Not April Fooled

For those of you who look forward to my April Fools stories every year I'm sorry. Just didn't have it in me this year to come up with anything. Even my boss texted me and asked if our Bishop had called us into his office this year and if I had anything to announce. I think our trip to Texas and work has wore me out!!! Right at this time I am trying to Import 50,000 lbs. of beans from Chile. You can't imagine the paperwork and hoops you have to jump through to make this happen. The last time we imported beans from Chile the sheriff showed up to go through our beans because police dogs picked up the scent of drugs in our container that came into LA. So needless to say I am a little weary about importing. I never, in my wildest dreams imagined I would be doing this kind of work. Shipping seeds all over the world - Me, the girl, who when I got married made my husband call the Dr. for my own Dr. appointments because I was too shy. Now I communicate with foreign customers through phone calls, emails and texts. Sometimes I can't hardly understand them but we make it through. I fight with the Dept of Agriculture and have probably been put on the FBI list for irate US citizens as I argue, plead and beg to make our shipments legal to ship. My boss told me to do whatever it takes to get an order through and I had to have him clarify to me what "whatever it takes" means. I love Pure Line Seeds but I would never do anything illegal, immoral or dishonest for them. Well almost anything. And they know it! I am going on my 15th year here and wondering how I lasted this long! Its the money. Yes I said it. Money. Its what gets me up at 5:30 every morning and keeps me plugging along through the stress and mess. Someday I'll hang up my pens and pencils and computer key board. It will be a glorious day!!!