First Shop! Or not.

After a hard day's work moving our 600 boxes and trying to get them all
under cover before the weather changed, we set to getting the shop
organised. First we sanded and painted the ceiling and a couple of
walls, before having a general all round scrub up. Had an email from our
first visiting ship, the Alexander Humboldt, to say they would be with
us a day early with 300 passengers! Help! Spent a very long day
unpacking shop stock, trying to fit 15 different t-shirt combinations of
price and size on the limited shelving - not to mention the fleeces and
kiddies clothing unsold from last year - and then last thing making
prices labels for it all. A late night, all very tired.
Up bright and early, not knowing when the ship will arrive - Rick checks
emails - they say 3pm, so we have time to do the final titivations.
However no ship turns up - and at 4 ish we receive another email saying
that they are unable to make it through the Gerlache Strait - too much
ice. We are all a bit disappointed and deflated, but turn back to more
painting followed by a peaceful evening and early night.