Ahhhhh...........Spring!

What a great weekend!!!! We had about 60 folks up on the mountain for this weekend! On Friday night, I ended up hanging out with some of the guests and seasonals and having been turned onto the "Electric Lemonade", drank a tad too much! The bar closed at around 1:00 a.m. (A tad early - dontcha think!) and I went to sleep only to wake-up gasping for breathe at 4:30 a.m.

It appears that the citrus laying in my esophagus got the best of me and thankfully the Massage Therapist had woken up about 15 minutes before this episode and was out at the hot-tub! When I went outside, he knew something was immediately wrong and I ended up drinking a good amount of water while we sat and talked until about 5:30 when I was finally able to go back to bed!

Then I had another good surprise! Matt and Troy were leaving for vacation, so when I got up to get ready for work on Saturday, Matt explained that he had some bookkeeping work to get done. He told me that I could just go back to bed and he would radio me in a few hours when he was about an hour away from completion.

So off I go back to bed with my Walkie-Talkie about 10:00 a.m. I woke up at 2:30 and radiod him to see what was going on. He explained he forgot to radio me, but, still had more work to do and for me to go ahead and come over to the store at 3:30 p.m. That meant that I was well rested for Saturday Night festivities and had a great evening in the store!

Michael (Kitty - as David calls him) and Dan came up and it was the first time I had seen them in quite awhile. It was like the season is beginning since they were back at camp. I developed a close friendship with them last year as they would normally stay an extra day and we would hang out at the pool together on Monday!

Anyway, the three of us ended up hanging out and I introduced them to "Electric Lemonade"!!! This time we had cherries in them! I assisted Ben behind the bar for a little while, so I am getting pretty good at making drinks! (Once I am pointed to the correct liquor) Then Michael and I danced and I hung out with Dan pretty much the entire evening while Michael danced and got his drink on! I did not drink half as much as Friday night, but, a good time was had by all!

Dan and I sat and talked for while until the bar closed (about 1:30 - suppose you have to work your way up to 2:30 a.m. - Rolls Eyes!) Then he went to his camper and I went and checked out the steam room to close it up. Well, there were guests still using it, so I went to the store and had a few bottles of water and hung out on the porch. (Did not need a repeat of the citrus choke again!) I then checked the steam room and finding no guests, turned it off and locked it up. I went to bed about 2:45and was up bright and early this morning without the alarms - woohoo!

We have been making a number of changes in the store. It has been rearranged and I am now right inside the sliding glass doors of the bar, since the bar is now open at the same time as the store. We now have a locked Key Box and I was able to get all of the keys relabeled and in the locked box which is now behind the enclosed check-in/office area. We have new areas for hanging up shirts, etc. I moved the coffee service area over on what used to be the back counter. Ben hung all of my signs and extra key holders and Rob decorated the one glass case with "Male Pouch" merchandise!

I had time for a half hour Massage from Steve, and while he is good, he is not "My David"! He did do a very good business this weekend (wondering if I am in the right business), as everyone seemed to want a massage! It's a little tough as I miss David being here and doing massage. I know he is much happier and is in a better place in his life now, but, that doesn't mean I don't think about him often and miss the good times we had on a regular basis!

After my massage, Michael and Dan brought their dachshund Strudel up to see me and I went and got my Roxy and we sat out on the pavement and played with the dogs for awhile. They then had to leave to get back to the city and I finished some balancing transactions and closed the store at 6 p.m.

I then went and filled up my Ice Tea and sat outside on one of hillside chairs overooking the valley to just relax. The weather was so perfect after the initial fog cover of this morning. There was a nice warm breeze blowing and I wanted to just go to sleep right where I was sitting.

After a time, Ben, Curtis, and Joe (The cooks BF), came over and chatted for awhile. Then Rob and Phil (Seasonals) brought their dogs over and we sat and chatted for about an hour. I then went over to the store and talked with Mark (Another one of my favorite seasonals) and watched a little of a movie on the Sci-Fi channel! Some disaster movie that I tired of after about 15 minutes!

I have a very busy week planned. I have to do laundry including bedclothes, bathe Roxy, Clean the Fish Tank, Do my Taxes, Go get my hair cut, get some repair work done on my car and an oil change, clean the room and get it more organized, Drive to Columbus and Pick-up my Mother and my Sister on Thursday. I am looking forward to seeing David and meeting Robin this coming weekend!

More News Later...................