Phew!!

Phew!!! It's Saturday afternoon and I can honestly say that we are on the downhill side of a VERY busy week!! As always, God bless my wonderful, wonderful staff...... they have buckled under and done everything they needed to in very much stressful and 'off the wall' circumstances. We got the pool operational finally (it has to cure good for awhile) so its nice to have Suzanne back in operation w/ her assisted swims and its nice to be able to get in and do those Gym 'n Swim activities again..... AND the pool looks great..... we went w/ a new color so its REALLY like a good spring clean!!
Kenl 2 is a wreck!!! Destruction started in there in earnest this week and they weren't kidding!!! The entire floor has been removed and after some initial plumbing and electrical work a new floor will be poured yet next week. In the meantime, in order to get access to the area ..... one play yard is down, a new fence is up and we are running off of only 1/2 as many outdoor runs as usual. Sure, why not??? It's only spring break!!! :) It's been an extra challenge to work around that, try to get outside chores done while workmen are all on lunch break so the 'fraidy cats' aren't freaked out by the noise. oh, Yah..... the noise.... nothing like our nice radio system w/ the sound of 2 bobcats and a jack hammer going!! Have I mentioned that I am SOOO very glad we have a primarily indoor facility!!?
Besides that, we had the opportunity to serve as hosts for a PCSA Certified Kennel Operator testing site this weekend on top of everything else.
Oh, Yah......... and did I mention that Nancy, Maria, and Opal were all gone out of the grooming salon?? Opal's sick and hopefully back this week, Nancy's out w/ her shoulder surgery and Maria (our head stylist) is out on her annual mission trip to Mexico. Thank heavens for Karen who has joined us. She comes from another well respected groom shop here in town so she has been able to jump in and really make tracks ........ as well as everyone in that department really pulling together and getting it done as well. (tomorrow will be a real test...... the last Sunday of the last of the spring break...... I know we have 84 departures but I haven't checked on how many of them are getting groomed before they go home but I KNOW it will be a challenge!)