So Tinashe is in Grand Rapids this week for a Partners Worldwide conference. It struck me as a little bit funny that he's in GR, where I lived for 3 years, and I'm in Swaziland, where he's lived for a couple years.
While he's in Grand Rapids, Bonisile and I are handling things around the office (mainly Bonisile). He put most things in order, so it's not a problem. We are having one problem that no one could have avoided. The processing plant has been holding off on paying us, which is a bit of a situation. Because they're about a month late, we're out of money for new inputs. So the input supplier, who was supposed to place (we're on a schedule) hasn't placed because they haven't been paid. And we can't pay them because we don't have the money we're supposed to have gotten. We now have a postdated check from the processing plant which we can deposit on Saturday and will likely be cleared late next week. It's a solution, but not a great one for anyone.
If anyone knows a company looking to make a tax-deductible contribution, let me know. Otherwise, we'll just try to keep as many balls in the air as we can.
-Ben
P.S. Congratulations to the Detroit Lions, who have had their first 5-0 season in 50 years. For my brother's sake, I hope they remain undefeated until Thanksgiving, but I suspect he feels about them the way I feel about the Brewers: thrilled that they've done this well, but unwilling to get my hopes up. At least Sam has the Lions to console him as he sees his brother beating him in fantasy football.
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