Comical…busy…not so relaxing. Humor was definitely a must.
How about your start to the new year?
Over Christmas weekend my husband was ill. He asked me, “Why does it seem I am always sick at Christmas?” I don’t know. One time we spent Christmas Eve in the emergency room. He looked like something from a movie, like a swollen thing that had risen from the dead. It was nice.
The Christmas ailment was passed on to me. The night before last I was miserable with a fever. Mind you, I don’t get sick often. I sent a one line email to my sister, told her that I wasn’t feeling well, that I loved her. I proceeded to tell my husband, “In case I don’t live through the night, I love you.” He chuckled, “I think you will live.” I did. Amazing.
The next day I noticed product images missing from our website. I was too sick to try to fix the problem. My husband, not the one that keeps the site going (he helps in many other ways), was speechless. I opened a help ticket.
All of the product images in our online store had been deleted. Not one or two. Each and every one, gone.
I made a phone call on New Year’s Eve. All advanced support staff had left the building. Lucky souls.
Today I sat down at the computer, thinking to self, “This is what a small business owner does…the fix-it-all person…even on a holiday,” After several mis-haps I began to see a number of images load to the website. Yes! The correction will take a few days.
Who knows what tomorrow will bring, but I can say this, bring on the challenges. If 2011 is any better than 2010, we are blessed. After a few years of wondering where our lives were turning to, 2010 brought work and busyness our way. Bring it on!
I hope you and your loved ones are also blessed with whatever you need in 2011, that is, everything you need!
Mary, I don’t know why, but it does seem that the flu likes to hit us around Christmas. Or between Christmas and New Years as it has this past week. We both had it. Not the typical flu-this one came quick, hit hard and receded early. We’re still a little weak but I’ve had worse. Happy NY
Not you too, Debbie! 🙂 I kept thinking I was going to luck out. The incubation period must have been exactly 7 days. I might as well laugh about it! Glad you are feeling better…hope your strength returns soon.
I’ve heard the same thing from so many people! My theory is that prior to Christmas, everyone works flat out. Then just stop for Christmas. I think it’s our body’s way of letting go once the pressure’s off!
Your theory makes sense to me, Ann.
You know, we were working like crazy before Christmas. And the rush got worse right before the holiday because everyone needed things done (power turned on, moved into homes, construction sites approved). Perhaps next year we’ll not have it! Ha ha ha!
The New Year brought my Mom and niece back home safely from Seattle, WA and she’s so glad to be back home with my Dad and I. She got in at about 9PM (EST), Seattle time is 3 hours difference so it would have been 6PM (PST) last night. She came home sick though! It is so good to have my Mom back home too, now I don’t have to e-mail her, I can just step into the other room to chat with her, etc.
Amy
I am glad she made it home safely, Amy. Home sweet home is really more than a phrase, don’t you think? There isn’t anything like it. I hope your mother feels better soon.
Yes, she missed my Dad and me terribly and we missed as well. Yep, Home Sweet Home is more than a phrase for sure. She is starting to feel better, it’s from jet lag and not getting much sleep since the fire alarms went off 3 times in the middle of the night/early morning while she was out there and she said, “She’s never going back to Seattle again though.” Looking forward to our Georgia/Florida trip in February!
I am such a homebody, Amy. I truly understand!
I hope you are much better by now!!!
And I hope this year is even better than last year for you!!!
Becky, I am feeling so much better!
I wish the same for you too, especially with your classes, and where they are going to lead you!
Mary, so sorry to hear that you were ill over the holidays. Hope you are feeling better now. Thankfully, we all escaped illness, although my husband is having a hip problem at the moment. Hope you were able to salvage the site; I don’t understand enough about the WWW or computers to rectify things like that, although I can hit the restore key from my backup. I also subscribed to Carbonite which, I’m told, is good. Bless you today!
Carbonite has a great service, Deb. I used them once when I thought my computer was dying. I was able to save everything off-site, restored to a new computer. It really was a life-saver. I hope your husband’s hip problems get better soon!