fear of the inbox
Day 1 of Larissa’s Auction ended last night at 8 PST. (Days 2 & 3 are still live.) Which means, it was 11pm for me here. Which meant, that at 11:01 pm, about 60 emails from the ebay winners plus about 30 paypal emails poured into my inbox. All. At. Once.
Of course, I handled it with my usual grace and dignity.
(Yes, I panicked)
I yelled for Amy’s help digging out. Strangely enough, she was not panicked at all. Neither were Sharon or Jan. By 3am, I’d stopped panicking because I’d responded to all the initial emails. Because I knew I wouldn’t be able to sleep if it wasn’t done.
All the winners and the donators have been awesome about getting in touch quickly, so that’s a huge help.
But on Monday night, the emails are going to come again. I never ever thought I’d be scared of my inbox, since I have a definite love affair with my email. But until the last auction ends next week, I’m officially panicking pretty much every hour. Just so you know.
Maybe if I spike one of those smoothies, it would help…
Steph T.
September 16th, 2005 at 4:06 pm
:bravo:, Steph.
I can’t know how much work you and the others have put into this.
I AM pleased how the auctions weren’t bounced by Ebay, but perhaps I’ll save that topic for another day.
It goes to show how many giving people there are in the online romance community.
Also, thanks goes out to the givers of the items, too. I’m amazed at how much everyone has contributed to this effort for this cause.
September 16th, 2005 at 4:11 pm
Way to go Steph!! You are doing great!!:thumbsup:
September 16th, 2005 at 4:17 pm
Aw shucks, thanks Walt & Sasha! I’ve had A LOT of help and I’m so happy to be able to do something for scarylarissagrasshopperleg. And yeah, this online community never fails to amaze me with its support.
And Walt, if ebay had done that, you’d have seen a lot more panic than this!
September 16th, 2005 at 4:50 pm
I am sure that Larissa will be so tickled!!!
This will help them so much…I hope she gives me a call when she goes through…at least I could fill the gas tank for her and buy her dinner :)
Again Steph you are an awesome friend :) :):bravo:
September 16th, 2005 at 9:45 pm
Amy…not panicked? You are funny. I’m still panicked, very afraid I’m missing something.
Oh boy does a spiked smoothie sound awesome!
September 16th, 2005 at 10:08 pm
Hang in there, Steph. It will all work out nicely in the end.
September 17th, 2005 at 12:06 pm
You’re doing an awesome job, Steph!!!
September 17th, 2005 at 7:06 pm
You’re good stuff, Steph.
And spiked smoothies? Is there any other kind? Surely not.
Grins*