Wednesday, August 5, 2020

The rest of the trip back was uneventful.  Stopped at Chili's on the way home for a bite to eat, went to Kroger's for dinner fixings and then went home.  Sometime this afternoon i got a phone call from my dispatcher.  She said I was the "only" one left that could do this run. It was a run going to Brownsville. I said fine, I'll be happy to do it  - but, I only have 15 hours left on my 70 hour clock.  So, after I get down there I'll have to do a reset. 

 Whhhhaaaatt?  She said she thought it said I had over 30 hours left?  Nope, I just got back form back-to--back Mapleton runs.  I can get it down there if you need me to do it, tho.  "Let me call Brandon and than I'll call you back".  It was a while - obviously they had to go through whoever is available or going to be available's hours and see if anyone else could do it without a reset.  The company, as I have stated a few times previously, does not want to pay for hotel stays.  I'd far rather do a reset at home, but I was more than willing to go out again tomorrow.  Anyway, she called back and said you're off the hook. I replied I would have been happy to do it!  So that was that.

Her end input was " I need you fresh and ready for Friday".  Lol, getting dumped with more weekend work, as usual. If I weren't making so much money I would definitely object to it.  And, there is a Mapleton run going out Friday, not going to be shocked if I get dumped with another run up there.  Tho I can tell you, if I were to do only Mapleton runs all year long, I would be making close to 100k.  I don't want to do Mapleton runs all year round, just saying it's a decent paying run.  

So, anyway, Maria texts me today, telling me that Kim's trust won't pay for the rent and they need to start packing to move now.

I didn't reply to that for quite a while. I had to process that and try not to get agitated or irritated that we spent all that time and money to move them over there and now they have to move?  I ended up contacting Kim and asking what's going on. An hour later she's calling me on the phone.  Her dad left her money - with a HUGE number of strings attached, I know that for a fact for I have read the will. But, they told her originally they would pay the rent, now the brother has switched from the lawyer to some sort of "management company", that is interpreting the will to say that she has to buy a house and the trust will pay for it.  That is not what the will says.  It says they "can" pay for her expenses and that she can buy a house, but, the trust can force her to pay rent.  It's a really weird setup.  Daddy left her with a lot of money that she basically can't use unless her brothers agree to it.

So I advised her to buy a house! What on earth.  Why rent a house when you can buy one?  Well they can still charge me rent.  Eat your pride, humble yourself, be nice to your brothers, make your case.  Humility - whether she wants to show that or not - goes a long way and she is only screwing herself being argumentative.  

Umm, I'm ending this one.  It's not that late - 9:35 pm - but I"m tired and going to bed, lol. Pick up on this where I left off type of thing on next entry.  And hopefully going to the lake tomorrow.













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