Musings from the Toy Store (Part B)

Well, the big bang is over. This past weekend (and the one before that) we celebrated our grand opening. Even though I was there for every glorious minute, I missed just about every glorious minute.

I won't mind sharing what I know happened, however:

• Thousands of hot dogs and drinks
• Thousands of people consuming said hot dogs and drinks
• Three different music stations (and even more advertising)
• A couple rock bands
• The Toyota Yamahauler (a tricked-out 4 wheel drive Tacoma)
• Red Bull, Monster and No Fear energy drinks
• Hundreds of giveaway tee shirts and helmets
• The "sphere" - where three bikers on minis rode round and round and upside down...
• The same minis were doing jumps on a ramp in the parking lot
• Rudy's barbeque
• Lots and lots of noise from lots and lots of people
  
• Loki (yes, that's my coworker's name) taking lots of pictures in-between selling accessories
• The occasional system crash
• Actually finding parts that the aforementioned system said we had
• Discovering parts we had checked in a month ago had completely disappeared from the system (and re-entering them)
  
• The rewording of a popular song to say, "Lightspeed is broken, broken..."
• Long days, late nights and the hope that Saturday would bring a two day weekend.

So, will normalcy arrive Tuesday? Hm. I don't know about "normalcy," but I imagine that things will be shaping up nicely in the weeks to come. My parts room is finally becoming organized, we're overcoming the technical difficulties. Even service is getting the parts they need to function (which is a pretty big deal with the $30 oil change special... but that's a topic for another day). My hours will soon return to "normal" which means smaller pay checks, but time to mow the yard and work on household chores. Everyone rejoices!