Dang…dang…double dang…apparently a mistake was made when loading the new upgrade to the software that is being switched to a web-based system…we had to load the last 4 days into the old system and do a reload on the change over…2 hours work for nuthin’…and then we have to take another shot this weekend and early next week…@#$%)&&^

It took me almost 3 hours to load the outbound today, if you count the ½ hour of manual paperwork, because I couldn’t do it in the system (maybe 5 minutes of system time…and all the other hassles of the load…one of which was the driver had to re-spot the truck at the warehouse because he forgot to open the swing doors before he was against the dock…$@!###)(***

I am way behind and have a whole page of orders to deal with tomorrow…+ a transfer that should have been loaded today…++++++…dang

So when I got the green light to start entering into the current system I had probably 2 hours of accumulated work to enter…I had no more gotten started then one of the customer service reps started emailing me that he/she needed me to do “X”…dang…I emailed back…dang…well not really but…I’m not through step one yet…I’ll get to your request when I can…to add a certain element of the surreal…I got an order from the foundation late yesterday…a call this AM that the order was changed…and then at 1PM when I had time to pickup my mail the new order saying that it must arrive by 1/23….well it’s 1/18 and 1/21 and 1/22 are the weekend….holy………………………..moses…fortunately production had it mostly done and I did manage to get it out today so it’s got a 4 in 5 chance of getting there on time…but the “MAN” the head of the foundation that I have either work for or semi-worked for, for going on 38 years waits until the last minute on everything and then expects me to pull the proverbial rabbit out of the proverbial hat…and I have about a 99% success record…but dang…

Just a very quick but lovely 3-cheese pizza for supper (fresh mozzarella, sharp cheddar and fresh romano…evoo, garlic, a bit of dry Italian salami, and Spanish capers…and a piece left for lunch tomorrow…and a fine arabica coffee…