All Hell Breaks Loose

I don't mean to brag or anything but I think a lot of wife/mom's/managers/owners of any sorts would agree that when you take a holiday, all hell breaks loose. I know I am right because I have seen it many times in my life. Heavens forbid my mother went on vacation. The house would become a mess, we would eat cheese quesadilla's for breakfast,lunch and dinner and would stink from not showering for a week. I am not saying that the men can't handle it...but....we can do it better.
This last week I was able to have an awesome visit to Arizona and hang with the fam. I had so much fun cutting my hair, cuddling with the puppies and laughing at all the goofy things us Daley's say. It was over too soon and although I miss them, I know I will be back soon enough to visit again! I was also looking forward to visiting Arizona because then I would be able to take a break from vinyl. It's not as if I don't like doing vinyl, it's just that sometimes it can be tiring. I think that applies to anyone who works. I love my job, but like everything, it has it's ups and downs.

So when I returned to Idaho, I was not surprised to see a bunch of angry emails, a house in wreck (from moving) and a starving husband.

The emails consisted of people asking where their orders were with about a million question marks and explanation points mixed at the end of each sentence. I tried to make it as easy as I could for these people and I thought I did a pretty good job. I put my shop on "vacation mode" so that whenever they emailed me, an auto response would reply saying something to the sorts of:

Hey-
Thanks for your interest with Say It With Style. I am on vacation right now and will try my best to answer your questions. I will be back on April 17th. Thanks!

There was also an announcement in my shop that said:

Hi, I'm on vacation this week but will be back on April 17th! I'll try my best to answer emails though! Thanks!


just in case they were too lazy to email. All they had to do is look! Just read the simple tiny paragraph and then you'll know, 'Hey, this lady is on vacation. Maybe my vinyl decal will be delayed since she is gone'.

No, instead I got rage. Of course, when I put that my store is on "vacation mode", I really mean that I am sitting at home on my butt laughing maniacally at all the fools.

Seriously? I am on vacation. 800 miles away from my vinyl stuff...think about it.

As for my husband, he came to a realization that he either ate something crappy or nothing at all. Kind of nice to come home from work and have a clean place and dinner on the table, huh?

I don't want to sound like I am complaining but if you ever want to be flattered, just go on vacation for a week and come back to see for yourself and for many of you that have done this, you'll know what I am talking about.