09 June 2007
I'm tired... not sleepy but tired. Got up at 7.45am to list some stuff, check email and generally potter around Etsy. I mean... I was having a Showcase after all. I need to stop operating on EDT and fix my own daily schedule. I'm living on 5 hours' sleep a day. I get distracted really easily and sometimes forget what I'm doing. I could be busy with Task A when something happens and I jump to Task B, then Task C and so on...
So the funny thing about this Showcase was that I had a fair amount of views and hearts as usual, but not a single sale. Then a cousin of mine, who I'd been MSNing a bit in the morning, dropped in her order of not one but four items (thank you again!). Apparently that started the ball rolling because I've been relatively inundated with orders today. At some overwhelming stage I found it difficult to keep track of who had paid and who hadn't, which was supposed to determine whose packages I needed to get out first.
At the same time I'd been trying to create some new pieces because I haven't had much time this week for anything. Didn't get very far though. It's a "good" problem to have I suppose, but things flying out faster than I can put them in makes me feel a bit insecure :X
In other news, I finally opened my rotary tumbler package only to find I couldn't even prise the lid off the barrel (T did it for me in the end). How am I supposed to use this thing! And the rubber smells. And I need to get a step-down transformer! Zzzzz. But I also had fun hammering stuff on my new steel block. Too bad it wasn't loud enough to piss off the neighbour who was smoking near my window.
So the funny thing about this Showcase was that I had a fair amount of views and hearts as usual, but not a single sale. Then a cousin of mine, who I'd been MSNing a bit in the morning, dropped in her order of not one but four items (thank you again!). Apparently that started the ball rolling because I've been relatively inundated with orders today. At some overwhelming stage I found it difficult to keep track of who had paid and who hadn't, which was supposed to determine whose packages I needed to get out first.
At the same time I'd been trying to create some new pieces because I haven't had much time this week for anything. Didn't get very far though. It's a "good" problem to have I suppose, but things flying out faster than I can put them in makes me feel a bit insecure :X
In other news, I finally opened my rotary tumbler package only to find I couldn't even prise the lid off the barrel (T did it for me in the end). How am I supposed to use this thing! And the rubber smells. And I need to get a step-down transformer! Zzzzz. But I also had fun hammering stuff on my new steel block. Too bad it wasn't loud enough to piss off the neighbour who was smoking near my window.