Do you have the feeling this is our CEO........
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Every day we are confronted with a new revelation. Every day puts new doubts in our minds.
But, I have found the last month to be really stress free. I have been able to spend some time with my kids and 'grandies', I have not had that daily bed to make, cottage to service. One morning I slept until 9.15 am...and I didn't feel guilty out it. I have had a few guests over the past few weeks but, now there is nothing because I can't take a risk that Ade might pick up the coronavirus. She is on imuno suppressant drugs for her MS which leaves her particularly vulnerable! And I have suddenly realised, I have my life back.
I hate what this is doing to the world , but in actual fact it has been good for my family. It has taken some of the emphasis off, my life and other people.
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Youngest daughter Kate and her partner Chris just bought and moved into a house on the central coast of NSW..
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Seeing as they had that pool, I borrowed @Fred13 'Bird Island' water taxi for the grandies to have a bit of fun in.......
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As we were going over for a few weeks Kate said she really wanted the rear porch and outside laundry made into a 'mud room'. So I put my hand up to supply and build it for her.
The porch was just a junk area at the back of the house......
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If you look closely at those glass panel doors you will notice, they don't match! The goose who put those doors in, bought 12 of them when he last remodeled the house, and by the time he came to the back door he used the best two of the four that remained....never mind that they didn't match...those two required the least restoration work for him at the time. The end result of that was there was an identical set of doors under the house that.....did not match.
I bought what I needed, built a frame......
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I did the required renovation work on the doors (except for the painting which I hate and didn't want to get involved with) and re-matched the doors so they were at least in matching pairs.......
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And Kate ended up with her mudroom......complete with enclosed laundry.
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She was so over the moon and I felt a real sense of achievement ....and I was just able to concentrate on something other than Airbnb.
I am looking forward to this break from hosting, the last two years have been solid going, just received our last Superhost notification which showed we hosted 106 reservations for the year comprising over 300 hosting nights.
It really is time for a break where I can chalk up some quality time, maybe get to give @Sarah977 a run for her money and spend some more here....if I will be tolerated!
I don't wish ill on anyone but right now, the smell of roses is pretty good! I hope other hosts can get a bit of comfort out of the situation we have been thrust into and I wish you all a safe passage over this next few months.
Cheers.......Rob