This time last year I was sitting on my much depleted Summer reserves
By the end of January I literally closed my business account with $12.00 in it
2016?
The strongest showing since 2011
Of course I have restructured, scaled down and gotten rid on most of my employees
But still I am coming into the Thanksgiving holiday solidly overbooked and with more work than I can handle
I am already booked almost to Christmas and am going to have to work my butt off to keep up
Since the bust we have dumped almost every last dime that we saved to keep the business floating
Now it would appear that I will be heading into the dead zone (Dec- early March) with the prospect of survival
Should I say that I am heading into the new season with a sense of….
Thanksgiving?
I guess you could
But if I suck some in the meantime, that is why
Nose to the grindstone
It’s weird-same up here in Ohio-I’m usually so slow by now I get to hunt deer half of Oct and most of Nov, and take off for the weeklong deer gun season- starts Mon after Thanksgiving.
Been hunting exactly twice so far.
Still getting calls for work every day.
If it snows a lot this winter- I’ll make up what I lost the past couple years.
Winter is my slow season,so I plow snow in winter-usually makes up for slow work-some years I make as much in winter.
Good for you Larry. If I can send you a couple of bucks, let me know.
On the way out the door-going to collect a check I finally got the time to type out invoice for-finished the work last Mon.
They added a few small repairs and put it all on same check- thanks for the offer,but doing good here.
Sounds like things are definitely turning for you, and that’s a very good thing.
I can feel your pain about the last several years, the last 4 have been particularly disastrous for me. The wife, kids, and mortgage don’t pay for themselves. Kept my nose to the grindstone, went back to school for another degree, hustled, and now have a new job/career. It’s not paying much yet (minimum wage) but with perseverance it should in a month or two. Things are looking up. My hunting season is going to be shot also, but hey, I’m working non-stop, and that’s a good thing. Congratulations on you turning things around!
(Formerly rightwingterrorist, but changing the moniker in the hopes that the new admin will not openly consider me so.)
RTW. Good for you. I have been wondering where you have been off to. If I can help you out in any way let me know.
Gator fishing in FL does sound like fun.
Let me know if you are in the area. I am 90 north of Tampa