Another Big Event

Another huge event was scheduled for St Patrick's Day. First of all, we had the special dinner of corned beef and cabbage which brought in several guests that we had to take on tours and spend time with describing the Arcadia Place amenities. Since Josie and I were the only managers on duty and our sales leader Lydia was the only other person working. We all had to handle the tours. Plus, Josie and I also had our regular duties of providing the tea and coffee service during the meal. It was not a fun time for us. I ate with a couple at our regular table and Josie was with another at a different table while we each got up and down to do our other tasks. The meal was excellent, but we didn't enjoy it with all the other distractions.

The other special part of the day began after dinner at 2 PM and the John Thompson Band entertained the residents for almost 2 hours:

They sounded pretty good but I had to spend almost the whole time with the couple that I was trying to show vacant apartments to and to sell on moving to our Community. Thanks to Josie for taking the pictures after her couple left a little earlier.

It was a long day and we still had to cover for ecalls all night last night. We finally are at the free time point in our week. We are loving the interaction with the residents and, actually, handling the operations part of our jobs. We are very unhappy with the sales pressure and the program for sales which seems to be putting more and more stress on us each day. It could drive us to an early end to our involvement here if there isn't some relief. We keep reminding ourselves of the reasons we are here but it will not be to the detriment of our health. We'll see how it goes.

Nothing special is planned for our time off except to do more work on our taxes and maybe some more shredding and other chores. It rained all day yesterday and it is raining again today, so there is no incentive to get out and about in the area. Tomorrow, we have a company coming out to detail our Jeep. We bought the package online through Groupon and got a real good deal. The Jeep can certainly use some attention and this is the chance to do it right. We hope the rain stops by then...