Not the Week I Planned…

So Sunday was Mother’s Day and I woke up with a sore throat. Likely nothing I told myself. So I took a hot shower and started getting ready for church and realized the soreness was not going away and I was starting to feel a cold coming on. I decided it was best to stay home. Later in the day my husband cooked a delicious dinner and my daughters came over and it was lovely. Just lovely. Except that I felt sick.

I have been prone to colds my entire life usually getting two a year, every year, like clockwork. Some got quite serious and developed into nasty sinus infections. A few caused insanely painful ear drum ruptures that left me temporarily deaf in that ear for weeks.

Thankfully I haven’t had one of those ruptures for decades. Still it’s annoying to keep getting colds! Now with a full-fledged cold I’ve only left the house once in four days and that was to make a critical post office drop off for a customer. I’ve tried to keep up with chores but I’m worn out.

And in the midst of this “feeling like crap week” I get a message from an Etsy buyer that an item I had sent her had arrived in bits. And frankly I was almost in tears. This antique piece of cut crystal was gorgeous. I would have been happy to have kept it. I loved it. And I was surprised that it didn’t survive the journey. I have shipped hundreds and hundreds of breakable items and have literally had only four breakages in 11 years.

In the end I gave her a full refund including shipping cost, which meant instead of making about $90+ profit, I was $38 in the red. Gosh. That’s so disappointing. But what’s worse is that my inadequate packing got this beautiful piece get destroyed!

And of course with my cold I haven’t been sourcing this week. And I miss it. It’s an itch I can’t scratch. Still I have plenty to list. I am embarrassed to admit that over the last six months I’ve bought a number of fabulous vintage sterling silver charm bracelets online and haven’t listed ANY of the charms. (I have worn a few of the bracelets out though!)

So I started cutting off a few charms today and got some listed. My charm profit is typically small as I pay up for these bracelets but I keep a few of the favorite charms for myself for my own bracelets. My charm sales pay for my own charm fetish!!

But notably this week with my cold I find my fridge is now bare. I’ve got celery, half a red onion, a bit of cheese and tuna salad. Normally I’d have my husband pick up some food, but he’s out of town for a few days. I’ve been tempted to have some groceries delivered, but I like to pick my own produce.

So today, feeling a smidge better, I pulled myself together and headed out into the world. Bought myself some strawberries, blackberries, mushrooms, a green pepper, cheese and a bit of chicken. Good to have fresh food and a few more options!

As the week winds down I realized it was not the week I planned. Or the week I wanted. But I am at the end of it and started to feel better and by next week, I’ll be back to “normal” life. 😊

Hoping your week has gone well,

Karen