I'm a little worried about work right now. I have no fear I will lose my job, but if I don't get something to do soon, I'm going to lose my mind making myself look busy!
Being in any type of trade right now can be frightening. Few houses, if any, are being built. My specialty is commercial work, but even that is extremely slow right now. We see an upswing in orders for material being placed, but new jobs are scarce. It used to be I'd quote a job to a couple of different wholesalers. Now, I'm quoting the jobs to eight different wholesalers! Everyone is trying to cut everyone else's throat with their pricing, and it's killing our market. So, you sell at job at 10% profit. Ick. Then, someone comes along and does the same thing for 5%! Why? All just to get the job. Now, when the market turns around, you're stuck only making 5%. No one is going to go back and accept 10% in the future. Stupid, stupid, stupid.
I do have a great weekend to look forward to, however. Scrapbooking tonight and ALL day tomorrow with my favorite girlfriends! Sunday will be moving the rest of the big stuff out of my sister's 2nd bedroom to make room for my new nephew who will be making his debut shortly!
I just need to get through today. Guess I'd better get started. Damn it.
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