Slight Schedule Change

There was a little bit of a change in our schedule yesterday. Actually, it was more of a change in my schedule. Instead of starting at 3:30 every day and working until 11:30, I will start at 2:30 and work until 10:30 - and not stay until we are closed out for the day. That has been a very stressful and long process that always started at 11 PM at night and had lasted until everything was complete - some nights that has been until nearly midnight. My co-worker, Karen, has indicated that she wouldn't mind doing the closing alone for awhile to see how it goes. It has been management's desire all along to have only one person closing at night. So, we'll see. Josie has been trained in closing the gift shop now, but she will only have to do that 2 nights a week, according to her schedule. So much for that.

The weather is rapidly improving here. Our high was 86 yesterday and is more typical of this time of year. We are still planning our first trip to Yellowstone on Thursday and we are both looking forward to that. There have been several people at work that offered suggestions on how to see the park and they have been very helpful. We heard the other day that someone was killed by a grizzly bear in the park - a hiker - and that the rangers had to destroy the bear. Those kinds of encounters happen at Yellowstone but usually because people try to feed the animals or try to walk up to them. That's a no-no.

Our morning today will be a stay at home morning. We have had breakfast and we will just hang out until I have to start work at 2:30. More tomorrow - 2 days to go...