Counting The Hours

 I tink I got a code.  That's proof that masks don't work.  I've worn one all day, every day and STILL caught a cold from one of the lovely children who run around sneezing and never cover their mouth.  I'm hoping to skinny through to the end, which will be Saturday.

We usually close at noon ... then it was 3:00 (I could probably force myself) ... but now it's 5:00.  I'm pretty sure I'll hit my limit at three.

Here's some of the cutie pie pumpkins we sell.  Perfect mantle decorations for about two months.

We did have one fiasco at the snack bar yesterday.  We ran out of gloves.  Heavens to Betsy ... no gloves to make the most popular shaved ice.  On a saunter through the tent, I discovered the problem and had to bring sales to a screeching halt.  There was a mad dash to the shop to steal gloves from the cleaning crew, whereupon we were back in business.  

 Next up, we lost an entire family of children in the corn maze.  I don't go in there.  It's spooky and I always get lost, not to mention I have to stop and pick up tons of trash people just throw on the ground.

They were found out back in the almond orchard, walking the wrong direction.  

At noon I made a break for the border ... and ended up at KFC for an entire bucket of chicken ... minus the fries.  At least I'll have something to eat the rest of the week.  By the time I get home, I literally fall into bed. 

There were the usual complaints ... this pumpkin rotted away and I want it replaced.  Hmmm, looks to me like you dropped it and it smashed completely.  They don't fall apart like that in two days.  I never saw her again.

Why aren't the attractions open all day?  Because the Governor won't let us.  Take that up with him.  But your website says you open at 11:00.  Yes, but if you read three more words, it says "for pumpkin sales".

Then there was the family that invited another family to come with them and drove over 60 miles to get here.  Nothing was open except (again) pumpkin sales.  You really must read the website.  I told them it would be more fun for the kids to buy pumpkins and have a carving contest at home.  The kids were ecstatic and they did just that.  

I tell everyone else to hit the dollar menu at McDonalds and come back at 3:00.

And so the day went rather nicely until 6:00 when we had a missing 5 yr old child.  The gates are locked and kids immediately posted at every corner of the property until we find the lost one.  No one is allowed to leave, especially if they have small kids.  Eventually she was found sitting all alone in the barn.  I'll just leave it at that.

In the meantime, I took my "man" out of the garage so he would be ready for porch duty.  He scares the you-know-what out of me every time I walk by the door, thinking someone is in my house.  More pictures later.
 

 Here's hoping nothing weird happens the next five days.  I'm on the tractor tonight after I corral 40 kids and 50 adults for their field trip.