All wheel lock.  That is an option on the truck.  It's not 4 wheel drive, it's realistic all wheels lock drive.  Versus the other option where the other drive axle locks in but only one wheel actually locks.  That's what saved me this morning from having to try to find someone to pull the truck and trailer out of the bloody mess they parked that trailer in, in Brownsville.  You could see where the driver was digging out his tractor from underneath the trailer. They don't care and if you have issues they don't care about that either. 

I got out of that mess and then listened - on and off - to the Barr hearing today in the House.  A sham of a "hearing", democrats were giving speeches. They didn't want to hear from Barr. I don't know how many dozens of times when Barr would start replying to the few questions proffered to him that they said "I reclaim my time". They didn't want  an answer from him, the point of the hearing was obvious and a total sham.  These people judged him long before he ever walked into that room. They shut him down so many times, he just started speaking over the top of them, the same they were doing to him. 

Anyway, I'm off for 2 days.  The   part - that's what the mechanic described it as - came in  and told me 1-1/2 days to install.  There isn't a "part" that takes that long to install unless you're replacing a drive shit and doing a lower end rebuild - then it takes longer than that. This is the AC unit, there is no way it's going to legitimately take that long. These mechanics are desperate for work to keep them busy - i get that - but I have a paycheck to earn and it isn't going to happen with that truck sitting in the shop.  Yes, I love time off. No, I don't like what happens to my paychecks afterward.  A day off is good - well okay.

Right now, there is a boat to get from the shop and "fire up" like they said it would. There is finishing moving Maria - I haven't even been involved with that but that's because when this came to pass at the last minute, I was already committed to the road.  I don't know what's going on with Aspyn, her dewormingt treatment is over with, now it's just see if she will gain some weight.  Addler has gotten fat again - I haven't been giving him treats for some time, so I'm glad, actually, he's stuck here at the house.  He's on dog food only and that will most certainly force his fat issue back down.  James and Taylor won't give him treats regardless, so it should eventually see some fat loss.  I do not like fat dogs - not my own anyway. I have never liked it and I have never tolerated it.  They are animals and they should be lean and in shape.  They tend to live longer when they're in good health.

Whatever the case, nothing ever seems to stay " the same". There are just lapses and periods of time - short, long or in between - that you have moments of peace and then? Off to the races. 

Whatever the case, I received an unsolicited $2,000 check from someone today - total surprise and not sure why they are sending me money.  I have not asked anyone for money. I am not broke.  I don't think I "sound" broke. Those are  - at least for now - the days of the past.  Never say never, I could end up broke again - or just making it anyway - I don't take any current condition for granted.  Namely - my job.  That stuff comes and goes.  Or the predictions of what's going to happen in November, and I'm not referring to the Presidency, tho that would be the fuel for the fire. 

Will that actually happen? I have no idea.  I just live my life in accordance with "plan for emergencies" - which includes food and water supplies, alternate electrical sources and hunting/ammo to hunt your own food.  This is minimal stuff, not like our ancestors didn't have to deal with far worse on a daily basis. If you listen to the doom and gloomers, you are going to lose everything. If you listen to God, you will gain everything in the end so what difference does it make what happens in this life? 

I'm going to to force myself to drive clear over to that boat place tomorrow morning, get the boat, fire it up dry for a few seconds - it best fire up before I leave that yard - take it to the lake and see what happens.  Wait.  See what happens if the weather clears.  I didn't even think about that. A while ago, James, Taylor and I were sitting on the front porch.  A very bright streak of lighting hit and immediate resounding and very loud thunder.  A minute later, the same thing from the same area - it couldn't have been a quarter mile if that.  And thennnn, another one!  Same area!  That thunder will shake you to your bones being that close and that loud.  I was amazed after all the lighting strikes nearby that the power didn't go out.

Well okay. It's  10:00 pm, I have a show to watch and the go to bed.