A day off

I cleaned cabins in the morning, sorted out a dysfunctional system or two in my department, finished up my first one-month-employee eval and meeting, and worked on pricing and ordering new kitchen towels, a ceiling fan duster, and assorted cleaning supplies.

Thursday was kebab day for lunch.  I had a cup of coffee on my porch and changed into boots before Horse Olympics.  I sat in on the event with some of the guests since I would like to learn more technical riding.  Sitting on a couch-horse on a trail ride without even trotting and looking at trees makes me want to just be on my own feet, and I've only ridden a handful of times.

Went on an evening stroll with a girl on staff named Brandi from Purdue and a Coke that ended up with us bushwhacking back through some trees, walking up part of a river in tennis shoes, and climbing along a fence to avoid stepping in boggy-snake-land.  Had some friends over to my little nook/cave/treehouse/room and shared a bottle of wine.

Went on a 12 mile hike yesterday to Three Island Lake and hung out by the lake reading a book, eating a PBJ and chatting w 2 coworkers for a few hours midway.  Fried Pickles and Dale's Pale Ale with live blues music and dancing 5 year olds at the Clark, CO local bar that evening.

Today I was back to work.  I have some really good employees.  Had a couple conversations that weren't pleasant but were necessary, so that's good.   Just got from an after-work hike to the cliffs behind the ranch.  I want to know what caused them.

Tomorrow's the big housekeeping turnover day, so as my friend Evan likes to remind me, I'll be "the lady of the hour" all day.  Each week has been smoother than the week before.  Partly practice, partly new ideas/systems that I'm coming up with along the way to make things easier, more organized, and more efficient.

Life is busy but good here. I think I'm where I'm supposed to be for right (as I tend to think about most places.)