things in threes?

So the exhaustion is continuing, albeit a bit less with the rest from the weekend. But I'm only an hour into this monday morn and I already know that this week has a greater than average probability of being the week from hell.

Ok I'll start off with this. 2 businesses, 3 employees (including me), 2 owners (married).

Employee 1: Wife had 2 strokes last week, brother in law dies over the weekend, and god only knows when I'll see him again. Hoping for a speedy recovery for his wife, but knowing better with 2 strokes.

Employee 2: On vacation, had airline tickets since late dec/early jan. Will be back next week.

Owners: His mother died over the weekend. Owners now on their way to Missouri for services. Hoping to see them back next week.

And anybody who's keeping count can now see my problem.

As long as both stores are relatively slow I'm ok. But with the warm weather I have no idea what this week will be like. All I can do now is hope.

I guess I should maybe clarify something. Some of you probably already know that I've had to run both businesses before. But not like this. Always in the past there's been somebody I could call in an emergency if I absolutely had to have help. This week I have no such luxury, and additional responsibilities since the owners are out. When they're out I also have to run the deposits to the bank. Finally add to this the, sometimes impatient, service customers who may or may not understand the circumstances as to why there are no services this week.

Anyway, I guess I won't know until it's over, but that's what's going on.