Jiggling Jello...

6:48 am - Friday - January 5th - GNHS - 45° F, humidity 84%, wind 3 mph out of the east by southeast......partly cloudy today with a forecast high of 64° F.  On this date in 2013 I posted this map of our travels from February 1st through December 31st, 2012....12,445 miles in all....we have never driven that many Newell miles in one year since....not even close.....↴ 

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......we drove all the way to Florida, up to Washington, and back south to Florida in 11 months.

We 'slept in' Thursday thinking we would not be working.  There were only two 1/2 day rentals booked, and they were for the same family, so we left it to Hunter to take care of things while we took a day off work.  Since the Thursday before New Years we've only had one day off, and that was New Years Day.  Of course, as you know, sometimes things don't work out the way you wish, and Mr. Jello decides to shake things up a little.

Around 8:30 am I received a call from Casey Harper, one of our bosses, asking us to work instead of Hunter as he, Hunter, was about to go over 40 hours for the week, and they did not want to pay overtimes, which I can understand.  TLE and I were only at 20 hours each for the week.  At any rate, I finished posting my blog, and we got dressed and headed out to the COA office to begin the rental day around 9 am.  

The booked 1/2 day rentals were not due to depart until 10 am, so we had plenty of time to get the two RZRs prepped (take pictures, check air pressures, oil, etc.) before our customers arrived.  During that 60 minute interval we had three additional walkups, two more 1/2 day rentals, and one 2 hour rental, so it became a very busy rental day just like that!  It got a little hectic for about 40 minutes, but by 10:30 am all five rentals were on their way.

Since we didn't have Hunter to back us up when we take our daily walks, TLE suggested I go by myself, so I did.  I managed to cover the out and back 1 mile walk in 18 minutes, averaging 3.5 mph.....that's the first time I've been able to walk that fast in over a month....the old right knee is getting better quickly now.....

.....the rest of the day went very well, and by 4 pm all of our rentals had returned without incident!  How long will this streak of no rescues, and no accidents last?  I don't know, but I am knocking on wood furiously right now....lol!

In preparation for our single, all day rental on Friday (who knows if we'll get more walkups, or not, but we need to be prepared) TLE and I drove all four rentals down to the fuel station to top off their tanks.  By the time that was done, and we had closed the office it was closing in on 5 pm, and I was ready for a long, hot shower.

TLE had me grill a salmon steak for dinner, to which she added a side of boiled spinach....I love spinach.  The salmon steak she bought Tuesday was so delicious.  She marinated it for about an hour in lime, cilantro, oil, garlic, and honey.....OMG, it was so delicious and I am still thinking about it as write.  And thus another GNHS day came to an end.

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