Tuesday, January 16, 2024 – Rain, Closet Cleaning and Site Marking

Hiya Darlin',
Woke up several times during to night, mostly to noisy rain showers until I put in my earplugs, then slept solidly until after 9:00! Met Rick and Jerry shortly thereafter, the latter being the one who's going to be clearing the area for my new host site. We did some walking around and discussing until we found a good spot, not really far from where I am, just a bit further away from the pavilion, but still uphill from the septic field. They'll have to move the gate I'm behind, but that didn't seem to faze them at all. If I keep the horses where they are, they'll actually be visible from my screen room, which will be a nice addition. Took advantage of the rainy weather to go down to headquarters and do a cleanup and inventory on the "volunteer" closet, found an amazing amount of stuff in there, tools, educational and giveaway items, trail marking and maintenance equipment, and a bunch of boxes of old permits, some of which I'm pretty sure are too old to be hanging on to, though I asked the manager, Logan, how far back we had to keep, and he's checking on it. Should be able to throw out a couple of boxes, though. Surprised myself by getting the whole thing done by a little after 3:00, I thought I'd have to come back tomorrow, but I don't! I will be putting the list on my computer for distribution in the morning. Got back to camp, then used ribbons we found to mark off the site we selected so it will be ready when they come with the equipment to do the job. They seem very eager to get it done, so I want don't want to do anything to delay it! They seemed quite happy to let me just pick the spot! Got the horses fed, then blanketed them, Flash with a heavy blanket, Apollo with a lighter blanket. It's still really warm and humid, so I felt kind of bad covering them, but it's clearing overnight and the temps will be dropping around midnight, and the low in the morning is supposed to be below freezing, so I just had to do it! Settled down for the evening to a cute little country romance movie, heading to bed early, hopefully, I'd really like to get back on a normal sleep schedule, which seems to be eluding me at the moment. Anyway, love you, babe! Good night!