Thurs. April 23, 2026: Task Juggling
image courtesy of Alex Agrico from Pixabay Thursday, April 23, 2026
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It was raining by the time I posted yesterday, so no trip to the mechanic first thing. I need to get it done before the next bout of bad weather comes through, because there are days I have to be out and about.
I had order kerflamma with a company. I used to shop with them occasionally when they had actual stores. They “restructured” and are only online now. I wanted something for my mom for the summer that would make her more comfortable, and they seemed to have the best quality at the best price, so I put in an order late on Tuesday night. I checked the confirmation that came in on Wednesday morning, and it was not for what I ordered. I put in a cancellation request and was told I can only cancel in the first 60 minutes of placing the order, otherwise they couldn’t guarantee the cancel. I submitted the request anyway, and then got on live chat with an actual human. The human parroted the same policy. I said fine, but I’m trying to save us all a bunch of steps, because I’m just going to return the item if it shows up, and then I won’t shop at this store again. I was polite, I thanked the human, but I made it clear I was not happy with the situation. I keep live chat transcripts, just in case, and screenshot them when I can’t request an email transcript.
The cancellation went through in less than 30 minutes.
It’ll be a week before the refund is made (because they take it in 15 seconds, but take 7 days to return it). Will I shop there again? Doubtful. I’ll look for this item in other places in person.
But it was fixed, and there was no yelling involved, just calm conversation. And at least they didn’t try to talk me into ordering (again) what I’d actually ordered, paying again, and then promising to sort it all out (as a company I dealt with last year tried).
Checked my account, and the state cashed my tax check, so I guess our tax returns were delivered after all, even though I didn’t pay the additional extortion fee. At least on the state level. So that’s good to know.
Did just under 1K on BETTING MAN, some solid work. Did some script reading for next week’s literary committee meeting. Did the day’s marketing. Checked some stuff on social media and wished I hadn’t.
The cats were restless, and I’m not sure why.
I had a solid session on the ghostwriting, even getting a little ahead of where I hoped to be by end of day yesterday. I hope I can finish a section today, do the final section tomorrow, and get it out the door early on Monday (it’s due on Tuesday). A lot of that depends on if maintenance is coming in to fix something, and how that will throw off the schedule.
I am headed out the door in a few minutes to be at the mechanic’s when they open and get the windshield wiper issue sorted out. I’ll come back to pick up the bag of library books and the bags for the grocery shop, then head out and do that. Once I get all that home, I hope to get some work done on BETTING MAN before the FreelanceFriends meeting. Then, it’s ghostwriting until I leave for a book swap at Brewsters Thrift Shop this evening. The owner of the shop is a fellow Future Labs member, and her show opens next week, on Beltane. I’m looking forward to tonight, and to her opening.
Fingers crossed everything stays on track and gets done!
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