Gatlinburg TN
It’s going to be a balancing act for a few weeks – juggling our work schedule with the kittens’ eating schedule, and our sleep schedule.
Here’s a summary of what we’ve been doing as work-campers. That thing about 20 hours per week hasn’t been working very well.
Week ending June 21st – 27 hours:
Week ending June 28th – 20.5 hours
Week ending July 5th – 33 hours
Week ending July 12th – 29.25 hours
Week ending July 19th – 14 hours
We are pretty much “on call” all the time. Today, the manager asked me to keep an eye on the campground while he and Kelly were out. Since I was in the middle of feeding the kittens, I told him I could not do that. It’s the first time I’ve said, “No,” to him.
Kelly usually takes the late night feeding shifts – up to about 2 AM. I try to go to bed by 10 PM, but it’s usually midnight. She sets an alarm for me - I get up as early as 4 AM. She sleeps in, but generally no later than 10:30 AM. Looking back over my notes, we do about 1/3 of the feedings together. She handles 1/3 on her own and I handle the other third. It’s really hard to bathe the kittens without help, but we’ve both done it. Fran helps when she can. She’s been great about keeping all the towels and bedding clean.
I generally clean the shower houses in the early morning, between cat feedings. Kelly generally handles shuttle runs and taking care of errands for the manager. We clean campsites and cabins together because it’s such hard work. It’s easier on us physically and the work goes faster when we share the tasks.
It’s going to be a balancing act for a few weeks – juggling our work schedule with the kittens’ eating schedule, and our sleep schedule.
Here’s a summary of what we’ve been doing as work-campers. That thing about 20 hours per week hasn’t been working very well.
Week ending June 21st – 27 hours:
- Clean cabins
- Clean pool filter
- Clean camp sites (pick up litter; clean out fire ring; burn leftover wood; rake tent sites)
- Wash linens from cabins
- Deliver wood to campsites
- Clean shower houses (8 toilets; 8 showers; 4 sinks; floors; garbage)
Week ending June 28th – 20.5 hours
- Clean cabins
- Clean shower houses
- Spray poison ivy
Week ending July 5th – 33 hours
- Clean campsites
- Clean shower houses
- Deliver wood
- Pick up trash from campers and mash it into the dumpsters
- Shuttle campers to town and back in the campground van
Week ending July 12th – 29.25 hours
- Clean campsites
- Clean cabins
- Clean shower houses
- Wash linens from cabins
- Deliver wood
- Greet incoming campers and get them settled on their sites
- Organize the supply room
Week ending July 19th – 14 hours
- Clean campsites
- Clean shower houses
- Deliver wood
- Review all campsites and list tasks that need to be done
- Run errands for the manager
- Install new wiper blades on the shuttle van
We are pretty much “on call” all the time. Today, the manager asked me to keep an eye on the campground while he and Kelly were out. Since I was in the middle of feeding the kittens, I told him I could not do that. It’s the first time I’ve said, “No,” to him.
Kelly usually takes the late night feeding shifts – up to about 2 AM. I try to go to bed by 10 PM, but it’s usually midnight. She sets an alarm for me - I get up as early as 4 AM. She sleeps in, but generally no later than 10:30 AM. Looking back over my notes, we do about 1/3 of the feedings together. She handles 1/3 on her own and I handle the other third. It’s really hard to bathe the kittens without help, but we’ve both done it. Fran helps when she can. She’s been great about keeping all the towels and bedding clean.
I generally clean the shower houses in the early morning, between cat feedings. Kelly generally handles shuttle runs and taking care of errands for the manager. We clean campsites and cabins together because it’s such hard work. It’s easier on us physically and the work goes faster when we share the tasks.
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