Since we've been here in ship yard, our numbers on ship have dropped down to about seventy core members. Because of that, we've only been using about half the dining room, one line and (worst of all!!! But because of a small amount of power) have been washing all the dishes by hand!
After spending about four months with such a small group, it's been lots of fun watching as the people slowly branch futher and further into what used to be unused territory. We'll still quite short compared to our usual numbers, but it's fun to watch it gradually fill.
Today was the first day we've begun using both lines and boy was it nice to not have a que out the door! (Okay, so there aren't any doors there, but we were half expected someone to climb out the window!) We've finally had to adjust for the numbers!
And, most exciting of all in my opinion, we've finally got enough power to use the dishwashers!!!! And just it time! Compared to our usual 80 people, at lunch we've been serving up to 120! During field service, our lunch time numbers will be in the six hundreds!
It's been fun watching the dining room slowly return to normal.
Oh, and in case you didn't know, I'm really excited about the dishwashers!!!
So glad that you are still enjoying your time there, Annie! And I know what you mean about the dishwasher... that is one of my very favorite appliances! ;-)
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