Better day but still a long one!

July 25 – When I got up and dressed the morning my poor feet were crying “please don’t put me back in those shoes”!  Unfortunately I had to.  Before we headed in I put the crock of stew into the cooker and set it and was happy to know that dinner would really be ready tonight when we got home.

The day started off much better as the key opened both doors with no problems and Bill did the mopping while I opened the register and started on the late arrivals last night that I needed to check on.  Bill also goes out and checks off if those due to leave have done so or not so I know if the spot is ready for the check-ins.

Overall the Laundromat was much slower than last Saturday.  I kept up all most all day on the washers until mid-afternoon when Gina and I got on a cleaning kick.  She cleaned and organized the glass counters and storage where we work from and I did the tables and displays in the laundry.  I pitched a stack of old magazines and reorganized the tourist brochures.  They were scattered all over the place, so at least for now every thing is now organized and clean.

Gina stayed with me during the rough part of the day when we had a flurry of check-ins and Becky was there also as we had 3 RV’s dry camping out front for a night waiting for their space to open up the next day.  We have been totally full for several nights with only a couple of tent sites left.

Once they left Bill helped me with my cleaning duties and I had a last minute camper who didn’t have enough cash to pay for his site and shower key deposit for the night of $20.80 so I waited for them to drive 15 miles to the bank ATM.  I told Bill to go on home and once I got them taken care of I had to balance.  I ended up doing so, but for the life of me I could not get my dimes counted correctly.  I guess I was pretty tired.

The smell of the stew when I walked into the RV was so good!  All I had to do was thicken it a bit and we were ready to eat.  My small crockpot makes enough for 2 meals if I fill it to the top and I did.  Now one night when we’re gone to Yellowstone all day I’ll have something ready to warm up for dinner.  It was delicious and hit the spot!

Bill and I didn’t even turn on the TV, just sat with our books and read and I knew I was getting behind in my journal and blog, but just didn’t have the energy to do it.