hi, i’m not dead

“Hi, I’m not dead,” is the standard greeting between my friends and I when we haven’t spoken in a while.  So, dear blogosphere, hi, I’m not dead.

I’ve had a rough few days. This industry, like I’ve said a million times, really does a number on you sometimes.  There’s so much going on it’s hard to breathe.

The Gen-Art dress.  Let’s just be frank.  It’s not as good as I hoped.  Not even close.  Yes, I’m a perfectionist.  Right now, it’s hard to tell if it’s really that bad (I’m trying so hard to look at it as objectively as possible), or my perfectionistic tendencies are casting a weird shade on things.

My first collection for this company I work for is at the tradeshows as we speak.  I so desperately want the collection to do well.  I’ve wrung my hands so much the past few days that I barely have any skin left on them.  In my fantasy, we sell like crazy.  In reality, I know leather isn’t a popular item during the spring shows, so I’m just hoping that we sell better than last year.  I don’t have the balls to call my sales guys and ask them how it’s going.

I still haven’t hired a new person yet and my tech leaves this Friday.  I can see myself working 3 jobs in the interim and let’s just say I’m not entirely excited about it.

But, as always, your VC is trying her damnedest to see the positive, stay focused, and just keep plowing ahead.  (And believe me, this disgusting heat wave is not helping matters.)  As previously posted, I’m taking August off to do nothing but my day job.  During that time, I hope to regain some of my old blog cred with some better posts about interesting topics other than my random updates.   Stay tuned, folks.

Oh, by the way, I’ll be in San Diego for Labor Day weekend.  My friend M and I will be flying down to visit a mutual friend of ours. I’m so excited!  He’s going to spoil us with home-cooking and motorcycle rides!  I know I have a couple of readers/fellow bloggers who live in San Diego.  Maybe a group coffee date?  I know it’s a ways off, but if you’re interested, leave me a comment or drop me an email at verbalcroquis at gmail dot com.