Wait…It’s Friday Again?!
So if you remember a month or so ago I put out the word that I was now running our family’s newly purchased campground and my life might get a bit crazy this summer. I believe I even said I might not be publishing a blog every week as has been my practice for the past year.
Well let me just say I wasn’t fooling around any when I made that announcement. Last week was crazy building up to Memorial Day Weekend and I failed to get a blog written and put out on Friday May 24th. If I thought getting ready for the unofficial start of summer was crazy, the trying to recover in the days following it was even more of a challenge. Thankfully though we did recover just in time for this weekend. It was yesterday, Thursday, when I finally felt back to myself and not so frazzled. If you know me I’m generally in a constant state of frazzlement, so to actually feel frazzled means I’ve gone over the frazzle edge! It was 9:00 last night when it all of a sudden dawned on me that the next day, today, was FRIDAY! Not only did I not have a blog written for this week either, I hadn’t even thought of one!
So yet another week without anything really worthwhile for you all. I’m sorry. I will tell you that Memorial Day Weekend here at Pleasant Hill Campground was a huge success. The place was packed with families! Kids were everywhere! Freeze Pops are free in the office and I think I went through a whole box! Mini Golf had a line because the clubs were all being used. The Bounce Pad never saw a moment of peace from 8 am to 8 pm. And neither did the frogs down in the frog pond! I was whizzing by on the golf cart and saw at least eight kids with nets lining the banks looking for victims.
For those that love reading the idea of staying at a campground run by an author has meant that copies of my book The Gathering Room - A Tale of Nelly Butler, have been flying off the shelves! I had one gentleman coming in all weekend with yet another question. “So does George marry Nelly?” and then a few hours later. “Is Lydia possessed?” Truly, as a reader, the opportunity to be able to speak personally with the author of a book while you are reading it, has proven to be priceless for many of the folks that were here. I love that!
So that’s it for this week. Know that I am still out there, just not able to be “author” as much as I have been in the past. I’m to busy being “General Manager” or “Miss Michelle”. But I’m having the time of my life. We are thrilled and happy to be tackling this project. I’m thankful for this life! And along the way I’m collecting experiences and meeting people that I’m sure will show up in my future writings!!