Opening day chaos.....

 5:48 am - Friday - May 2nd - LPG&RVR - 41° F, humidity 57%, wind 4 mph out of the south by southeast.....clear, blue skies this morning with a forecast high of 75° F.  On this date in 2018 TLE and I were visiting the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland, OH.....

It's been a while since I broke my slumber at 5:30 am, but that is what I did Thursday morning.  I really prefer to awaken slowly, as the sun slowly illuminates the morning sky each day, but when you have a paying job that requires you be on duty at 7:30 am that is what you do.  I need to slowly ease into my work day, and I need that two hours to do so.  TLE usually gets up about 6 am, which works for her as she doesn't compose a daily blog.

It's still cold in the morning here at 5,500' elevation, and by that I mean it is routinely in the low to mid 30's each morning, but the time will come in the not too distant future when I will not be turning on any electric heaters, and not even wearing a jacket to work anymore.  Just before 7:30 am I was in Club Cart Villager #20 heading down the hill to flip the sign which directs new arrivals  from the Night Office to the Clubhouse office to register for their stay.

Opening day is always a little chaotic as I must pull virtually all the golf carts out of the shed to wash them, and stage them for golfers.  Although they sit under a roof in the cart shack all winter, there are no sides on the shelter, so they get dusty from sitting all winter.....really dusty!

The person who will work the four day shift when I am off is Dave, and he showed up at 7:30 am so I could show him what the daily routine looks like.  Having his help to move all the carts outside the cart shack, and help wash them really sped things up considerably.  Once we had enough carts washed, fueled and staged to handle those who had signed up for tee times, and a golf cart I took Dave around the course to show him the sand traps needing raking, and the tee boxes at hole #3 where the geese like to take their potty breaks.

We were back at the Clubhouse around 10:40 am at which time we closed the driving range to clear the range balls so DeWayne could mow it later the the day.  Again, having someone to help pickup the balls really sped up the process, and we were done by 11:30 am.  Dave went ahead and took his lunch break while I hung a couple of signs for TLE, and then it was time for me to give her a lunch break.

Dave returned after his break, and did quite a bit of mowing.....everything needs mowing, so having his help to catch up on the mowing really takes a lot of pressure off moi.  I was able to focus on washing and fueling the rest of the golf carts, and washing the range balls, plus clean the carts returning from the golf course.  

It was also a day of a lot of hugs from returning residents whom we haven't seen for 6 months, followed by discussions of what everyone did over the winter.  LPG&RVR is really a close knit community full of good people, who have become good friends over the last 3 summers.  By 5 pm I was out of gas.  I haven't worked an 8 hour day in over 6 months.  While we worked almost every day at TWW, it was only for 3-4 hours typically, followed by a nap.  At any rate, after a chaotic beginning the day went quite well, and by the end of day Friday we should be caught up on mowing.

The new Course Marshal (my friend Claude) will be taking care of the goose leavings, and the sand traps on his work days (Thursday through Sunday), so I won't have that to deal with as much as I have the last two years.  Over all my work load seems to be shrinking a tad, and I could not be happier about that turn of events.

By 5:15 pm TLE and I were on our way home for the evening.  She had a very busy day, but all the money balanced out at the end of her shift, so she was wearing a big smile as I drove her home.

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