I do not like it when my teenage son feels he has to ask his step dad (because of previous negative reactions) if he can take a particular (healthy) food item for his school lunch. I like it even less when there's a noticeable pause before Matt gives his answer (correct answer = automatic fucking yes. Christ ( Read more... )

Um..weird. What would you do if you found copy you had written for your web site lifted--verbatim (so plagarized)--on another restaurant's web site? Possibly complicating factor--other restaurant is a nonprofit and you are sympathetic to its mission.

Am feeling like my life is an ongoing lab experiment: "How much stress can Rachel take?"

Can it be my turn to be in the low-stress control group for awhile?

*sigh* Just got done talking with an earnest young man who "didn't want to be a dick"* but did want to tell me what he thought I should change about my coffee shop--all aesthetics. He thinks it should be 'dirtier'--less straight lines, more 'organic' shapes (he suggested iron artwork jutting from the wall) and more big comfy chairs. Meanwhile, back ( Read more... )

Okay, universe, we need to talk. I need two things, and I need them now. I need at least 100 customers a day, spending an average of $5 each. And I need a chunk of money to manifest so I feel calm while the customer count goes up. Family & friends have been very generous, so now it's your turn.

Having a knock-down, drag-out internal argument with myself. Don't like [circumstance]. Have (presumed) power to change [circumstance] but doing so necessitates moving outside my comfort zone. Been going back & forth on whether it's less upsetting to be frustrated with (and continue to work around) [circumstance], or move outside my comfort zone to ( Read more... )

I own & run a coffee house. We make food & serve food there, so I get to deal with the health department. I think it's generally a good thing to have an agency safeguarding public interest by making sure restaurants are making, serving & storing food safely. From a business owner perspective, I want to keep them happy. They say, "wa wa wa wa waa ( ( Read more... )

I want three days off in a row (swoon).

I want money to go to Portland, or Seattle, or both.

I want a haircut.

I want sleep. Sleeeeeeeeep.

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It is ridiculously gorgeous outside--the kind of day you are meant to spend basking in the sun, worshiping good weather (snoopy happy dances? seaweed hippie dances? whatever your flavor is ( Read more... )