Xin Dynasty

it's getting harder to come up with titles starting with 'x,' but this one is particularly interesting, as pointed out by the wikipedia article on the subject. good times. today i slept in, walked the dog, took a nice shower, and headed off to work. it was, well, you know... it was work. becky and i spent the first few hours organizing things and cleaning the stockroom, which was a disaster area. there was way more broken glass on that floor than any of us likely imagined, which is frightening to me. the rest of the day passed incredibly slowly, as we had virtually no business [nowhere near what it cost in labor to staff the day]. bad day for chocolate and coffee, i suppose.

once i got home, i started scripting tomorrow's video, which is going to be loads of fun to record. as i said on twitter, i think i'm really getting the knack for figuring out an overarching theme for each individual video that i can weave into the different sections. it's challenging, but i think i manage it well enough. tomorrow's is all about silent letters, inspired by a commenter. i never thought i'd get enough people commenting on videos to do things like this, but it looks like i'm really doing it now. i love the new format, i love doing youtube, and i hope i can keep doing it. if i could do it full time, i totally would, and i'd love every minute of it. that the Lord would see fit to allow me to do so, i'd be immensely happy.

looking at the day tomorrow, i've got quite a bit to get done, and i think it will be no problem to accomplish. laundry, ugh, but other than that, i predict an enjoyable 24 hours. then it's back to opening the store on thursday and friday, and christin is working friday night as well. but it's not all doom and gloom, i've actually got saturday off, which is exciting. i didn't even ask for it! next week is another story, i have no idea when i'm working. wish i did, so i could plan things. i hope i have monday or wednesday off. monday for the paper, wednesday for the video. but we'll see, and i'm sure i'll manage no matter what. can always write on sunday or film on tuesday or what have you. i'm rambling now. it's bedtime.