A tough day, in a way.

I'm having a bit of an internal debate over what to include in this entry. Considering that I am NOT MAKING ANY OF THIS UP, it seems appropriate to report the facts as they occurred.
Considering that Jean is going through some extremely tough financial times right now, it seems appropriate to avoid publicizing her situation.
So, I came up with the following solution: The following entry is not about Jean. It's about someone entirely different, named... um... "Jane".
Yesterday, when wifey and I were at Jane's... um... "flower shop", the phone rang. The caller was a computerized voice from the natural gas company. The voice said that the gas would be cut off in 48 hours unless the overdue payment is received. When we told Jane about it, she said she would call the gas company today.
This morning, we went back to Jane's flower shop. We found a note stuck to the door that read: Your electricity has been turned off because of overdue payment. Sure enough, the electricity was off. We wondered what would happen to all the "flowers" in the coolers and freezers and decided we would need to move everything from the "flower shop" to the freezers in Jane's house if the electircity stayed off for more than a couple of hours. We drove back home, called Jane and told her about it. She seemed surprised. She thought her ex-husband had paid the over-due bill. Jane said she would call both utility companies and get back to us. Sure enough, about an hour later, Jane called us to say the power was back on and the gas company wasn't going to cut off the gas.
I don't know how she did it.
Wifey and I drove back over to the "flower shop" and found the electricity back on. We fired up the equipment and were ready to open shortly after noon.
I don't know how many, if any, customers we missed by opening late, but the rest of the day's business was pretty dismal.
Restauranting... er, I mean Flower Shopping is such a crap shoot. You have to have plenty of fresh "flowers" on hand to attract a wide customer base, but if no one comes along to buy them within a few days, there is nothing to do but toss them in the dumpster. Meanwhile, operating expenses keep piling on.
Today was a mix of panic, relief, boredom and a touch of despair.
I didn't make any mistakes today. That's a good thing.