Blogger 365 Day 232 - Back on track

     Well I got the number of entries back to where it needed to be, though I am sure I will still feel guilty about missing a day.  Tonight was a lot like Monday in that I spent far too much time at the bar.  Unlike Monday I still made it back here, and I did order dinner and have every intent of being awake when it arrives, so I will not go foodless after drinking. Yay me and all that jazz.

     The bar trip probably wasn't needed but I decided to do it anyway, I ended p with another 10 hour workday.  We are in the middle of change our entire cigarette pricing structure.  Previously we had an agreement where a specific brand of cigarettes (Pall Mall) was to be our lowest price cigarette.  That meant that even if I could find a brand which was cheaper than Pall Mall, by contract I couldn't charge less for them, Pall Mall had to be the cheapest offering we had.  Well that contract has come to pass and Ed decided to alter the pricing structure with some other brands of cigarettes, so now I have to alter the pricing on 5 or 6 different brands of cigarettes.  On top of that, Pepsi issued a pricing increase on August 1st and we are just now getting the numbers we need to adjust our sale prices accordingly.  Guess who is the only one who knows how to do this?  If you guessed me, you get a gold star.  Alcohol, even when it probably shouldn't be an option, is becoming my fallback option.  I'll drink to that.

      Brian hasn't even bothered to show up the last two days, I guess I should get used to this.  I really believe that once Ed leaves for Florida in November I will be pretty much on my own.  Even Ed is tiring of what we do, usually checking out sooner than he did even a year ago.  Mind you he is 67, I don't expect him to have the energy of a 24 year old, but he is as close to an equal as I have in both understanding the business and having the work ethic to make the trains run on time, so if this is wearing on him then I might be on my own even sooner than I think.  Again, I think I need a drink.

     All of this wouldn't be so bad if I was just worrying about my store and one business, but I still find myself tending after two and three other stores, which just takes my time from the core business that keeps a roof over my head.  Again, it is enough to make one drink, which I am doing all to frequently.

     Oh well, I am home now, both from work and from the bar, Dinner is forthcoming, complements of Grubhub and there is no alcohol in my home, so for a change it isn't a time to drink.