Well, now we have had a number of weeks when we have "working" been at the shop this season. This time of year is brutal. First, in August, we get in new gear that makes us want to ski. Then, in early September, we have a sale and the brisk business feels like mid season. Then we have the last month or so which is comprised of fine tuning, organizing, tagging, moving diplays, moving them back cause I changed my mind, endless lists of little things to do, smaller lists of important things to do...you get the picture. We have decent customer flow, but we are biding our time from a business as well as personal (ie. WE WANT TO SKI!) point of view. To make things worse, customers are mainly making their one preseason ski shop visit and we feel all of your skiing jones'. Many customers practically vibrate with the excitement of visiting a shop just prior to the season. Many stop by just to get some release of "skiers preseason tension". We feed of of the customers mood and you simply will not give us a chance to forget about our need to ski for even a moment! We must therefore simply try to keep it under control as we know we have to be patient.
Well, I am getting pretty impatient. I desperately want to ski and today they got snow at the higher elevations. Last night it rained here and I got up at 12:30am and sat under the eve on the porch and joyfully listened to it rain for awhile. I am ready! Luckily there is a lot going on between now and spinning lifts. We have clinics (about 15 of 'em) for two weeks. After that we go up to Reno for Masterfit University training (http://www.bootfitters.com/). This year we take 8 employees. Wow! Masterfit ends October 29th. The 30th is a planned Mountain Bike ride on the flume trail if it is open since we are in the area. If not, it as a hike and ski day, just to get some turns. Then the 31st is a) Halloween b)Boreal will open if thay can... c)My birthday. The month will end well.
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