What to do while on perpetual hold? Long overdue update.
I was taking an order today, and realized that pastel pink tulips are my favorite, not yellows. Never would've guessed, wouldja'?
My favorite call of the day was a gentleman who called with absolutely no idea what he was going to send his girlfriend of two weeks for Valentine's Day. I looked up the meaning of rose colors for him, and we decided that yellow was appropriate. Then, he wanted to know if yellow and red made a good color combination? Actually, it's one of my favorite color combos, sir! Yellow and red it is! Should he send a dozen? Well, sir, you've been dating two weeks, right? Then, no, in my opinion, sending a dozen roses would be inappropriate, and probably either scare her away, or lead her to a conclusion that would then scare YOU away! Ok. 6 it is! Three red, three yellow. And how would he like his card to read? Oh, shit, he forgot about that; it's been a while since he's done this. Can I help with that, as well? Perhaps we could put the meaning of the yellow roses in the message? He doesn't know that she'll know the meaning. Ok. How about, "The yellow roses are for the promise of a new beginning, the red roses are because you are quickly becoming my favorite valentine. Yours truly, Tom?" OMG that's perfect!! Really? Because I pulled it out of my ass as the words were coming out of my mouth! Oh, no, Delia, it's perfect! Write that! He then requested that my boss call him at her convenience so that he could lavish praise on me to her. You got it! I'll let her know! I very much love what I am currently doing for a living...
I have gotten to the point that I don't really take lunch breaks of any kind. I kinda eat while I work. I usually forget to take smoke breaks for a few hours, too. I just work. I am being productive. I am making a difference in the world.
PLEASE DO NOT LAUGH AT ME.
The idea of my taking floral orders and training others to do so and feeling as though I'm making a difference seems ridiculous to me, considering I have the ability to positively impact generations to come with the knowledge that I can impart. Allow me to justify...
I used to sell drugs for a living.
Need I say more? Even though I am not creating wealth for myself or those around me at the moment, I am creating a ray of sunshine in someone's heart, even if for only a moment of time. Until I feel ready to tackle the financial world and business ownership once again, I am quite fulfilled with what I am doing for the moment. I still can not bring myself to answer, "I'm a manager at Teleflora," when asked what I do for a living; the answer is no longer, "I hustle." You've no idea what that does for my heart, and the tears that pour when I think about that.
As I jokingly pointed out to my favorite Flutterby (gnat_1225) recently, they called me one day and said, "Hey! Delia! Go legit! Get up at the ass crack of dawn every day and work a daily schedule!" And I said, "OK!" It was very liberating to realize that, last night, I rolled over and fell asleep on the living room floor not because I was on drugs, but because I was exhausted from a long day of good, honest work.
In other news, the seemingly never ending task of switching Sekhet Bast Ra's website to a new server continues. I am currently on hold with the new server, waiting to give them my authorization code that I was finally able to procure from my old server. I wish you could've heard the conversation I had with the poor chap who answered my call to the old server. He kindly told me that he could not give me the information I was seeking, he would have to open a support ticket and someone would be in touch with me within the next 24 hours. Oh, no, you will do no such thing, poor, poor chap who has done not one thing wrong! I told him as much (perhaps slightly wordier and less diplomatically), and within 5 minutes, he was back on the phone with the information that I was told, 3 days ago, could only be given through an email to an email address that had to be changed because it no longer existed.
**time has elapsed...how much, I do not know**
We are cooking with gas, now! In 5 days, you should see a new SBR site up and running, as well as a new email address for your webSLAVE, not webMASTER!
And with that, the update comes to an end. Perhaps I'll be on hold and have nothing better to do again soon, and I will tell you more pertinent things that are happening in my life...
My favorite call of the day was a gentleman who called with absolutely no idea what he was going to send his girlfriend of two weeks for Valentine's Day. I looked up the meaning of rose colors for him, and we decided that yellow was appropriate. Then, he wanted to know if yellow and red made a good color combination? Actually, it's one of my favorite color combos, sir! Yellow and red it is! Should he send a dozen? Well, sir, you've been dating two weeks, right? Then, no, in my opinion, sending a dozen roses would be inappropriate, and probably either scare her away, or lead her to a conclusion that would then scare YOU away! Ok. 6 it is! Three red, three yellow. And how would he like his card to read? Oh, shit, he forgot about that; it's been a while since he's done this. Can I help with that, as well? Perhaps we could put the meaning of the yellow roses in the message? He doesn't know that she'll know the meaning. Ok. How about, "The yellow roses are for the promise of a new beginning, the red roses are because you are quickly becoming my favorite valentine. Yours truly, Tom?" OMG that's perfect!! Really? Because I pulled it out of my ass as the words were coming out of my mouth! Oh, no, Delia, it's perfect! Write that! He then requested that my boss call him at her convenience so that he could lavish praise on me to her. You got it! I'll let her know! I very much love what I am currently doing for a living...
I have gotten to the point that I don't really take lunch breaks of any kind. I kinda eat while I work. I usually forget to take smoke breaks for a few hours, too. I just work. I am being productive. I am making a difference in the world.
PLEASE DO NOT LAUGH AT ME.
The idea of my taking floral orders and training others to do so and feeling as though I'm making a difference seems ridiculous to me, considering I have the ability to positively impact generations to come with the knowledge that I can impart. Allow me to justify...
I used to sell drugs for a living.
Need I say more? Even though I am not creating wealth for myself or those around me at the moment, I am creating a ray of sunshine in someone's heart, even if for only a moment of time. Until I feel ready to tackle the financial world and business ownership once again, I am quite fulfilled with what I am doing for the moment. I still can not bring myself to answer, "I'm a manager at Teleflora," when asked what I do for a living; the answer is no longer, "I hustle." You've no idea what that does for my heart, and the tears that pour when I think about that.
As I jokingly pointed out to my favorite Flutterby (gnat_1225) recently, they called me one day and said, "Hey! Delia! Go legit! Get up at the ass crack of dawn every day and work a daily schedule!" And I said, "OK!" It was very liberating to realize that, last night, I rolled over and fell asleep on the living room floor not because I was on drugs, but because I was exhausted from a long day of good, honest work.
In other news, the seemingly never ending task of switching Sekhet Bast Ra's website to a new server continues. I am currently on hold with the new server, waiting to give them my authorization code that I was finally able to procure from my old server. I wish you could've heard the conversation I had with the poor chap who answered my call to the old server. He kindly told me that he could not give me the information I was seeking, he would have to open a support ticket and someone would be in touch with me within the next 24 hours. Oh, no, you will do no such thing, poor, poor chap who has done not one thing wrong! I told him as much (perhaps slightly wordier and less diplomatically), and within 5 minutes, he was back on the phone with the information that I was told, 3 days ago, could only be given through an email to an email address that had to be changed because it no longer existed.
**time has elapsed...how much, I do not know**
We are cooking with gas, now! In 5 days, you should see a new SBR site up and running, as well as a new email address for your webSLAVE, not webMASTER!
And with that, the update comes to an end. Perhaps I'll be on hold and have nothing better to do again soon, and I will tell you more pertinent things that are happening in my life...