Chaos and Creations

Computer Malfunction?

"Emma! What are you doing? We have to go!" I hear my mom call out from the bottom of the stairs

I groan in frustration as I shut down my computer. I put the website up last night and there were still no customers! What was I going to do?? I can't get a job now! THere's no way I would make enough on minimum wage to pay for Art School.

I grab my jacket off the back of my chair as I'm walking out the door. I slide it on as I'm walking down the stairs. I reach the landing as I take my gloves out of my pocket and quickly slide those on over my fingers before walking out the door.

The winter breeze hits my ears and I immediately take out my beanie from my jacket pocket. I yank on top of my head and run to the car. I get in the passenger seat immediately putting my hands in front of the heaters as my fingers, with the gloves on, still feel like they're going to fall off. I look at my mother wondering why she isn't driving yet, and she appears to be staring at me.

I look at her wondering if I have something on my face "Yes?" I ask finally, breaking the silence.

"...nothing" my mother responds getting out of her weird trance and driving away.

~*~

After we left the baby shower and got back from the store, and put all the groceries away, I march into my room. I quickly take off all the articles of clothing blocking the cold from me and sit at my desk ready to refresh my page.

I quickly reopen my laptop when I hear a bunch of pings and duck underneath my desk for cover. After the fact of me realizing I wasn't going to die, I sit back at my desk and see right there on my computer screen that a hundred people had ordered a crocheted beanie and everything else that was going to take forever to make. As I sat there overwhelmed and looking at my screen I realized I probably should have asked for help... but I guess there's no going back now.

I started answering responses and giving people an estimated time, but something told me the twelve that I had made before creating the website wasn't going to be enough as my item count was nearing 500.

I decided to immediately get to work. I quickly did the math in my head and if I made 1 beanie in an hour and a half I could make 2 on school days and 10 on weekends. I groaned, even more, when I realized that I would have zero free time for myself....this is going to be taxing.