Well it looks like we'll be in Ocean Shores, WA mid-November! Please excuse the long rant . . . but I had to get it out.
After 7 years here we have had it. There is too much bulls#it going on and I come home stressed to the max every day. We had a new bunch of work campers this year and the owner is totally impressed with those that have the 1/2 to 3/4 million dollar rigs. They get to move out of work camper row and into prime RV sites, drive the new(er) carts while the rest of us get the old carts that have problems. They make their own rules and my rules. I was called down to a meeting one morning that was not so much a meeting as an ambush. Anything they don't like about the software the course has been using for 15 years is my fault and they certainly let me know how they felt about me. I walked out.
My blood pressure is higher than it should be, I;m exhausted all the time, and I don't enjoy my beading and jewelry making any more. I've been cooking more again - I wonder if it has to do with the fact that knives are involved? There had been so much that I had wanted to do this year down there - but the discouragement just made it impossible to continue.
One of the new work campers got himself appointed "manager". The first thing he did was have me redesign our "corporate image" and then he told the owner he created it. He had me design, and get 250 copies of a 6 page corporate "package" that he was going to drive around and take to various businesses. The printing bill, the covers and binders added up to over $500! He gave one to someone who walked in the door the rest are still in the box he put them in. Then he drew up a business plan . . . . and my job would no longer exist. His wife, who ruled him with a rusty pair of pliers where it counted, tried to take over the restaurant - with no experience, and pretty much drove off customers and we caught her stealing money. He was going through a bottle of Bailey's (coffee creamer he called it) every couple of weeks. The hits just kept coming. That was the last straw - they were sent down the road.
The owner says she's fixing the issues - but the games continue. She says I will always have my job, but as Joe tells me, "we're trying to take things away from you". I have had it!
We put our resume on some of the work camper websites, and we've been watching the ads. Several things have been near misses. The original plan was to stay here for the winter and leave in the Spring . . . until I got an email we just couldn't resist. Unless something drastic happens we will be leaving early in November for Ocean Shores WA to volunteer at a no kill shelter. We'll be working as "hosts" on the cat side. It sounds, from talking to everyone over there that this will be a lot of fun. They are also "foodies". We can take our BBQ, smoker, and all the rest! I'm excited. It feels good to have a goal, a happy destination rather than just slogging through the muck here. We will be at North Beach PAWS (northbeachpaws.org) for at least 6 months. I am so excited. It will be different, there'll be interaction with people and cats!
After 7 years here we have had it. There is too much bulls#it going on and I come home stressed to the max every day. We had a new bunch of work campers this year and the owner is totally impressed with those that have the 1/2 to 3/4 million dollar rigs. They get to move out of work camper row and into prime RV sites, drive the new(er) carts while the rest of us get the old carts that have problems. They make their own rules and my rules. I was called down to a meeting one morning that was not so much a meeting as an ambush. Anything they don't like about the software the course has been using for 15 years is my fault and they certainly let me know how they felt about me. I walked out.
My blood pressure is higher than it should be, I;m exhausted all the time, and I don't enjoy my beading and jewelry making any more. I've been cooking more again - I wonder if it has to do with the fact that knives are involved? There had been so much that I had wanted to do this year down there - but the discouragement just made it impossible to continue.
One of the new work campers got himself appointed "manager". The first thing he did was have me redesign our "corporate image" and then he told the owner he created it. He had me design, and get 250 copies of a 6 page corporate "package" that he was going to drive around and take to various businesses. The printing bill, the covers and binders added up to over $500! He gave one to someone who walked in the door the rest are still in the box he put them in. Then he drew up a business plan . . . . and my job would no longer exist. His wife, who ruled him with a rusty pair of pliers where it counted, tried to take over the restaurant - with no experience, and pretty much drove off customers and we caught her stealing money. He was going through a bottle of Bailey's (coffee creamer he called it) every couple of weeks. The hits just kept coming. That was the last straw - they were sent down the road.
The owner says she's fixing the issues - but the games continue. She says I will always have my job, but as Joe tells me, "we're trying to take things away from you". I have had it!
We put our resume on some of the work camper websites, and we've been watching the ads. Several things have been near misses. The original plan was to stay here for the winter and leave in the Spring . . . until I got an email we just couldn't resist. Unless something drastic happens we will be leaving early in November for Ocean Shores WA to volunteer at a no kill shelter. We'll be working as "hosts" on the cat side. It sounds, from talking to everyone over there that this will be a lot of fun. They are also "foodies". We can take our BBQ, smoker, and all the rest! I'm excited. It feels good to have a goal, a happy destination rather than just slogging through the muck here. We will be at North Beach PAWS (northbeachpaws.org) for at least 6 months. I am so excited. It will be different, there'll be interaction with people and cats!
You only live once . . . but if you do it right once should be enough!