Yesterday I sent 500 books to Melbourne to Dennis Jones & Associates who are my distributors by post and, I think that they will all be horribly damaged by the time that they get there. I really researched the best and most cost effective way to get them there and was told that Australia Post was the way to go. Anyway after visiting my local post office and speaking to the head guy (who incidentally was extremely helpful!) we decided that it would be best to package them in bubble wrapped packages of 60 books. These weigh about 14.5 kg each and were quite difficult to pack up. So, I was so happy when I finally had 9 packages of them ready to go, all wrapped up, took them to the post office, and the worker promptly threw the parcels on to the floor. Aaaaaargh!! “What are you doing mister?” Oh I felt like crying, I feel enormous stress and anxiety even now remembering. I just dont want to think about it anymore. He didn’t throw them on the flat side, he just threw them down. Oh well, I guess this is a lesson in detachment…. Aint nothing I can do about it now.
On a good note, I just got 2 cards from Sophie and Hannah Versteeg thanking me for the lovely story. They like it and think its really funny. Thats great and I’m glad. Oh and my website is nearly ready!
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