getting OFF the hamster wheel...

... i admit it, i was in a BAD mood today - it was one of those #$%!#$ moods where it doesn't seem like i could catch up on all of our orders, emails and such. it was like no matter what i did, i couldn't shake it. i consumed a massive amount of chocolate, played with baby noah and even took a short nap but i couldn't shake that mood.

i think one of the reasons i was in a bad mood was b/c i hate the fact that we can't be perfect - or i can't be perfect in the MR sense. when you ship out hundreds of orders a week and thousands of products, there is bound to be one or two orders where things are missing or dented. and as much as i would love to hear that our products never have problems, they do sometimes. and deb was telling me when we see emails like that - it makes her cringe and her blood pressure rise - it does for me too.

you never want to hear that you have "disappointed" someone. did we mean to? no, we are human. and when we make mistakes we try to fix it. sometimes that means me making 3 trips to the post office and mailing something myself but we do it b/c we want to be honest suppliers. in the end, we are only human and i have to accept that.

so enough about the bad karma, i decided the only way to shake this was to go for a run and to pray. i didn't run long but i did do a series of 200 yard sprints up and down the sidewalk outside our house this evening. and i said a prayer and i wanted God to remind me that i have so much to be thankful for - b/c i do.

and here i am - i feel a lot better! and i am ready to start again. and i am happy to also say we found out that deb won HM in the HOF contest! yay!

BUT before i do, as promised, here is the RAK winner - s.patel ! congrats, please email me at info @ mayaroad.com

and also to celebrate the mood lift, i put together a smaller RAK and picked another winner:
Mel Nunn - congrats to you.

and finally if you would like to see some inspiration for some of our new products, check it out at our MR design team blog!