Intoxicating

Opening up a new business, especially one's first restaurant, can be very intoxicating. Although we're swamped with so many "TTD's" (Things To Do)and at times it can seem very overwhelming trying to keep up and remember ALL the things that need to get done, the ideas that need to be implemented, the phone calls that need to be made, the people that need to be contacted, the follow-ups that need to be pursued, the bills that need to be paid, the dishes that need to be washed, the laundry that needs to be dropped off, the apartment that needs to be cleaned, the friends that need to be kept in contact with, the contractor and designers who we need to communicate with often, the furniture that needs to be purchased, the stains that need to be selected, the forms that need to be filled out, the potential employees that need to be contacted, the marketing ideas that need to be implemented, the help we need to continues asking for, not to mention making time to eat and sleep.... Oh, I could go on and on and on and on....

Exhilerating, exhausting, overwhelming but also very intoxicating.