Yeah, i FIRED you......

i was hoping to get out of town this week to go see my sister and mom in colorado, but it doesn't appear that's going to happen now. i needed someone to feed and water my 5 bunnies while i was gone, and i hired a 15 year old kid who lives across the street. i pay REALLY well, because it's incredibly important to me as these bunnies are not only an investment, but they're loved to pieces as well. he was supposed to come over sometime on saturday to learn the ropes, but we both ended up being pretty busy that day. so we set a time of 4:00 on sunday.

4 comes and goes, as does 4:30, and then 5:00..... at 5:30 he shows up at my door. and i'm fuming..... I said " I didn't think you were going to make it"

his response was "yeah, i got caught up in something"
i asked him what that "something" might have been, and he told me it was "sleeping"

he said "yeah, i stayed up all night last night, and slept all day."

well...sonny, it goes like this.....

"this is not my lawn that needs to be cut, this is not the flowers that need to be watered, these are living breathing animals that can't turn on the faucet when they run out of water. they can't walk over to micky d's if you don't show up to feed them. if i can't trust you to show up to learn how to take care of them when i'm here, how can i trust you when i'm not here? i'm not going to OKC where i can rush back in a hour if you "forget" to feed them, i'm going to colorado. i guess you're not responsible enough to do this job yet."

And then he says, "so, when are you leaving?"

And i told him that best case scenario, i would be heading out tuesady morning. and then i watch him as he's trying to figure out his schedule for the next day....

and i said, "maybe i didn't make myself clear- this isn't happening for you"

He says "wait- i'm not doing it?!!!!!???!!!"

"That's right, you're not doing it"

"WOAH!!!!!!!!"

yeah, just fired a person for the first time....

so, no colorado this week...

this is what i kept myself busy with all weekend- i was making checkbook covers and matching key fobs.... i'm going to make some luggage spotters to go with them. i made them for the blue dome festival, but i'm thinking about listing them in the etsy shop.

what do you think? list them or not......