The misery of whatever I have drags on. Kept me awake much of the night, quit trying to sleep around 8:30am.  I have a load appointment at 1:30.  I just contacted my dispatch and told them if I don't start feeling better after this trip, I'm going to need to take a few days off.  

I never heard back from my manager about the ticket, I also didn't hear back from my neighbor about his attempt to get the judge to remove the ticket outright.  I'm not going to push him on that one, tho, He offered, I said yes, please do!

Inflation is ticking up at almost 7% average nationwide. That's pretty substantial.  We've been stocking up on food while the prices are still manageable.  In fact, they're going to get a third freezer - they asked me first if I wanted it since I'd be the one filling it up - which I immediately said yes to. We've cleaned out much of the old stuff in both existing freezers and have refilled them.  

I just buy meat when it's on sale, which there are still some deals to be had. Boneless skinless chicken breast and hamburger meat being the biggest acquisitions.  Anything else is dependent on prices.  Alot of it is just stuff that is on sale and there are never any limits on how much you can buy, at least not at the Kroger's we go to.  I'll show up with 15 chubs of 3 pound packages of ground beef and they say nothing to us about it, the same with chicken.  We also stocked up on dry and canned goods.  

This isn't waiting for a war or some natural disaster, this is just stocking up in advance of what appears to be a sustained increase in inflation that isn't going to get better any time soon.  It's stuff we eat all the time, it won't go to waste. Some things are treats of course and soon we should see turkeys on sale, a couple of those won't hurt and maybe some prime rib roast.

After calling the man yesterday - again - and not getting through to him, I spoke with their office. It automatically goes to the office if he doesn't answer. I just wanted an answer.  Is he interested in doing business with me or not?  I got pretty direct about it because I've waited over a week now for him to at least respond to the texts I sent last week.

30 minutes later he called. $12,000 to clear the property and then he had questions about the lot setup. The electrician apparently was asking.  Yes, the lots are going to be 40 feet wide, 65 feet long on the west side and 70 feet long on the east.  The pads are going to be 10 feet wide - tho I might adjust that to a bit wider. That's the part the RV's park on.  These people will have ample room to enjoy their space.  There will be no complaints about small spaces and all crammed together.  

I also went over there yesterday. They are apparently close to installing the pole. There was a fresh set of flags put right next to where the pole is supposed to go for ATT. There is no reason that ATT should have anything there? I moved the stakes over away from that a few feet. They just drill straight down for those poles, it's not a huge excavation area.  The area for ATT was a giant box made out of orange marking paint, weird.  

Meanwhile, the jury is deliberating the fate of Rittenhouse.  I find it amusing that all of these protesters are calling him a racist for his actions.  All of the people involved where WHITE people, there weren't any black or other minority people killed or injured by him.  I've watched all of the videos - I watched them as they rolled in after the incident happened long ago.  I see a very good case for self defense.  If a person pulls out a handgun and sticks it to your head? If I have a gun, I'm going to fire that pistol in self defense. If some dude is smashing me in the head with a skateboard, that person knowing full well I have a very high caliber rifle that can blow him away and does it anyway? I dunno, I might shoot him or I might clobber him with the butt of the gun. I will  defend myself, that's for sure. 

It's so easy for everyone to look at all of that and say he should have done something else. You run for your life with people chasing you down the street, adrenaline pumping and in the midst of chaos and wondering if you're going to live through that night and then come back and tell us your new version of what you would have done....

Oh, well anyway, I also tried to call the guy that installed the water tap. He called back, said he was at the fuel pumps, about to leave town for Nebraska. Nebraska?!  Me and my daughter are going on a hunting trip!  Can't fault the guy for that, we discussed that for about 10 minutes lol and then I told him at the end to please remember me when he gets back? Oh, you bet, I sure will!  I want to wait and see what he says about clearing the land, I know he'll do an excellent job and I just want that final bid put in there to make me feel better that I got a lot of different contractors giving me their quotes.  

They all will work around any trees I want to keep up...there is  no way I'm just having all of those trees taken down. It's just not gonna happen. At least some of them are going to stay up, period.  It would be such a waste in my mind to have them all just plucked up and gone with nothing to replace them but maybe some 6 foot tall pines that I will plant that will take many years to grow and get to any height that they can offer any shade or give the beauty of nature appeal. 

It's just going to be difficult to determine which trees should stay and how many.  I may get out and traipse through the woods - at a very slow pace, I"m really not feeling all that great right now.  In fact, I think I will go to urgent care and see if they'll give me a shot for the coughing.  They'll probably ask to do a covid test - which I might allow if they are going to do it free again. Free to me anyway.  I ain't paying for it.  

I was finally able to get into Paycom and make my health care selections.  I upped the various types of insurances quite a lot.  I'm not getting any younger and who knows what may happen.  I'll get $1,100 a week in long term disability if something happens, that's more than enough to pay my bills.  That was the biggest concern on my mind after I found out earlier this year they had removed it without my knowing or permission - I didn't check anything last year when the registration time comes around.  I don't know how long is long term - it didn't say on the website and I had forgotten to take the info packet with me.  But I also added other stuff. It doubles what I am currently paying but I am good with that. It doesn't take but one bad thing to happen to you to wipe out your savings. 

My dispatcher just called. I had texted them earlier and told them if I didn't start feeling better after this trip, I would be wanting to take a few days off and rest.  The dispatch manager called me back an hour later - I'm having you stay home and rest, I found a driver to take your load.  Note that I didn't ask her to do that but as bad as I am feeling today? I'm elated she did.  She flatly informed me that I sound "terrible" lmao on the phone and that they are taking me off the queue and call them back when I am ready. 

It's kind of a push both from them and Taylor - are you going to go to Urgent Care today? - to go and see what they might prescribe me.  Taylor and James are on their way home.  They should be here this afternoon sometime.  

Anything else? No, not really. I haven't called the other electrician back - yet.  I'd like to get that pole up and get the land cleared before I do much of anything else.  The 12 grand bid is about 2 grand more than I wanted to pay for having that done.  I want at least 2 bids on electrical so I know that I am getting a good deal.  And I still need to get another septic contractor out there to give me a quote on a system.  At least 2 bids, please, on everything.  Just doesn't make sense to take the first thing that comes along and run with it - not when you're talking that much money.  

So, off I go.  Just a drive by unless I "feel it" and get out and go for a quick walk into the woods and get a refreshed sense of what I want to do in there.  It helps to make regular trips over there even if drive bys to keep the vision fresh.  It is a vision, beyond goal stage now. Getting the property realized the goal of stating the business, now we move on to getting it done.  Sloooowly but surely, we are making progress.  I'm just so happy I don't need permits for much of anything! The county doesn't give a hoot.  Just the septic permit/s.  I don't currently have to have any blueprints, I don't need them for I am not currently getting a loan and when I do get a loan, it's not going to be SBA - not yet anyway.  

Oh, and I need to work on rules.  I'm just going to gather rules from a variety of parks - they all have them listed online - and weed through them and tailor them to this operation.  And I just remembered - still haven't done anything about it yet - I need to get that LLC going in my name - soon.  Or however I can write off the expenses related this year so far with implementing this operating on  my personal taxes? I will probably have to visit an accountant to get info on that.  

G'day.