As, I’m sure you’ve guessed by now, I’m not that busy.  Lol  Evenings are my slow time.  Mornings are the busiest time of the day for me.  That’s when I turn into the “maid” and make up all the rooms.  If the car is full that’s 44 beds I get to make up.  But, thank God, I’m nowhere near full.  All of the people in my Deluxe rooms are getting off the train in Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN.  That will be in about 3 hrs.  Yeah, go figure, spend all that money and not even stay over night!!!!!  And, as I’m sure you’ve noticed, I have a tendency  to over explain things.  Yep, I do.  Just a bit........lol       Call-bell...BRB Hello, I’m back.  Room H  wanted a blanky.  So where were we?  Oh yeah, writing........hehehee God, I just realized just how tired I am.  Not a good way to start a 6 day trip.  I sure won’t be able to catch up on my sleep out here.  My down time (off-duty time) usually is from midnight to 5am.  And that’s only if I have nobody getting on or off my car.  I’ll be OK tonight, but tomorrow night dose not look good. Well enough for now.  My hand is getting tired, and my eyes are getting heavy (even after 4 cups!!  Lol)  and my car is quite.  So missy.....hmmmm.. ...That’s not going to work.  missy just doesn’t seem to feel right here.  Hmmmmm........  Now you never told me your name so I’ll just have to remember what it is you look like and put a name to your face.  Hmmmmm....  OK, got it.  Margaret.  But nobody calls you by that name except your Mother and then only when she’s mad at you.  Soooo....Peggy!!!!  Yep, that’s it!!!  Peggy.  Peg for short.  Your going to hate me arnt Ya?????  Lol  Anyway Peggy, time for me to take a little teeny-weeny cat nap.  Hehehee  While nobody’s lookin’.  See you in a bit.       7:35pm Well so much for my little nap.  We came into La Crosse, WI. just as I was getting comfortable.  The next stop will be Winona MN.  I have 5 people getting off there so no time for a cat nap....oh well.        8:15pm

Crossing the Mississippi River.  Welcome to Minnesota.       9:35pm Just finished “setting up” my car.  I kinda’ skipped this part this afternoon.  What I do after I check in is go find my car and go over it all.  Everything from the mechanical reports to the linen supplies.  This car will have to get me through the next 6 days with little or no help in between so everything has to be working and supplies have to be here.  If there not I will have to contact the proper dept. and have them bring me what I need.  Also need to “set-up” all the rooms, put pillows out, towels and so forth, make them look presentable.  Also need to find a home for all my supplies.  Can’t have all the stuff taking up space, like an empty room, they might sell the room and then I'm behind.        10:55pm Coming into Minneapolis-St. Paul.  Were running about 30 min late.  Not too bad.  I’ve seen worst.  Shall we look up Fantas??  Lol  Were going to be here for about 45 min so we have the time. Lol  Should we go and wake him up??  Lol  Do you think he’d know who we are? Well were coming into the station.  I better go get the people ready and make sure they’re awake.       12:30am Well it looks like I’ll be staying up for awhile yet.  I have someone boarding in St. Cloud, MN.  We’ll be there in about an hour.  Oh well, another short night.  But this one might be worth the loss of sleep. Now you can see why these “trip reports” are so long.  I mean look at this!!!!  Day 1 has not even ended and I have written 14 paper pages of babbling already!!!!  Lol,lol  At this pace Peg, you will receive by far the longest trip report I have ever done.  But you need to know that this job is where I do most of my thinking, and I believe these letters are an extension of those thoughts.        1:39am