And now, just after posting that last post, this news in:

"The form has made it to the title office!!! So - hopefully we can wrap this up"

Yes!  I AM going to Oklahoma tomorrow - Lord willing of course - but I hope to see a closing on Thursday. They should be able to get this ready tomorrow for a Thursday signing/closing.

IN other, much more unpleasant news, the 6 year old went to the docs office - they're still there actually - and after a bunch of tests and finding nothing, they checked him for Covid19.

Yes, he tested positive.  I knew this would happen sooner or later, especially living with kids, now to deal with the reality of it.

I have a life long friend that is just coming out of having tubes stuck down her throat and extended stay at the hospital. I have a co-worker who was off 14 days but only sick for 3 and didn't feel bad. 

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Well that was fast.  I am now off work for 14 days.  I called the manager asking him because I didn't know what company policy is and the place I am going to tomorrow - or was going to - does not want anyone that has covid or has come into contact with someone that has it coming into their plant.  

I've actually been placed on leave of absence.  Not my doings, just the way they are dealing with it.  Interestingly, if you have the virus, they only have you off for 10 days.  

So now I am faced with what, exactly, do I do with 14 days?  And not really wanting to spend any money, mind you, since I am not working.  But, there is a legitimate expenditure of money: starting work on the property.  If the deal goes through, which it appears it should, I could clear the west side of the property along the property line of trees and get a driveway cleared out.  

So it appears a skid steer - a much smaller machine than a bulldozer and much less expensive rental cost - can take down small trees - with ease actually. Was watching numerous videos, there aren't any trees bigger than what I was watching on the videos.  They just take the bucket part, hit the tree about 5 feet up or so, get it pushed over a bit and then lift the root system out of the ground.  

This was quite the revelation for me, trying to figure out how to keep the tree clearing affordable was getting a bit exasperating.  

I've heard nothing back from my agent yet today.  If I don't hear soon, I will go ahead and text her.  Seems like a bit of a push to ask her to get any updates is what's needed, the same with the boat. If I don't call them, they just do whatever and then it sits - until I call them lol.  

Of course, clearing out trees not only rests on the idea of the land actually becoming my property, it also rests on the idea of staying healthy.  I have been in close contact with the 6 year old, there is no social distancing with kids.  They wouldn't understand and frankly, I think it a ludicrous idea that a person should be social distancing from everyone that lives in the same house.  That is what my employer was asking me off a pre-scripted list yesterday.

Do YOU social distance at YOUR home? lol Please.  I could have lied I guess and kept working, but I didn't want to lie about it.  I actually don't care about being off for 14 days, the hard part will be going back to work after being off that long. It's quite easy to get used to not driving trucks when on vacation.  The idea of going back is a miserable one and nothing I will be contemplating any time soon.  I'm on leave of absence and that's that. 

And with that, I must be off of here.  I was going to take this new chop saw back to Home Depot the other day but I got sidetracked.  It needs to go back, it's an almost $300 piece of equipment that is useless to us.  

With that I bid you a good day.