Post-season

I knew it was coming. It's still a shock. Like walking off the cliff and falling into the Grand Canyon. Last weekend was Applefest, and we had as many customers as we'd had in any weekend this summer. We served more than 400 people. This week we went to a five-day-a-week schedule, closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays, so we were open three days -- Monday, Thursday, and Friday. And we served a little over 60 customers.

I'm reluctant, but I'll have to lay people off -- certainly can't pay them, and besides, there's nothing to do. Although it's interesting that we struggled a bit to get everything done. Spaces between tasks were too long to keep the thread going.

The weather was lousy today and yesterday, which I'm sure contributed to the problem. Yesterday we had tornados; one poor fella was killed in his house trailer. And it's been pouring. In fact, we probably had more rain in the last two days than in the entire summer. Maybe Lake Superior will fill up again. More likely the restaurant's basement will.