Rotten Day!

I'm going to post about today, and then, if I have time, backtrack to the weekend and our annual trade show with our main RV parts distributor.

Today started out in a BAD way, and it was all my fault!  

RANT #1:  I was going to order boxes to ship our Sausage Casings in on Tuesday, and I FORGOT!  Sooooooo, that meant that today, I had NO boxes to ship them in!   I managed a workaround, eventually, but that's not a good way to start the day!  

RANT #2:  I had to find a dentist to take care of Greg.  He broke a tooth over the weekend, and there was no dentist available.  He suffered it out through our show, but now, today, I had to find someone to help him.  The broken tooth was causing problems with his tongue -- it was cutting into it.   Because of the insurance we have (read:  NOT good!), no one wanted to take us!   I was darn near in tears as I was talking with some of these dental offices.  You see, the problem is that Greg's teeth are in really bad shape, and it's not because he doesn't take care of them.  Ten years ago, he had a bone marrow transplant.  Part of the preparation for that transplant is Total Body Radiation (TBI).  Unfortunately, TBI has a habit of destroying a person's teeth and Greg's teeth are paying the price.  After finally finding someone to see him, and spending 40 minutes on hold with the insurance company, he went in, only to find out that he needs to see an oral surgeon to have some teeth pulled.   We'll get a call in a week from the oral surgeon, and if we don't we should call them (based on the list the dentist gave us).  In the meantime, Greg was given a prescription for a month's worth of antibiotics (why so much?) to take care of the infection in the tooth and/or his tongue.  

RANT #3:  As I was dealing with Greg's issues, I was trying to print orders, etc., and my printer DIED!   Literally, DIED.   I've been having issues with it in the past, and was always able to get it running again.  This time, not so!  

I had to go over to Pamida, in our mall, to buy a new "temporary" printer because NOTHING available there was suitable for a business.   I have to say that I've decided to BOYCOTT Pamida.  I've met the manager on numerous occasions, including at Chamber meetings and other such "professional" gatherings, but he has NO CLUE who I am!   NO ONE from that store has EVER been in ours and we're just down the hall!  I see them all the time when they walk past our store to go to the dollar store next door, but they've NEVER stepped foot in our store.  I absolutely REFUSE to spend money in a store where the managers and employees don't bother to patronize shops in their own town.    The lack of "local" shopping is what hurts small towns, and I absolutely REFUSE to patronize a store with employees and managers that refuse to even shop, much less VISIT the stores in the small communities they live in!  

RANT #4:  The OLD printer was a multi-function printer/scanner/copier/fax machine.  When I disconnected it, I also pulled out the fax cord.  After doing that, we had NO PHONES!    Mind you, I have the phones, credit card machine, fax and DSL all hooked up to ONE line.  We had NO IDEA which one had to be reconnected or fixed.  At this point, I had had enough, and seeing as Greg had come to the store while I was off buying the printer at the local "could-care-less" department store, I simply told him to "fix it" and left for the back room to take a few minutes to calm down.   Five minutes later, Greg had it all fixed and we had phones again.  

Greg left and headed off to the dentist.  I'm not going to go into all that, as it'll just get my blood pressure up again and there's really nothing more to say.  

Is four rants enough for one day?   I think so! BUT, that was NOT the end of my day today . . . I had to take Abby to the doctor for an appointment I made a couple weeks ago.   Abby was having some problems at gym class, where she had problems breathing and had to go to the nurse's office.  Today's appointment revealed that she has "exercise induced asthma."  She now has an inhaler that she needs to use half an hour before gym class and prior to any hard running or playing outside.    

So, that's today's rants . . . I'm starting to wonder where it's even worth it to take a couple days off . . . I'd have much rather had one of these things happen a day, rather than all in one day!  

Hope ya'all had a better day than I did!

Julie