Media Frenzy

I've been in a bad mood all week. I don't know why. I've been snapping at people and asserting my authority a bit too much. Perhaps it's the weather. Standing out in the rain trying to be nice to people isn't easy sometimes. Perhaps it's the time of year. We're not busy in January and February, so there's not much to do. So I'm sorry to anyone I may have insulted or raised my voice to or been sarcastic to this week.

We had a media frenzy at the hotel on tuesday this week. Every year we make a new advert for the hotel, and each year it attracts a lot of people from the papers, so we've had various people interviewed around the place and photographers taking photos of everything we do. This year, however, they were all very well behaved. None made any stupid requests - "can you move that antique painting onto the other wall so it's it my photo" - or asked us to do silly things - "can you get that elderly man to sit on your lap and smile, please".

We're about to have a new pool built. The workmen have fenced off a large area of the complex and are about to rip out the old pool and build us a bigger, better one. The work, however, was supposed to start in September 2010, and was supposed to be finished by Easter this year, for the start of our busy season. It ain't gonna happen. Predictions put it at the end of May. Hmmm. That means lots of angry visitors over Easter because there is no pool. We'll all have to be extra chirpy that week. Joy!

The hotel manager, Marcus Halliwell, is a runner. He goes off for a run during his lunch break. I saw him the other day, and jokingly said he should wear lycra, because he'd look good in it. He winked at me and said if I bought him some, he'd wear it. So I called his bluff and bought him a nice pair of lycra shorts. Let's see if he wears them...

That's about it for this week. Hopefully I'll be in a better mood next week. Should be. A work colleague and I are visiting the Boat Show, which should be fun. I'll let you know all about it next week.