My Feelings and routines differ a bit. I Do like having a "say" as to how many and who comes through the front door to see the house,this is VERY important, whereas a drunk sneaks in with sober people , they can ruin the whole experience I am trying to provide for my customers.
There actually was one time when I thought it was still October (like October 38th? Versus Oct. a mere 31 nights long) After opening at 7pm I was later complaining ,trying to figure out what was happening because Only 20people had come through ,and it was only 9:30, So Where is EVERYBODY?"
Then a kid said, "20 people for NOVEMBER 7th ain't to bad."
This was my life's routine:1:Wake up- get dressed- work on the house. 2:It's getting dark,time to take a shower ,put on my black clothes,see who is going to show up. 3

o house tours till they stop showing up 4: Close down,go to bed...
My wife tells me I seem to get cranky during the Winter,but then I'm shoveling all the snow here and 4 blocks away at my garage. A year ago I finally gave up on the old furnace ,put in a new one and about froze to death while I was installing it ! (Not fun)
There will always be about... 10,000 things that need doing here,whether I feel like doing them or not! Much of it will always be very physical, a good thing to keep me in better shape.
I have brought this old Inn" back" a long ways in 28 years, but there is more to do than I can foresee ever getting done. I guess this challenge helps keep me going.
I assumed we might have had a house tour tonight from an afternoon conversation in the parking lot,but.. oh-well?
But I STill had to get the house ready for the tour.
I really like giving tours in this "Off-Season'. I often ask people before the tour begins if they are on a timetable-schedule? If not, I have more fun giving an extensive show here. Sometimes we will be in the first room for over an hour,an hour of storytelling,haunting, history,house-history, along with funny things,then more fun stuff,some jumps, jerks,screams.. in no predictable order. hahha!
A young man wrote a review on the Ravens Grin Facebook . He had a 2 or 3 hour tour here and loved every minute of it,and even drove 3 hours to arrive at our door,and still loved the experience (Driving for hours through cornfields over dark roads is not for some "City"people. ,but then hairy,quick creatures live alongside our roads and make mischief sometimes for the uninitiated.)