Still cold!

When I woke up this morning at 6:30 (no alarm, mind you!), I turned on the TV to watch for the closings.  FINALLY, Abbotsford had closed their schools.  OK, cool!  Back to bed I went.   I woke up about 9 a.m. from the bright sunshine coming through the window and decided it was time to get up.   I wasn't going to go in today, but then I remembered that we may have a truck coming with a bunch of stuff from our trade show, so after checking my e-mail, I called our distributor to find out if I had a truck coming today.  Sure enough!  On the coldest day of the year, I had a truck coming!   They gave the driver my number so he could call me when he was about 1/2 an hour away, so I had some time to get ready.  

When I got to the store, the driver had just pulled into the parking lot, so I led him around to the back of our store and the loading/unloading area.   We had two pallets of goods to unload by hand on the coldest day of the year.  Even with gloves on, my hands were numb by the time we were done.  When we build our own store, we WILL have a loading dock!  

It took us 15 minutes to unload the truck, which wasn't too bad.  However, the furnace in the store refused to go on, so having the door open for that long did not help the temperature inside!   Oh well.  I had plenty of work to do to help keep me warm, and not much time to get it done.

I had to close early, as Erica had to go to the doctor at 3:20.  She's been having problems with her left knee, and the kneecap seems to be "popping" out of it's socket.  (I know, eww).   They took a bunch of x-rays and every looks good (we DID find out that based on her "growth plates" she's not going to grow much taller, so she's stuck at about 5'4" or so).   They're not sure exactly what's going on in there, and it could be something that can be fixed with physical therapy, or it could end up requiring surgery.  We have an appointment on February 19th with an orthopedic doctor to examine things further.    She did come away from the appointment with a brace that she can wear during gym class and basketball, so that should help for the remainder of basketball season.    

That's about it!   Nothing much else happening.   I'm enjoying American Idol right now and have a bit pot of chili cooking on the stove. Everyone is safe and relatively healthy, and my truck comes home soon!   Life is good!    

Hope all's well with everyone else!

Julie