I normally don't have trouble sleeping. I lie down, and I'm usually asleep within 15 minutes, no muss, no fuss. Tonight is a rare exception to my norm, and I'm none to happy about it. I suspect it's the fault of sugar in my evening meal. We had Moo Shu pork from our local Chinese restaurant for our dinner. I had two thin pancakes that might have contained gluten, and I guarantee there was sugar in the Moo Shu sauce. I didn't add any additional sauce, but I just can't get to sleep.
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Most of the foods I used to love at my local Chinese restaurant simply aren't things I would eat any more - too much sugar, cornstarch, or other ingredients that I refuse to eat. Moo Shu is the least intrusive of them all, and the least sweet of the sweeter dishes. In a range of BAD to LESS BAD, it's firmly on the LESS BAD part of the scale. |
My normal sleeping times are 9:15 pm until 3:15 am. It's now 12:45 am, I haven't managed to get any sleep up to this point, and I'm due to awaken no later than 4:00 am (I switched my alarm to a later time, but 4:00 am is the latest I can push things out and still be at the shop when I need to be there.
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This is Travis Walker from Retail Sales Pro. I had mentioned him to DH 4-6 weeks ago as a possible assist to getting the store closed, and DH didn't shut me down. He actually asked more questions. He's not immediately against having help. I know we need some help. So, I'm looking forward to talking to him tomorrow, and hopefully we will be able to find some common ground. |
The other thing that might be upsetting my sleep pattern is an unexpected phone call that I have scheduled for 8:00 am today. The call, with a man who possibly would be able to help us clear our inventory and close our shop effectively and efficiently is an important one. It's also a very unexpected one, since I had thought I wouldn't get a chance to speak with him for at least another two-three weeks. However, he had an unexpected cancellation and asked if I wanted to be plugged into the open spot today, and I agreed.
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It would be a lot easier to give Travis a good idea of what we sell with a Zoom call, but I'll just have to use my phone to show him a lot of things. I only have 20 minutes or so for this free consultation, and need to make sure he understands my business and our needs. If we end up with a second consultation, I'll ask if a Zoom call or Google Meet call would be possible. |
Unfortunately I'll have to attempt to have a second conversation with him, once I've got DH in the shop along with me. I would prefer that one to be a Zoom meeting between the three of us, and I'll probably have to pay him for the time. I'll certainly bring that up, if he decides that he'll be able to deal with the crazy business I've got going on here, as well as that of our seed corporation, which has inventory needing to be liquidated. It should be an interesting call, no matter what, but now I'll be having it at less than my best. I'll probably look like death warmed over if I don't get any sleep, and sleep is looking unlikely, at worst, minimal at best.
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This is EXACTLY what my problem is. I just can't shut down my brain tonight. I keep rehearsing that conversation with Travis in my brain, and I can't shut it behind a closet door until my alarm goes off. I usually don't react to things this way, and so the sugar and/or glutens may also play a part, but a very minimal part. No ... this is all on my brain and basic worry/hope that this won't/will work out to be a solution for us. |
So, I'm going to do some mindless stuff on the computer and then try again to get at least 2-3 hours of sleep. I'm rarely this tense, I usually can fall asleep easily. It's so incredibly frustrating to have this happening when I really need my wits about me. GRRRR. Have a good Monday and I'll be back tomorrow, hopefully after a solid night's sleep. Slava Ukraini.
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