tomorrow sounds promising. but then again, not really.

do you ever have those days where you just think to yourself, 'i just want to crawl under the covers and never think about today.'? i most certainly had one of those this morning. i have about a week and a half until my half marathon, and i needed to get up and go running today, but i definitely turned off the alarm and went back to bed. it was GLORIOUS! however, i did eventually have to get up and get ready for work. by work, i mean sit at darwin's house while some guy installs shutters or something...whatever. it's raining and it's cold at the shop, so i would just assume not be there. so me and the p-dog are hanging out.

when it rains, it pretty much shuts us down. there just isn't a whole lot to do aside from catching up on paperwork and office malarkey. we're not exactly out making deliveries or doing hauls in the rain. that just doesn't make sense(you would be amazed at the number of people who do not grasp that concept.) speaking of office malarkey, i did a lot of streamlining yesterday. hopefully some of it will make us more efficient and make customers less dependent on darwin and i so that we can breathe for a nanosecond. we will see how that works out. i hope well because some days, the monotonous questions get well, monotonous. i know people are genuinely interested in what we do, but sometimes they ask the silliest questions. and they get really upset when i don't call them back within about 14 seconds of them leaving a voicemail. i am sorry, but i am not in the office at all times. some times i am out schlepping boards, or stickering packs, or i don't know god forbid i use the restroom at any given point. that is why our voicemail specifically says to leave a message if you must, but e-mail or fax works much better for us. silly.

also, if you ever want to come down to the shop and see what we've got going on, please, please, i beg of you, let me know ahead of time. we are an appointment only facility and i would prefer to not get yelled at when people call and say they are at the gate and i tell them no one is there. i was unaware that my psychic ability had to be that far reaching. i've got to use it enough to keep darwin from imploding, there is no way that i am going to be able to do it with customers too. so please save my poor little brain some effort, and your cars some gas, and do me a favor and call me. i can usually work you in the same day, but i need to know about it.

for anyone who would like to know, i've implemented a new e-mail policy for the 4 stages of Missississippi Wood Trader: information, directions, sales, and salvage work. they are four different emails and they are each equipped with an automated response stating that in 2-3 business days someone will reply, and also with information as where to be directed if need something else. that being said:

general inquiries: info.mswt@gmail.com
directions: directions.mswt@gmail.com
pricing/sales: sales.mswt@gmail.com
salvage work: contact.mswt@gmail.com

salud.

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