I started out the day stressed out... We had amongst other things yet another client with money issues, (read that as a bounced check) 3 suppliers were dragging their feet getting back to me with pricing info on some serious cash items, I had 2 shows to get quotes out for, and I needed to fix 2 large tools, and purchase a couple smaller ones... I have been avoiding the hell that would be today, all weekend, as I know that all this was the begining of an ugly run of hours...
By days end, everything was accomplished with one supplier still holding out on me... My partner took care of the money issue with that client, (I hope) And my new co-author bailed me out by running around to buy a few things I just didn't have time to deal with... The tool fixes went smoothly thankfully, (one of them is a machine that is probably 25 years old, and isn't the best vintage for that brand) and the install of a new cooling system for one of the tools was a snap. The quotes went out on time too...
It was a highly annoying day of fielding phone calls while I was up to my arms in oily tools, or while I was concentrateing on drafting... In the end though, I feel like I have a handle on things... I am quite sure that feeling isn't going to last far in to the week as material starts pouring in and the build begins... But for the moment, as I sit here with a pizza and a beer, life is good...