After graduating college I worked in a scene shop in Las Vegas. We build ride & show elements, hotel and restaurant themeing, and sets for broadways shows, car shows, etc. Pretty much if you had the money we’d build anything. Most of what was made there was one offs- thing being done for the first time, most often with cutting edge technology. But working in this manner meant there was a lot of trial and error. A motto amongst many became “We do it nice, because we do it thrice”. Three tries before it worked and looked good.
That is the kind of day I am having. I feel like everything is being done thrice, or is taking thrice as long to get done than I expected.
I tried to get the new web site up, just to have it lost in the realm of who knows where. I can’t find it, can’t retrieve it, and don’t have time to redo it before leaving.
I brought my car in for an oil change before driving to North Carolina, just to lean that there is an issue with my unbeknownst to me leaking oil pan, the transmission needs its 30,000 check up, and there are a few other things I can put off for another 3000 miles.
Show applications took forever because I couldn’t find my darn tax info for a few different states. Applications are getting more and more complicated. Tax ID, insurance information, car license plate etc…
It took two hours to fight with the printer to get it to print new signs for me, only to realize that I don’t have enough pockets to be able to laminate them. And I have no car to run to staples. Just need 2 more….
I have learned that using my paper folding machine on my kitchen counter puts large black scuff marks on it. Here is hoping that the “magic eraser” works some magic….
Sometimes it is just better to walk away from the computer. Last week I was trying to pay my sales tax to the state of NJ. The web site kept telling me to call. So I just put it off and when I tried today, it worked!
As the afternoon progressed things seemed to get better. I got my package out to my yarn swap partner without any hiccups and scheduled breakfast with a friend who lives in NC for the morning the show starts. The car got finished and the dealership sent over a courtesy car to come get me.
Almost time for C to get home from work. Maybe we can have a nice dinner, then we can do some accounting (what fun) and I can play in the garden a bit… may turn out to be a good day after all….
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