Taster's Choices

in a word: sore. i'm so tired that i'm writing this blog way before i usually do, because i'm likely to go to bed very, very soon. i worked 9.5 hours today, and tomorrow i will work at least 10.5 total between both jobs. crazy! tomorrow is our first day opening, though i'm not 100% sure we will have everything really ready. i guess we'll see, but from the way the store looked when i left at 5:30, i'm not overly optimistic. who knows? maybe they pulled it out tonight and it'll be all set when next morning rolls around. stranger things have happened.

hooking up the espresso machine and toying with it until it started working right was interesting. we made a few bad, bad shots of espresso, which is progress enough! i think the grinds weren't fine enough for it. patty [the store owner] was working on it when i left, so she may have gotten all of that squared away by now. tomorrow will be the test! i don't know if i'll make it through my shift at sears. christin says she foresees me calling out sick. i dunno how i can do that, though — i'll already be at the mall! plus, i've called out sick way too many times lately. granted, i was legitimately hurt or sick each time, but meh. bedtime.