A Day in the Mind of an Innkeeper - are we obsessed or possessed by these inns? I ask, since we live in our inns, take bookings all hours, update this and that all the time, shop shop shop...every living and breathing thought is inn related (even in our dreams!)I know no other way to be, this is the only way I can operate without goofing stuff up! It is all or nothing, it is 24 hour, 0 off.
As I zipped away for lunch and a brief bookstore visit my mind was back at the inn. "I need to be back in time for check in, are the rooms totally ready, did I vacuum the garden room? Check in refreshments are ready as soon as I get back they will be cooled and I can slice and set up in dining room, oh and add the flowers in rooms...I need to stop and buy strawberries and eggs (in case I need more eggs), at the bookstore "oh this would be a great book for guests on the area" oh I need to hurry home and move the laundry or I will be backed up for days, after sorting out a drawer I saw I am low on rack cards I need to order more of those, did I turn the pond lights on in case they are smokers and want to sit by the pond? Hey look there is a great new restaurant do I have my camera? I should blog that place, oh wow the leaves are slightly changing - some into yellow some into burgundy do I have my fall specials up on the directories and tourism pages? Wow there went 4 mototcycles with PA license plates I wonder if those are our guests for tonight? ..."
As I zipped away for lunch and a brief bookstore visit my mind was back at the inn. "I need to be back in time for check in, are the rooms totally ready, did I vacuum the garden room? Check in refreshments are ready as soon as I get back they will be cooled and I can slice and set up in dining room, oh and add the flowers in rooms...I need to stop and buy strawberries and eggs (in case I need more eggs), at the bookstore "oh this would be a great book for guests on the area" oh I need to hurry home and move the laundry or I will be backed up for days, after sorting out a drawer I saw I am low on rack cards I need to order more of those, did I turn the pond lights on in case they are smokers and want to sit by the pond? Hey look there is a great new restaurant do I have my camera? I should blog that place, oh wow the leaves are slightly changing - some into yellow some into burgundy do I have my fall specials up on the directories and tourism pages? Wow there went 4 mototcycles with PA license plates I wonder if those are our guests for tonight? ..."