Monday evening and I finally have a moment to myself, the first time in about 48 hours.
Yesterday we had our annual open hut for Sukkot.
I counted somewhere between 60 -70 attendees. 
I think everyone enjoyed themselves. 
There was plenty of food to nosh on and the company and conversations were great!
All in all it was a great day. Our first guests arrived well before noon and the last guests left in time for us to clean up and sit down just as Greg Bird hit the game winning home run for the Yankees.
Today was Columbus Day. Many people had the day off including all State,County and Municipal workers.
The reason I mention this is that on these Federal holidays, the County does not run their buses for us. This creates a situation where we have more passengers than we can accommodate with our regularly scheduled routes. 
The good news is we handle it each and every time. 
Some of my regulars who live close to the center were picked up by one of our vans as I picked up the extra bodies who come from greater distances.
After dropping my first run passengers and heading out to pick up my second run, I ran into the van dropping off my regulars who were transferred for the day.
 Our eyes met.
It was awful!
I could see that some were put out by this minor inconvenience while others seemed to be hurt, as if to say"don't you love us anymore?"
I assured them that this was an unexpected blip on the radar screen and that by tomorrow things would be back to normal.
When I returned this afternoon to take every one home, all of my regulars proceeded to board my bus.
Here we go again!
I politely stopped my 5 or 6 friends and escorted them to their alternate transport for the day.
It reminded me of the first day of sending your kids off to school.
Again, they were not happy!
I hope that by the next time they come to the center and board my bus all will be forgiven. 
Past history has shown that  while ruffled feathers don't always smooth so quickly eventually I will be forgiven and all will be well on the happy bus again. 
Sadly, I look forward to that !
(What has become of my life!)