This is the third year in a row I've found myself overbooked and overstressed at Christmas time. I swore I would not do it to myself this year. There was no reason to. I put extra money in my X-mas club all year so making extra money certainly wasn't an issue. I warned people far in advance if they wanted an appointment before the holidays, they had better make it NOW. I was bound and determined to NOT get overloaded this year. I was all set for a nice peaceful holiday for a change.
It all went ok, until this person or that person popped up and I thought, "Dang... forgot about them. Good client, I better get them in". Next thing ya know, I'm pretty booked, but it's still do-able with my daughter working with me. And then comes the snowstorm and although I did make it to my shop and figured those who didn't were just outta luck, I swallowed my pride and rescheduled them. And then the hot water heater overheated and flooded my shop and a day and a half of appointments all had to be rescheduled. And here I am. No less then 16 dogs per day between now and Christmas with only Sunday to finish my shopping, get my own dogs done and prepare my house for the holidays.
On top of that, I feel like living **** which isn't a good thing since my husband tested positive for H1N1 last week. I'm congested, my head hurts, my body aches and I'm just plain exhausted.
The last 2 years, the tips havn't been the greatest either. I realize times are tough for people and that's understandable. I don't EXPECT tips..... but lets be honest. Don't we all secretly look forward to those holiday tips? So if they pretty much suck (with the exception of a few people) doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of looking forward to them? (not to mention, bust our butts for them) lol
I guess what I'm saying is, I'm not enjoying this at all. Which is actually quite sad, but it's the truth. I didn't enjoy it last year or the year before either. So I'm thinking I might just skip it next year. Relax and enjoy the holiday with no stress. Go spend my X-mas club check whenever the heck I feel like it, bake some cookies (ok, that's probably stretching it a bit) or just relax in my jammies on a Tuesday afternoon and read a good book while everyone else is stressing themselves out trying to get everyone elses dogs groomed for Christmas.
It sounds great, but I probably won't do it because I'm not that smart. But then again, maybe I'll surprise everyone
It all went ok, until this person or that person popped up and I thought, "Dang... forgot about them. Good client, I better get them in". Next thing ya know, I'm pretty booked, but it's still do-able with my daughter working with me. And then comes the snowstorm and although I did make it to my shop and figured those who didn't were just outta luck, I swallowed my pride and rescheduled them. And then the hot water heater overheated and flooded my shop and a day and a half of appointments all had to be rescheduled. And here I am. No less then 16 dogs per day between now and Christmas with only Sunday to finish my shopping, get my own dogs done and prepare my house for the holidays.
On top of that, I feel like living **** which isn't a good thing since my husband tested positive for H1N1 last week. I'm congested, my head hurts, my body aches and I'm just plain exhausted.
The last 2 years, the tips havn't been the greatest either. I realize times are tough for people and that's understandable. I don't EXPECT tips..... but lets be honest. Don't we all secretly look forward to those holiday tips? So if they pretty much suck (with the exception of a few people) doesn't that sort of defeat the purpose of looking forward to them? (not to mention, bust our butts for them) lol
I guess what I'm saying is, I'm not enjoying this at all. Which is actually quite sad, but it's the truth. I didn't enjoy it last year or the year before either. So I'm thinking I might just skip it next year. Relax and enjoy the holiday with no stress. Go spend my X-mas club check whenever the heck I feel like it, bake some cookies (ok, that's probably stretching it a bit) or just relax in my jammies on a Tuesday afternoon and read a good book while everyone else is stressing themselves out trying to get everyone elses dogs groomed for Christmas.
It sounds great, but I probably won't do it because I'm not that smart. But then again, maybe I'll surprise everyone

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