Days Passing

Sorry about the gap between entries. The last few weeks have been occupied by a drama about which I have been compelled to write, but reluctant. I maintain that reluctance as it is not a pleasant topic and I shall merely mention it in passing here so that those readers that are unaware will hopefully understand my lack of posting.

My wife was diagnosed with melanoma (skin cancer) several weeks ago following the removal of a small mole near her jawline and ear. Since then, she has had 2 outpatient procedures and an operation to have the surrounding tissue and all of the lymphnodes in the right side of her neck removed. We are still awaiting the biopsy of the most recent operation and won't know anything more until Wednesday of this week at the earliest. So, I will not go into anymore detail than that for now. Suffice it to say, that it has been a mental and emotional burden for both of us. However, she has maintained a very positive outlook through everything thus far and that has helped me to stay positive as well. We will simply have to wait and see what hand fate deals us.

On a more positive note, we received the keys to the new retail space last Wednesday. Can't remember if I've blogged about our store moving or not, but we will be closed on Tuesday and Wednesday this week getting stuff (fixtures & product) moved over to open on Thursday. Our grand opening is on Saturday, June 3rd with game demos, face painters and all kinds of stuff. Should be a good time. The new space is huge. Almost twice the size of our current spot. We have spent the bulk of the last few days painting and scraping up carpet glue. OK, to be fair, Bobbie and a set of volunteers have been doing all of that work while I have been doing some odds and ends around the house. As far as I'm concenred, this is her and Vivian's (business partner) show so I'm letting them direct it. It's looking really nice, plus it is helping Bobbie stay focused on something other than the issue mentioned earlier.

The only ugly part of that effort thus far has been that we discovered that the AC units are not working on the new place on Friday. A repair guy came out at the landlord's calling, but couldn't fix it and, thanks to the holiday weekend, nobody is available to even consider doing so until Tuesday at the earliest. Has it been ludicrous hot this weekend? Of course it has! Are they doing manual labor during the heat? Of course they are! We're under a time constraint, so there is no getting around it. However, everyone (our volunteer help) has been very good about it and stuff is still getting done. Now we're just hoping that they can actually fix the AC units on Tuesday (of which there are 2 and neither is working) - fingers crossed.