Important lessons learned between 6 p.m. and midnight last night:
1. Don’t slack off for a full day. Ever. This weekend, I had a lull in orders and by Saturday I only had three orders to print off for yesterday. I decided to wait to print until an undefined later. So, when on Sunday I galavant off to school for most of the day, damn the consquences, I didn’t realize that would mean I’d be sitting, bleary-eyed and clumsy of finger, at my computer at midnight the next night filling orders that issued from the bowels of Etsy while I was gone.
2. Past 10 p.m., there’s no point in sealing up envelopes because you’ll be so dazed that you won’t trust yourself to put the right shipping sticker on the right envelope. It took three torn-open envelopes and half a roll of tape to figure that out. Smart one, aren’t I?
3. Those beautiful bottles of refill ink you researched about and finally broke down and bought? While they may make fantastic prints, learning to do the refill takes more time and patience than I need on those Fun days with the toddler of the house. Plus, the stinking gloves may make it difficult to work, but they would have prevented this new look I’ve got going–it looks like I have some sort of skin fungus now. Yay.
On the positive side, all the orders from customers who approved their proofs by 11 p.m. last night are printed and ready to be mailed. Now, that’s a real yay. And, I shipped off a few of the beauties above. I love them. I really, really do.
Happy Tuesday!