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Today was noticeably slower than yesterday, though it was still fairly busy. When the UPS truck offered to drop off its trailer at the store, we should have said yes, for as soon after the truck left, we nearly drowned under a deluge of packages.
It was fortunate that the power decided to cut out on us after the UPS pickup. The outage was brief, but I noticed that the UPS in the back room didn't do its job. In fact, the only circuit available once the power was gone was the charger for my cell phone, which wasn't exactly among the top three critical pieces of equipment to keep alive in case of a blackout.
Nevertheless, we all got through the day. As I expected, a number of people who asked about getting their packages to various destinations by Christmas resigned themselves to sending those packages via Priority Mail or UPS ground once they found out how much the added service was going to cost.
I am enormously proud of both Drew and Brady for hanging tough and getting the job done. Kudos for Galina are simply par for the course. I think we've all done extremely well, and I keep hearing good words from our customers with regard to how we treat them. Over the past couple of days, we've had a steady stream of folks come by with all sorts of treats, and this morning, we had one client stop by to leave money and chocolate truffles, and another client, who stopped by to leave a strange concoction of popcorn, peanuts, jelly candy, and Ghu-knows-what else.
The recent weather has shown that despite its snow tires, my small truck is a lightweight on the road. For that reason, I stopped by the hardware store today for three 70-pound "tubes" of sand that are supposed to lie in my cargo bed and provide better traction (and a source of sand in case I really get stuck). I also picked up some coolant, since I seemed to be a bit short in that department upon examining the radiator.
Galina and I stopped by the kids' place yesterday after closing the store. As I expected, Huntur did not recognize me and kept her distance for some time. I'd wanted to stop by simply to see Shannon and the kid; I hadn't seen them since leaving for Houston - it seems - a small eternity ago.
For what it's worth, I don't feel anywhere near as tired now as I have the past few nights. Nonetheless, I am tired, and will probably retire soon.
Cheers...
It was fortunate that the power decided to cut out on us after the UPS pickup. The outage was brief, but I noticed that the UPS in the back room didn't do its job. In fact, the only circuit available once the power was gone was the charger for my cell phone, which wasn't exactly among the top three critical pieces of equipment to keep alive in case of a blackout.
Nevertheless, we all got through the day. As I expected, a number of people who asked about getting their packages to various destinations by Christmas resigned themselves to sending those packages via Priority Mail or UPS ground once they found out how much the added service was going to cost.
I am enormously proud of both Drew and Brady for hanging tough and getting the job done. Kudos for Galina are simply par for the course. I think we've all done extremely well, and I keep hearing good words from our customers with regard to how we treat them. Over the past couple of days, we've had a steady stream of folks come by with all sorts of treats, and this morning, we had one client stop by to leave money and chocolate truffles, and another client, who stopped by to leave a strange concoction of popcorn, peanuts, jelly candy, and Ghu-knows-what else.
The recent weather has shown that despite its snow tires, my small truck is a lightweight on the road. For that reason, I stopped by the hardware store today for three 70-pound "tubes" of sand that are supposed to lie in my cargo bed and provide better traction (and a source of sand in case I really get stuck). I also picked up some coolant, since I seemed to be a bit short in that department upon examining the radiator.
Galina and I stopped by the kids' place yesterday after closing the store. As I expected, Huntur did not recognize me and kept her distance for some time. I'd wanted to stop by simply to see Shannon and the kid; I hadn't seen them since leaving for Houston - it seems - a small eternity ago.
For what it's worth, I don't feel anywhere near as tired now as I have the past few nights. Nonetheless, I am tired, and will probably retire soon.
Cheers...
