A break, Last try

It’s nice having a two day work week as I have been ground down to a nub from my hectic S18 riding/filming schedule over the last several days.  Today I was going to drop off the big box with the wheel to ship it out and had a frustrating experience.  Normally I drop these off at the Fed Ex ship center that is sort of on my way to work.  It opens at 7:30 AM so the timing works out, well it used to.

So I pull up at 7:28 and see no lights on yet which is not unusual as the clerk normally only shows up right at 7:30.  So I wait and it’s now 7:35 and no action yet, weird.  I decided to get out of the truck and look at the door.  A sign is posted with their new covid hours, they now open at 9AM, shit.  Ok so I knew there was a Walgreens across the street and that they are now supposedly a FedEx drop off center.  I drive over there and walk in without the box at first just to confirm I can drop off stuff there.  They say yes, as long as it already has a label, which it does, great!

I pick up the large and heavy box and pack mule it inside to the rear wall of the building where the FedEx stuff is.  The guy scans the label and tells me the box is too heavy to be dropped off at Walgreens. WTF?  He apologized but said they are only allowed to accept boxes up to 40 pounds for some unknown reason.  I grumpily picked the box back up and waddled back out to the truck with it.  I now have to head out of the office later today and try to drop the box off at a nearby location.  It’s been a pain in the ass start to my Friday.

Speaking of pain in the ass, I sent one final text message to Miguel yesterday regarding the sod.  I told him I wasn’t sure why he never finished rolling the sod but I wanted to know if he still intended to finish the work.  I told him I have had a check written out for the balance sitting on my counter since the day the roller was dropped off, when I assumed that meant he was going to actually do the work.  I asked if he could let me know if he planned to complete the work or not so I would know if I should cut up the check  or not.  I finished with, if you choose to not respond to this text message as well I will assume that means you aren’t going to finish the work.

I sent the message nearly 24 hours ago.  If I don’t hear anything by the end of the weekend the check will go in the shredder and I’ll just let mother nature and the elements smooth out the sod over time.  It’s so aggravating dealing with people that over promise and under deliver.

This weekend I have normal menial tasks to attend to that don’t require much planning or preparation.  I just shipped my 600th order from the 3D store, crazy.