Well, this has been a hellishly difficult day. A nightmare of epic proportions, but the fact that I remained reasonably (if not completely) calm during all of it at least made me feel better. This all has to do with the helper, and while I cannot go into her personal stuff, she's had something from several years ago rear its head and she has to deal with it and how it's going to turn out is anyone's guess at this point. She's been out of commission since Friday afternoon (it's not health-related). How long she'll remain out of commission is not known at this time. The fact that this happened when we're trying to ship 2000 CDs was not the best timing. Luckily, her boyfriend has been helping her with our stuff and she gave him some instructions and he was able to print out all the postage and labels over the weekend. He came by, picked up the CDs needed, and promised me they would all go out by the end of today. My fear is this was a very complex release - with two titles, people ordering singles, multiples, and also the special bargain deal - so there's all kinds of combinations getting shipped. I know she was being very careful about this one in terms of notation, but I have no idea how careful he'll be - although, I stressed many times how important it was. He's supposed to call me to let me know it's done. Then he'll meet me tomorrow with other shipping labels and we'll send out the last of the dealer orders. I personally lugged 13 heavy boxes to the UPS Store. And that has been my entire day thus far, and I'm still dealing with it. I just ate some lunch and I will now write some pages, then go back to dealing with it. Once I know we're past this crunch, I'm then okay until the end of the month - if I have to replace her, her boyfriend will come and show whoever the replacement is how it all works.
