Monday is my first day this week of work, just like most people. I started it by saying good-bye to our last customers of the week. Then I went around to make sure all the cabins were "off" for the week until Friday. Friday is when our first weekend customers arrive. I turned off the hot water, refrigerators, heaters, gas to the ovens and unplugged all the microwaves. Believe it or not, they take up a lot of juice just when they're sitting there.
I will have to clean the Birch cabin myself before Friday but that's no big deal. I took up their garbage and turned off the cabin's stuff too even though I will not need hot water when I clean it tomorrow.
The customers who were supposed to be here this week called finally. We were wondering if they had come, seen the cabin, and then left. It turns out the wife is extremely sick and in the hospital. They apologized for not calling sooner. Wow. Hopefully she will be okay. We will be sending back their deposit soon even though they didn't cancel sooner. We weren't full this week so we didn't turn anyone away for that cabin. In those cases, we return deposits. If they had cancelled from a full week, and we weren't able to fill it, then they wouldn't get their deposit back.
I saw a chipmunk sitting on the front stoop of Cedar cabin today. It sat and watched me as I walked right past it to the cabin. I have a feeling that customers have been feeding it. Usually they aren't that brave.
The cleaning girls did a great job on the cabins yesterday. The only thing I found that was not right was that there were 2 dirty forks in a dishwasher. Everything else was spotless so thanks, girls, if you're reading this.
John sat down at the desk today and rarely left it. He spent most of his day doing paperwork, filing reports, and going through mail. I have a feeling that within a year that I will be doing the paperwork. It will be my turn again.
After I finished with the cabins, I made lunch then started on the basement. I have to make room for the 12 sewing tables that will be coming soon for our quilt retreat. Our basement is also supposed to be our garage, but hasn't been used for such since I moved in. I guess I brought too much stuff with me (as well as my 2 kids and dog). Anyway, I filled up a trailer full of broken stuff, garbage and junk for our dumpster. I have a separate pile for stuff to take to the resale shop - an old school desk, picture frames and a bug catcher. I loaded our empty (no seats) minivan with all the extra lumber that has been taking up room in the basement. Tomorrow I will take the lumber up to our lumber pile in the back of our property. I will cover it nicely with all the ends of the boards flush on one end. That way we can see what size board it is before we try to pull it out. The pile is huge. I don't know why we keep accumulating more of the stuff in the basement every year. Its like the lumber is multiplying or something.
By the time I was finished, I was ready for a swim so I joined our neighbors and John at the beach. The sun was still shining, the water was refreshing and I really enjoyed it. Afterwards John, Steve and I sat by the beach as we each drank a beer and talked. Steve's girls were swimming and having a great time jumping off our raft. It was fun and the girls had a great time too. Our dog, Senna, kept diving under the water to find rocks the girls would throw for her. She's a funny dog to dive after rocks. Everybody gets a kick out of her.
Now its the first night without customers since May. The summer flew by.
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