Ready for the Onslaught

It's almost been like preparing for a wedding or a family reunion around the park. Yesterday, we completed almost all of the final tasks in preparation for the onslaught of people expected to arrive, beginning tomorrow. There are 86 arrivals scheduled for the Memorial Weekend - and that's just  tomorrow. I spent my time cleaning the train (again), wiping the benches and tables at our super sites (to rid them of bird poop), and the same with the upright grills at the super sites. All of the grass has been mowed, flags and banners have been placed around, the bikes, boats and carts are all secured, cleaned and ready for rentals.

Along with the preparations, our new schedules have been issued for the next 2 weeks. We are disappointed that neither of us is scheduled for the 35 to 40 hours per week that we expected. Josie is scheduled for 28 and 31 hours the next 2 weeks, and I am scheduled for 25 and 32 hours. We will have to have a talk with the management to remind them of what was committed to us before we started here. The problem, as we see it, is that they have too many people working here and they can't give everybody the hours they need. But, the problem with that argument is that there is at least 1 person we know that wishes she wasn't scheduled for all the hours she is working. We'll see how that turns out.

One thing is for sure. The swimming pool and the water park will be mobbed this weekend. The weather is suppose to be hot and mostly clear. That also means humid, which is nobody's friend here. I plan to take our camera to work today, so maybe I can get some shots of the park as it is dressed-up for the big weekend. There are all kinds of activities scheduled: train rides, craft sales, horseshoe tournament, kids' bike decorating, painting hand made flags, bingo, corn hole tournaments, scavenger hunt, ice cream social and a night in the pavilion playing Trivia Pursuit. Whew! I'm tired just thinking about all that stuff.

We both start at 8 AM today and Josie gets off at 1 PM while I work to 2 PM. We're just about ready for the big weekend...