'19/#19 Just Another New Job

After 30 plus years at the same job I find it odd getting used to the idea of being the new guy. There are no problems, but having been the "guy" people went to with questions on the job I am now the one with the questions. I was used to knowing what my job was, what I needed to do, and have the ability and knowledge to deal with those things that always seem to pop up when it is most inopportune.  Mary goes through the same thing. We have the skills to do the job, but every place has their own way of doing things. By the time we finish our commitment at any of our workcamping gigs we are almost always very proficient at the job and comfortable with the company's way of operating. The next season we start all over again. It is just something we have to deal with.

That said, the park we are at is very busy. Weekends have as many as 200 guest checking in each day! There are a number of other seasonal workers here and it is taking time to get everyone trained and schedules worked out. We have a lot of kids, and I mean teens and twenty-somethings, still in school and with family obligations, just to make it more interesting. Also the winter weather was excessively wet and put a number of projects behind going into the vacation season. That means that everybody has a list as long as their arm of things to do. Fortunately most of that is maintenance and has little to do with us. Mary works at the front desk and reservations and I am primarily night patrol (they don't like the word security). I'm not trying to blow our own horn but, we do occasionally help out in other areas when we can. That is a bonus you get when you hire Mary and Frank, or so we've been told.

Our days off are coming up and we have a few chores to do and will try to squeeze in some sightseeing. With schedule still in flux it is taking some time to get into a routine that will give us the best use of our time, but that will come soon. so I will sign off now from our home in California because.....

Home is where we park it,
Frank and Mary