Day 8

What an interesting day.

Today, Monday, was very important in terms of business plan preparation. Tomorrow morning I (Ben) have a meeting with a small business councilor (S.C.O.R.E) in order to proof, edit, tear apart, whatever on our business plan. We have been working on this for about a solid week now and hope that the skeleton is starting to take shape - which it is. I think. Neither Dad nor I are the types of personality that thrive doing this particular type of work when fantastic new ideas are constantly crowding our mind. But the bottom line (thats a business plan term, btw. Bottom Line. Mmm Hmm) is that we HAVE to get this thing done and it has to be good, so we are being particular and tedious with it. Today was spent entirely on the financial analysis section. Since we switched business models on day 3, our financial model is drastically different - and the numbers don't have the WOW factor they once had. On paper, that is. But in reality the numbers are far more powerful. Hopefully in the morning I will have enough good material to have a productive meeting.

A few other interesting developments on day 8...my wife Anna has been feeling very sick the past 4 days, mostly from her Cystic Fibrosis, so this morning she went to the clinic thinking there would be a hospitilization. Fortunately, she doesnt have to stay at the hospital after all but it was still stressful thinking about a.) her health b.) Lily and c.) money.

For lunch Dad and I decided to take out customary walk through downtown. We strolled the lull of the wichita river festival...not much there. Just greasy food stands and port-a-potty's.

After a brief stop at the public library, where we picked up a few essential books, we saw a new mexican restauraunt on the way home. Although it wasn't in our original plan, we decided to drop in and check it out - after all, it was only a short walk form the office and could potentially become a nice little eatery for us.

Well, as soon as we walked in I knew it was going to be trouble. We had no napkins, no silverware, and no waitress to start. When she finally came I asked her if they had tacos. She said un momento and checked the menu, but couldn't find the taco's. No worries - I finally found them myself. She brought out salsa in a small jar that wouldn't even pour into the little bowls, so I had to force it out, and on top of that it was completely favorless. The burrito Dad and I split was the most flavorless nasty mexican food I've ever had in my life. You have to TRY HARD to cook food this gross. To be honest, it was such a disappointing experience I don't even want to waste any more time thinking about it.

Don't Ever Go Here. Seriously.

Finally, I want to mention another concept we have come with. It is a very complex direct advertising concept we are calling Time Sails. The inner workings of it are intense, but it will be very simple for the user to get resources completely dedicated to their area of interest. I will be blogging about this concept a lot in the coming days as the idea develops more.

At the end of the day, we got lots of great work done, were feeling very confident, and were surprised by a visit from Anna and Lily. Oh - and we brought in a printer to the office.

I am very excited about this coming week...great things are in the future.