Milton Returns

So, I thought he was gone...really. I get a call last night and it's Milton. He wants to know if he can come by and use my fax machine. I said okay, that shouldn't be a problem and he wants to know what we've done with the store. I gave him a rundown and he was all excited to see the store. So he shows up at about his usual time and ooh's and aaah's over the store for a minute. Then he said "Sir, I wanted to come by and let you know that I'll not be coming by. I feel like I shouldn't stay here until 1:00 because there would be nothing for me to do. My mother will take me to the library where I can use their fax and I'll be able to watch an educational film until 1:00 when she can pick me up. I knew my coming by would put you at sort of a standstill so I felt obligated to show up personally and let you know I would not make it." Kudos to Milton for letting me know he wasn't coming in, but I don't think we would have been at a stand still waiting on him to arrive. My fax machine is in pretty low demand. Milton stayed just for a brief moment, informed me that he did not like that we'd gone to Sattelite Radio and that we should switch back to classical because "that is the best setting for a bookstore sir..." Well, simply put I won't have the best setting if that's the case.

In store news, it's almost ready. The ceiling has been painted, the carpet has been removed and replaced with laminate hardwood, the new front counter is in, the shelves are up, and the books are on the shelves. Honestly, we look like a bookstore. It's amazing. I've got my new signage under way and we'll probably put that in this weekend. Next week we should start selling so we're about to have people here if we want them or not. Keep your fingers crossed, we're about to see how good or bad I am at ordering books.