Last week was one of the quietest week in every way.
The weather has really not been kind, lots of rain and the Sun playing hide and seek,H/way 63 South hardly saw much traffic so Vina had a chance to relax her muscles last week.I was waiting for the Sun to shine through so last Wednesday I managed to wash the Swimming Pool with a brand new Pressure Washer that kept on getting jammed (it now has been returned to Sams Club).I have the major task of filling the Pool with water and get the Filter going. Today has been a cloudy day-just miserable.
I received an e mail from one of my guest in Germany and a Thank You Card from another guest which helped to brighten us up for the day. It always is a pleasure when someone appreciates your efforts to keep up a nice clean and friendly facility.
Gas is still $2.79 a gallon in Rolla and it is a factor in people not travelling that much.
I hope that our rooms start filling up from this weekend onwards.
We almost had a full house last Friday as we were honored to host a lot of Rotarians who were in Rolla for their District Rotary Conference. I was busy shampooing all the room carpets and spraying air freshners in all the rooms last Wednesday and Thursday. One never realises how bad the smoke from cigarettes can affect carpets until one shampoos and sees all that black dirt come out of the carpets.
I had to leave Vina in charge as I had to fly down to Panama City,Florida to participate in our ex-Zambian boys Golf Tournament. I had printed welcome letters to all my fellow Rotarian guests and apologised to them for not being able to meet them personally, and Vina told me when I returned on Monday that she had had no complaints from anyone except 1 guest ran out of Hot Water in his room- this apparently happened because all the guests were using the showers at the same time.She also said that the "Wild Turkey" hunters from Louisiana were extremely delighted with their 7 day stay here and all 5 of them tipped the Housekeeper with$5.00 each. They also left a thank you card.
Today I wanted to wash the Swimming Pool but rains put a stop to that. I will have to do that tomorrow and hopefully get the pool going within 2 weeks.
