I didn’t end up closing the tattoo side of the shop.

Charlie fired Evan, and it turned out to be a good thing. Tension is gone at the shop and the other artists are much happier.

A guy that worked at the shop a couple years ago moved back into town and he’s back at our shop, and everybody is getting along well. I’ll have to come up with a name for the dude on here :)

Arynn is going to have her baby soon and is going to go down to 1 day a week until she’s back on her feet. I’ll miss her, but I’m just happy she’s healthy and her baby is doing well.

Charlie, Marissa, Madelyn and I had another video chat last night and we talked over what we want to do with the shop from here on out.

We’re going to keep working on finishing up the changes I’ve made, then a friend of mine who is a Big Deal Dude in the tattoo industry is going to advertise the shop as being on sale for me. He’ll see if we can get some good offers.

Big Deal Dude has helped me out other times and he knows pretty much everybody in the industry. They all respect him. So I’m excited to see if he can help us get a good offer or two.

In the meantime the four of us are all on the same page for the shop. We’re all very tired and worn out, but we’re still proud of what we’re doing and the supply side is going really well.

The tattoo side is running about half capacity, but it’s picking up.

So even though I’m tired and busy most of the time, it’s looking better than it was for the last few months and I have hope we’re all working toward the same goals.

I need to go make dinner for the parental units now, but I just wanted to throw out some good news for once. I haven’t had a lot of it lately, and I hate always being a downer :)

So HIIIII!!!