To the wire

I was up at 6 this morning; quite unnecessarily - just woke up and couldn't get back to sleep. It's very hot and humid at the moment and that might have something to do with it. Six guests, four chance and two booked.

After breakfast, and after replacing the toilet seat in room 3 which had broken(?!), we set to work getting room 5 suitable for guests. The bedroom was empty apart from the bath for room 2 which was sitting in the middle of it. The bathroom was full of debris from people drilling holes in the ceiling and suchlike. We got it to a point where the cleaner could attempt to clean it and then started moving furniture back into the bedroom (and the bath out). The time by then was about 11.15.

We made the beds and L headed downstairs to open the bar. I hung the curtains, found some bedside lamps, the tray for tea and coffee, a spare kettle, changed the light fitting in the hall outside the bedrooms for one that works, hung a couple of pictures... Time was about 1.30. Guests arrived at around 1.40.

There were several times this week when I thought the room wouldn't be ready. The rest of the week I was sure that we wouldn't be ready.

But we were...
and they seem happy...
and the sun is shining(ish).