They're never going to get it done. Charlie and Leo have definitely taken on more than they can do in one lifetime. Their friend from the school where they used to work has started coming in this summer to help them set up. Her name is Nan, and her son Kosai is in summer school to get his PE out of the way so that he doesn't go through the school year sweaty.

I've sweated before. It's terrible. The moisture ruins a structure.

Anyway, Nan told Charlie that she would like to hang out during the mornings that Kosai is at school rather than drive back home only to drive right back. Charlie was thrilled. Nan is busy at work here, just as if she were starting the new business with Leo and Charlie. In fact, they get going some days so that Nan brings Kosai from the school to do his homework in the leather chair upstairs while the three continue their work of building fixtures and checking in stock.

Maybe, just maybe, with Nan's help, they will actually get a shop made here. I can't believe they painted my floors and surfaces in the loading areas and intend to let the public in here too. I feel like I'm wearing a bikini, and most of me is suddenly exposed. I've never had this many people inside all my spaces before. It's shocking.

I don't know how they're going to make it...