Yesterday Kathy did more cleaning. I varnished interior wood siding (they use a lot of tongue and groove wood siding on interior walls), installed some mirrors in the new bathrooms, re-cut a hole for a register grill (its in a new bldg and the opening was cut to small for the grill), and helped pick up enough walnuts to fill a big wheelborrow.
Not much happened at my dental appointment. The looked at my cracked tooth, wiggled the loose piece around some, took an x-ray and the dentist said she thought that there was enough left to put on a crown. She won't know for sure until she removes the loose section. If there isn't enough left for a crown then the remainder of the tooth will have to be pulled. She blocked out a 3 hour appointment for me tomorrow (Thursday) afternoon to put on a temporary crown. It will take at least two weeks to get the crown made and then I will have to go back, have the temporary crown removed and the permanent one installed.
It rained a little last night. That was good because it has been pretty dusty here. We are a half mile down a gravel road and the other campground is close to half a mile beyond us, down that road. It has been sprinkling on and off all morning. Kathy, David (the employee) and I swept floors, cleaned the new bathrooms, and mopped floors for 2 1/2 hours this morning. Dave & Sue (the camp owners/directors) have season tickets for the Cardinal baseball team. The just left to go to a playoff game tonight, in St Louis. Since we finished everything on the "work list" this morning they told us to take the rest of the day off.
I think Dave & Sue, especially Sue, are so used to doing most things themselves that they are having a tough time getting acclimated to having help. Yesterday was David's (the employee) first day back at work (he worked here several years ago). With both him and Kathy and I working it is tough for them to think far enough ahead to keep us all busy. Before having the help I think they operated in the mode of just being able to get the things done that had to be done. Now they have to get into the mode of being able to do things that need to be done, but things they just didn't have time to do before having help. The other thing is that they didn't know Kathy and I. I suspect that they wondered whether we were some doddering old farts who were just looking for a place to park for free, or if we were someone who was willing to actually do some work. Now that we are getting more familiar with one another I think they will start thinking about things they would like to get done, not just the things that have to be done. I hope so because I doubt we will stay long if they can only come up with enough to keep us busy a couple hours a day.
A contractor came out this morning to set forms for foundation walls for a new "staff housing" building. He was rained out but will probably be back tomorrow. Maybe we can get started on building it while we are here. After even the small amount of rain we just received the grass will probably start growing again and there may be some mowing to be done.
Well time for my nap. Actually Kathy just prodded me to go ask Dave, Kathy and their two boys over for supper, then it will be time for my nap.
Have a great day and may God bless you and yours.
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