Hi, I'm Britaini; I'm the owner of an independent book shoppe. This is Britaini; she's my Tech girl. Over here is Britaini; she takes care of billing. That girl waaaaay over there in the corner is Britaini; she does all the ordering. This is Britaini, Human Resources. And Britaini, over there, is in charge of customer relations...
And on and on it goes.
I am not complaining. What I'm doing is marveling at those folks who do exactly what I'm doing at the outset; you know, the start-up people who have no help whatsoever! How, in god's name, do they do it?
I say this because I'm working on fliers for our Open House next month. And I, unfortunately, know next to nothing about computers and all their magical ways. But I figure, the best way to learn is to stumble through it until you figure it out, yeah? So, I sit here thinking, "boo-hoo-hoo" and "I'm an intelligent, independent young woman; I can do whatever I put my mind to", alternately; all the while I'm staring at my volunteer going, "I wouldn't be able to do any of this if it weren't for you!"
So, on the whole, very fortunate (I have a huge support staff; hard working volunteers -a.k.a. book junkies- and awesome customers -a.k.a. ...book junkies-), if only slightly stressed and somewhat prone to brief spells of self pity.
End of spiel. Back to the grind for me.
-Britaini
P.S.
Here's a little funny; I think we can all identify.
Bernard Does His Taxes
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