled into one large katamari.

Firstly, my car's starting to crap bricks. Well, more bricks. Bricks from a Brick, actually. It *is* a volvo. Anyway, I'm really thinkin' it's time for a new car. So, shopping around, I'm now looking at a Lexus IS250. Why? I spoiled myself on my volvo. Amenities = comfort. And, even though it's a little late, I'm planning on getting my first manual transmission.

Trouble is, a car is a *car*. It's expensive, and that really frightens me. Can I afford it? Am I responsible enough to care for it? It's a large, and new responsibility, the first of its kind without my parent's help. Which, as old as I am, is a really new prospect as far as how largely this can affect my life.

Ah well, what's life without challenges, eh?

Okay, back to the tough week. It's been hardcore at work today. We're finally beginning to catch up on the work at the store. Only then we find out that we're going to be upgrading the entire store's software systems to better accomodate eBay and make it more dynamic. Make it easier.

Well, there's always an uphill before nearly any kind of downhill...so here's this one's. Systems are pretty much half-up/down at this point, so we can't get much done. So, we're not caught up anymore. In fact, we're one hundred items behind! GUH. Not to mention the fact that now is the time people are bringing in stuff to sell, being after-holidays and all.

So, now I'm pulling 12 hour work days (I never really leave, anyway). So, there's a major stress point. I know that people work more than that, a lot more often that I do. But, from my perspective, it's pretty hard. My employees also *all* go to school (which I'm not...as of yet...), so scheduling is pretty freakin' hectic. Most of them can't work on the days I need them to work. Well, not for whole days, anyway.

Blargh. Also, seeing the same store for 12 hours straight does NOTHING but negative things on one's patience. Very negative. I mean, it's great to be abel to walk around...but when you're entire store is only 1500 square feet...there's not much room to maneuver. Ah well, the joys of trying to manage a store-front!

And that's not even me doing *any* of the extra-curricular stuff that store needs! It's just me trying vainly to catch up to this dream figure of having nothing to list/photograph/pack for the day!

But I guess being busy is good.

Ah, off to the good things. I've finally installed mIRC again. Bored enough to do so. And then I finally remembered why I don't usually install it in the first place. It's boring. But, since I've it on, let's just keep it on. So any of you brats can go ahead and message me on the boards.jp chatroom as well. =]

Also, finally finished Full Metal Panic: The Second Raid. I can firmly say that the story was AWESOME. I loved it. It was short, sweet, and violent. Granted, FMP the original was great because it tried balancing out school/war. But, this was just almost non-stop action. Great to watch for a "quickie".

I've also finally found the joys of Burnout: Revenge. It's been sitting on my PS2 for months, and I finally got into it. And let me tell you, it's GREAT stress relief!

What else? Oh, I guess I'm in desparate need of human contact! Hehehe, two years without a significant other.... Guess I'm just to shy concerning the opposite sex.

I need to work out, too. Getting no energy, and a high energy level is precisely what I need for work. Hard to work out after a work day though, we'll see what develops.

The MP3 player I bought works GREAT for what I inteded it for! Perfect for the snow! I just had it buckled to my belt, and I ate it HARD. In fact, the nurse feared I had a concussion, and was worried I didn't go to the doctor/call in sooner. Ah well, the Samsung still worked fine! I landed on the hip that had it clipped unto, and I thought it'd at least shatter the small LCD. But it didn't! Good game, Samsung YP-F1!

It's good to rant. At least get some things outta my head/chest. Now...when's my next "review" gonna be????