Thursday - late morning

Today's load was cancelled, unfortunately and nothing I can do about it.  I was up there yesterday in Gurdon and after I unloaded, there was room for one more truck load which was coming up shortly after me.  I figured before it cancelled out that that would happen. Today and tomorrow off, work the weekend and then 3 days off for Christmas.  After that? Work Thursday and Friday and preferably just keep working for a few weeks.  

Well, not preferably, but I went from feast to famine mode in working.  

Anyway, today is day 14 of pushup challenge. Almost didn't make it last night.  Work, home, off to Christmas night with the church. Someone from the church paid for everyone who wanted to show up from church to do that activities that were opened, which included the ice skating rink, merry-go-round, train ride and slide house thing.

We got into a debate as to whether the thing is called a merry-go-round or a carousel.  I"ve heard them called carousels before but never encountered anyone personally that was calling it that.  It ended up 2 of us definitely call it a merry-go-round, 2 call it a carousel and one calls it either/or.  So, no one won that debate lol.

I did go ice skating with the 9 soon to be 10 year old.  I would have gone with the 7 year old but he emphatically declined.  Yes, there may be some pain involved.  But not if I am holding your hand.  He still didn't want to go so it was just the older kid.  He grabbed firmly onto my hand and eventually let go of the side rail.  He lost his footing, began to fall and was yelling out my name. Lol.  Dude, I have you, I'm not going to let you fall.  And I didn't, that time or any other time.  I mean, it's sort of the bragging rights that you fell umpteen times got up and kept on trying.

But, this is a different generation being brought up differently.  

As for today, I slept like a baby.  I woke up at 4:00 am, said no thanks and went back to sleep - until 9.  It is now 11. The grandma and the oldest are here until Christmas Day.  It was a good day to be able to sleep in and actually sleep.  Even the kids getting up for school didn't stir me at all.  Nor did vehicles taking off. I must have been sleeping heavily during that time. I still feel a bit groggy - I haven't been sleeping well so on a day off when I don't have to do anything, it's good that I could get that rest. 

I have tractor work to do and I am contemplating leaving here within the hour.  It's the driveway, it needs fixed again after the last rounds of rain. The rain basically destroys the driveway and it will stay that way until I dig a drainage ditch and install a large pipe to channel the water across.  

I think I have a big enough pipe for that in the back, I don't have a big enough pipe for the deal in the front. I am not renting a mini-ex without being able to do the front.  The county won't do it because "you're a business".  Well whoopdee doo. I pay taxes, what the hondurans do you want? 

It's buy enough pipe to span the entrance, it's more than 20 feet wide so I'd have to buy 2 sticks, rent the mini-ex to dig the old one out and install the new one and also a truck load of that black material I"m seeing people using along the road for driveway entrances.  It must be shaved asphalt? It's got to be cheaper than that SB2 stuff.  

That is a priority, but it's going to cost and right now, I want to be able to be sure that I have enough in the account to pay the excessive property taxes.  

As for now? I am going to drink my coffee, look at my finances, ponder life and probably get over there and try to do something about the driveway. The boy did end up bringing his box blade and they did finally get the old pins out and the new ones in.

G'day