CMCO Day 147 ~ Tuesday, 3 November 2020

I've been busy the past few days helping hubs with his bento box orders.  Sometimes an order from a single customer can take a few days before it is confirmed and the order can only be a mere under RM50 meal. Some customers will ask for discounts, some will ask for free delivery and some will have special requests.  Sometimes they give wrong delivery dates and address and this will cause confusion to the operations department. Thus, I have to be seated at my desk to attend to orders, sending out invoices, making changes to the invoices, inform hubby of any changes pronto and attend to special requests.  I have never really helped hubs in his catering business for the past 17 years until recently when he needed help with promoting the business via social media. Thankfully I have 10 years of experience selling apparels via social media platforms and know the drill pretty well.

Online food delivery business can be challenging, time consuming and profits are no where near outdoor catering and corporate catering.  In the past, hubs used to get orders for over 1,000 pax in a single function.  Ever since the MCO was imposed in March this year, the number of pax for a single event has been reduced significantly.  It would take a long time before his catering business returns to its heydays and making several millions of ringgit in a year.  As long as no vaccine is available, his wings will continue to be clipped 😥.

Tomorrow and Thursday will be stressful days for me because I will be camping with Cass at HKL again. Cass is due for a Cystoscopy (under GA) on Thursday and tomorrow is our briefing by the anesthesiologist. I am so not looking forward to these two days. I have never liked going to HKL and I still get nightmares of the old creepy building. I will be filled with anxiety and worry on Thursday when Cass goes into the OT for the procedure. All the memories of May 2009 at GMC Penang will come flooding back again on Thursday when I wait for her alone outside the OT.  I can't wait for these two days to come and be gone in a blink of an eye with no drama.   I really need my retail therapy to destress! I've already told hubs that we're going to Mid Valley Megamall on Sunday, just the both of us since only two passengers are  allowed in a car during the CMCO.

Friends, I need prayers for Cass - for the Cystoscopy to go smoothly without any complication before, during and after the procedure. Please pray that Cass will not get an infection after the procedure. And please pray that this diagnostic test will successfully capture clear images of her urinary tract so that the surgeon knows how to rectify the problem. Thank you 💓

Our dinner today:  Japanese potato salad prepped by Sherilyn and Cass.

Ingredients used in Japanese potato salad: 6 potatoes, 1 carrot, 2 thinly sliced cucumbers, 2 hard-boiled eggs, salt and Japanese mayo.  This dish is made really soft as Sherilyn is nursing her gums after a tooth extraction for braces yesterday.

The littlest brat helped to mash the potatoes and eggs as this is her favorite dish! She hardly helps in the kitchen unless we're cooking her favorite food. 

We also had watercress soup and some leftover dishes from the previous night's dinner.