23 hours of Inventory and a Poker Tourney

As it is every year we had our Annual Inventory this weekend. We started Thursday and by the end of Friday at 7 we had as much done as I was going to ask my team to do. I spent another 5 hours myself on Sat. to research every possible variance I could. Add my one hour jaunt today and we end up with a total variance of $182. I don't want to pat myself on the back too much but I am pretty sure that this has to be one of the tightest inventory variances ever. My store has roughly 400-500K in inventory and we do over 5 million in a year in sales. I know that none of my employees read my blog (probably safer that way) but I would congradulate them on a job well done and that it means next year the microscope gets even stronger.

Oh and the Poker Tourney did not go well at all for either Ashley or myself. With a 10th place and 7th place finish respectively we did not represent very strongly. I lost most of my first buyin when I had Kojack and ended up gaining trips on the river only to lose to a full house which had the ONLY OTHER jack in the deck. That is my luck in a nutshell. I went out when I failed to improve a marginal starting hand. Ashley went basically card dead after the first hour and we were on our way home well before we would have liked. By the looks of it the result of the night seemed to be a 3 way chop with Charles (that's my boy) getting the nod for first place. I do take a small bit of pleasure with Carl getting my reserved 4th place finish in my absence though!

Peace Out!

Top 20!

Finally the results for the Las Vegas competition have been posted! I rank right now in the 20th spot in the Adult category Nationwide! Time to play some more World of Warcrack and feel better about being an athlete....

Peace Out!

Inventory stress Coupled with Caffeine

For those of you who do not know I compete in Rock Climbing. Part of my training diet is not consuming any caffeine for weeks before a competition. You see if you consume caffeine on a consistant basis then your body becomes acclimated to the chemical and the effect that it produces on the body is much less. So when I do drink caffeine the day of the Competition I am amped and ready to go! If I so happen to drink caffeine when I am not competing I seem to have an aggro attitude. So with our yearly inventory coming up I am trying to use everyday at work as a preperation for Friday and Saturday but things have come up during work that are expected mishaps in a workplace of $5 million +. Lets just say I am ready to rip someones head off at work today but I wont mention any names (monty). So last nights Pepsi and Work today made me want to come home and play WOW but I have a stack of inventory tags here tall enough to trip Shaq that I need to INDIVIDUALLY seperate.

Peace Out!

P.S. B-Day T-minus 7 days

Omaha!

Ok so it doesnt have near the same effect as New Orleans does but hey what do you expect. So Thanksgiving and time with Family what more can be asked for in a 4 day weekend. Ok so there wasnt any Poker but there were plenty of games and it really isn't fun just beatin up people. I was also able to attend the Nebraska and Colorado game and that was fun and enjoyable since we won! As for Thanksgiving I hope yours was great as mine included Stovetop which is unbeatable as a Thanksgiving food item.
On a side note work is preparing for our annual Inventory and the place is looking good. We are scheduled to work Friday and Saturday next week but if I have anything to say about we should be done by Friday afternoon.
Oh today was a step for me in the digital world as I have posted my first Ebay auctions. Check em out and let me know if you have any suggestions.

Peace Out!

p.s. 12/12 is right around the corner. I am geek so if you were to happen across a 60 day pre-paid World of Warcraft card I would say that would make a good Geek gift! If not I am really into Plasma T.V.'s! LMAO