Domestic Geek

Current mood: drained
I'm really tired, but I can't sleep. I've got a lot on my mind, plus Marcus isn't home, plus I've had reaaaaalllly bad cramps this week, plus I'm not feeling too well at the moment (I hope I'm not getting sick--like West Nile virus or something). I tried to get somebody to work for me tonight, but nobody was availble. Wah, wine, bitch, moan. I'm really tempted to do my schoolwork from home tomorrow. C'mon, get your ass to bed and get some rest.

I really, really, really want to start some sort of crafting business. I've been dreaming about doing this for well over ten years. This is the most confident that I've ever felt about actually being able to do it. Right now I'm just trying to figure out where to get some money for the inital capital outlay. Oh, and I need a really good business name. Any ideas?

The latest worms, like Sobig, Welchia and Blaster, are wreaking havoc all over. Poor Marcus is still at work. The entire IT team is to stay there until they can get the things under control because work is not getting done without network access. I guess the higher ups in the company are pretty ticked about it. Yesterday morning they pulled the plug on all outside traffic. Even my dad's computer had the blaster worm. I spent a good couple of hours on Monday patching his system and removing stuff. Too much fun, I tell you.
UPDATE: Marcus didn't get home until 2 pm on Thursday. Nothing like a 28-hour shift, huh?

Well, I found that chart I wanted on another web site and I emailed first to see if they actually had one in stock. The woman that emailed me back said they did, so I tried again.

I emailed the store I complained about in the last post:



Here's the response I got back today:

Yeah, that made it all better. I really want to order from her again after that reply. I'm not stupid, I understand all of that about charts being discontinued, etc. I'm still pissed and that was so not a convincing apology. Maybe if you're going to have things on your website that you don't stock, you should have some sort of disclaimer. Maybe you shouldn't put things on a website that you don't stock. Maybe you should've contacted me the day I ordered (or within a couple of days) to let me know that you didn't have that item in stock instead of making me wait over two weeks to find out. Maybe you should stick to selling things in your shop and get your site off the internet. Better yet, try eBay. You're supposed to have the item in hand when you sell on there. Arrrgh!

OK, I'm calm now...

Current mood: angry
On August 1st, I ordered this cross stitch chart entitled "Sew Petite" from this store. To make it worthwhile (shipping costs), I added four other charts. Today, (17 days later) the four other charts arrived, but not the one I originally wanted. How lame is that? Not a "Sorry we no longer have that item in stock" note or email. If I had been informed that they couldn't ship that chart, I would've cancelled the whole order. Poor way to run a business, if you ask me. The worst part--if you no longer have access to it, get the damn thing off your website! I am so not ever ordering anything from that site ever again.

I'm a little grumpy, can you tell? I need a nap (see previous post).