Most of July
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Most of July

I’ve been meaning to write a new blog post for awhile, but I’ve been spending all of my writing time working on the book I am writing. I don’t think I have mentioned the book I am currently working on yet, but it is a personal story for me that I am fictionalizing to make it easier for me to write.

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Dollar General Location
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Dollar General Location

The Dollar General down the road from us announced it was closing. All of its shelving and racks were being sold. Jeff decided to wander through and see if there was anything we might want for our store. He sent some pictures from Dollar General to some of the staff and jokingly (I believe) suggested we look into getting the place once Dollar General vacated.

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New Location?
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New Location?

It was becoming increasingly clear to us that we needed more space for our store. We had issues fitting customers in the store for events. We weren’t able to bring in more products like miniatures and paints for those miniatures. We knew that these would be popular products to carry, so it was frustrating.

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$5 in to $50
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$5 in to $50

There are always customers that will try to do shady things to small businesses.

This past August, when we were open to customers, a customer came into The Game Capital with his kids and said he had a gift card that he had won at a video game tournament in the area, called the Tundra Bowl. 

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Family Visit
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Family Visit

My sister and my nephew, Stephen, were at my parents’ house in Iola, my hometown this past weekend, so I decided to go and visit on Friday. I hadn’t seen my favorite little ginger (Stephen) for awhile.

It was a good visit. It was just the original four of us, plus Stephen. Just missing the husbands. At times it almost felt like back in the day before Erica (sister) or I went off to college and eventually moved out permanently. 

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College Apartment
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College Apartment

I heard about Jeff’s living “conditions” in our apartment complex when I was walking home from the bars one night in college. I was walking with a group of girls that I didn’t know all that well.  One of the girls had previously been my RA and I ran into her while I was out with a couple of other friends. For some reason, I decided to stick with my RA and her group instead of continuing my night with the friends I had started with.

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Being a Store-Owner During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Being a Store-Owner During the COVID-19 Pandemic

Being a Store-Owner

It is a crazy time right now for everyone.

It’s been a really weird time to be a store-owner.

I’ve rarely been to our store, The Game Capital, since we let some of the staff return to work (when it was deemed safe). There is no real reason that I need to be at the store physically in order to do my computer work. So, I stay home.

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