Monday, May 15, 2006

A Mother of A Week

Mother's Day, like Valentine's Day, is a holiday I never really realized the scope of until I started working at the flower shop. At the shop, it's the mother of all holidays--our biggest week of sales all year long. It means 10 or 14 hour days for at least half the week and every one of those hours is go-go-go: arranging flowers, answering the phone, waiting on customers, organizing delivery runs. And this year, as an added bonus we had a wedding* and one of the local high schools had its prom Saturday, too. There's nothing like doing corsage work at 9 p.m. when you've been at work since 8 a.m. Which is why I haven't had time to really catch my breath this week, let alone visit anyone's blog, but it's over now and I spent Sunday resting up. (More than one customer inquired sweetly, "What are you doing for Mother's Day?" and it was all I could do not to say out loud, "Resting up from taking care of all your mothers.")

I literally slept until noon which is the greatest gift ever as far as I'm concerned. Hope all you moms out there had just as great a day as I did.

*Note to anyone out there planning a wedding or anyone who might be in a position to advise anyone planning a wedding--it's a good idea to avoid major floral holidays--especially Valentine's Day and Mother's Day. Despite our good intentions, it's likely you won't be getting our best work.

2 comments:

  1. I will admit, I got a burr up my butt on Friday and decided to be a part of the Mother's Day floral nightmare I am sure you suffered. I decided that I was sending flowers to all the out of towners for Mothers Day. My Aunt, My Grandmother, Scott Grandmother and my Mother In-Law....it was nice though to know that they had this unexpected suprise arrive on Saturday. Thank you from me for your hard work making the Mommies in our lives feel special!!

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  2. I'm glad you did the flower thing--I definitely didn't mean to sound like I hate my job. I really don't. I actually enjoy helping people communicate with each other, if that doesn't sound too corny. It can just be a little overwhelming at holidays--and as you definitely know, dealing with the public has its down sides. :)

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