Finally closed my first door-to-door shipment—only took a week of chaos

I've shipped freight a thousand ways, but this week I ran my first true door-to-door solo: trucker ghosted us in Mannheim, customs wanted the invoice in triplicate, and the consignee's forklift broke at 5pm. Still—it cleared this morning, and the goods are sitting in their warehouse. I'm filing the paperwork tonight like it's a victory lap, because it kind of is.