Category: Bobbie MacNally Orlov
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The Morning After
Thurs July 25 Bobbie woke with a start around 3AM and went into her bathroom and got a big drink of water and took some NSAIDS. She went back to bed and tossed and turned until about 6AM, then slept until noon. She woke feeling worn out. And hungry. She went over to her kitchen…
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Party on
Wednesday July24 Retirement Party Bobbie got up and made her rounds. She checked on the gang in the kitchen. Mark showed her the case of take-out dishes for chili on Saturday. He laughed and showed her a spreadsheet for making 4 batches of chili at once, one veggie and 3 meat lovers. “Oh Mark. You…
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Monday Monday
Monday Morning Bobbie was up early and decided to go down to the restaurant for breakfast. After the “poison bag incident”, she spent Sunday talking to Ambrose and Trixie. She went down her back stairs and walked through the back door to the kitchen and headed to the “staff only” area. A big board showed…
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Poison Party
Saturday morning, Bobbie had her guitar tuned and was ready to go when Johnny arrived at her door. They talked a little about what they’d sing and loaded the amps and guitars into his truck. They got to the market grounds and Bobbie drove behind the stage to began unloading, while Johnny touched base with…
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New Routines
Thurs July 18 Bobbie poured her morning coffee and thought about Trixie’s departure. She was comfortable running the motel by herself but she did feel a little lonely. Maybe Trixie filled the space left by Alex and she was missing Alex again. Where did Ambrose fit in? She shook her head and decided to make…
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Trixie’s Goodbye Party
Trixie was leaving today. Bobbie was up early. She made coffee, fed Fossy and went to her office. She checked up on all her automated payments and what was coming into the business account and then checked the vacation schedule for her staff. Finally, she checked the reservation schedule and saw they were pretty full.…
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Trixie’s News
Sunday morning and Bobbie woke up about 9. She looked at her phone and there was a text message from Trixie. “I need to debrief! Yacht club brunch at 11?” Bobbie typed back. “Sure.” And saw that Barb was coming too. She got up and fed Fossy and threw his toy around while she made…
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Lazy Afternoon
July 13 After they were gone, Charlie said. “We’re taking the kids tubing, do you want to come Mom?” “No Dear I’ll take little Suzy back to the motel with me. We’ll have a great time.” “Thanks, I was going to have to take her home and I want to give June a break. We’ve…
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Katherine’s Market day
July 13 Bobbie woke early, dressed and ran down to the restaurant to leave little envelopes for the cooks and Mink. Katherine Fox was apparently an early riser too. She let Katherine in and turned the light on. “The cook will be here soon. I don’t want to invade his kitchen so maybe we’ll just…
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Kathy Visits
Kathy visits Friday, Bobbie woke at 6:30. She was showered and dressed by the time Brose was awake. She settled down beside him at the kitchen Island with a glass of water and said. “Katherine and her husband arrive at the airport at 11 so I’d like to be there by 10:45. What time is…
A Place to be 