Brownsville, Texas. 

They're in this yard dumping material on the ground again.  

This yard gets messed up.  It's small, there are a lot of trucks coming in and out and it rains frequently.  So, they have piles of - whatever it is, concrete shavings mixed with asphalt? Kind of what it looks like.  They have these piles everywhere, difficult to get around this yard. They don't have anyone here with machinery yet to spread it out and compact it. 

I was second load yesterday, late start for getting down here, but since I was second load, the first load beat me to the only empty trailer down here and they are undoubtedly well on their way back to Longview by now.  Not that I mind, it's all detention pay for me and I didn't feel like driving this morning anyway.  

Umm, I have a couple of draft posts I never finished and therefore never posted, hence the gap in putting anything up. Not that there's anything new to report anyway.  

I went to the lender's place yesterday and met the guy in person.  Gave them a check for an appraisal for a property - I can't buy.  $350 for nothing.  I wonder if there is any way to force the seller to pay that back, I entered into a contract with him to buy the land and - he couldn't deliver, no fault of my own.  My lender was ready to get this done.  

I've scoured the properties available, nothing really stands out.  There is one property about 11 miles north of me, about a mile off of Highway 59 that is of "some" interest, but the area doesn't look like it's ever taken off.  Location is everything, that's what I read over and over when it comes to RV parks and of course that should be true.  This location? I'm just not sure about.  The 35 acres for 87k is a wonderful deal tho.  But, I don't want to dump money into a property and then find out it isn't going to attract anyone. And, this property has been for sale for almost 300 days, not like I could turn around and sell it off if it didn't work out.

I'm in no rush on that one.  I do want to walk the property and see what's on it, it appears to be elevated so thee shouldn't be any standing water, or not enough anyway to cause a problem. 35 acres is a lot of land, there must be some portion of it usable for what I want to do with it.  But, a minimal investment for around 15 lots and see what happens? Dunno.  Electric, water and ATT right there.  Might even be sewer, not sure about that one.  

No rush on that one.  I see nothing else in my price range right now that will work.  Well there is one, Taylor even said it might be worth and extra long drive each way for a location like that for that kind of money. I dunno. It's probably 35-40 minute drive each way to get there. Along a busy highway, yes, 48 acres, yes, my price range, yes.  I'd rather have something closer to home and easier and quicker to get to tho. 

So right now, there are no properties that stick out besides over priced properties that are well outside of any price range I want to pay or could even afford. Well I could afford any of it, but it would eat up all of my finances.  I'm just going to wait a while and see if anything new comes up that might fit the bill and is in closer proximity to my house.

Today is Thursday and also the second Thursday of the month, meaning a city council meeting tonight.  I will likely be driving, I can tune into it and see what kind of ridiculous nonsense they are going to engage in.  I try not to miss any of these meetings, I had no idea how clueless these people running our town are.  They don't do any research on anything, they vote out of their feelings.  They have no understanding of contractual obligations or how such things work.  The city manager has pulled his hair out of his head attempting to explain such things to these people and they still don't get it.  

I could literally do a better job than most of them on that council and I make no claims that I have any grand knowledge of those types of things, but I clearly have more knowledge than most of them. Would I run for the position? Probably not, I"m not a fan of having my entire life scrutinized from since I was a baby so that opposition can find a gotcha from when you were a teenager and declare you unfit for the position.  It is a position of power considering you are responsible for where the money goes in the city. Which is what is confounding.  They just vote on things they think sounds good and nix anything that makes far more sense.  

I will listen to it, that's for sure. And I installed Zoom on my phone just so I can voice my opinion. Last time, their zoom wasn't working and most of the meeting wasn't even broadcast due to "technical errors".  

No idea when/if an empty is coming today, but preferably before noon.  After that, they still expect you to get the trailer back before loading time in the morning, meaning you drive all hours of the night to get it back there. That's the only real drawback to this run.  If an empty shows up at 4:00 pm, they want it back, no questions asked.  

I've heard nothing from my realtor in a couple of days.  Not unusual at this point, there is nothing to go look at, she knows what I'm looking for and she knows that I have looked at or dismissed from the start everything that is available.  She won't contact me unless something comes up that she thinks might work.  Or, if by some miracle, the Finklea property actually becomes available, I get to use the $350 appraisal and get this property searching over with. That would be grand.  

Nothing else terribly important. The "other" brother is coming down for a 2 week visit with the boys.  They all like each other and get along pretty well, tho the youngest still has issues with selfishness and wanting everything to be all about him. I guess that's typical for a 4 year old, but he's slowly learning he doesn't always get his way and tough.  The temper tantrums aren't quite as ridiculous as they once were, but they are still there.  Lol.  

The house is getting cleaned up - quite nicely.  Sooner or later it's going to be time to start on that back yard.  I have already stated I will do nothing to it until I get a chance to dig out a trench in between properties and see if that can stop or greatly reduce the amount of junk coming from neighboring properties.  I have cleaned that back yard up far too many times to see it trashed with just one rainfall.  I don't see the point in spending hours and hours cleaning something up and then having it trashed again the next day or in the next few days.  I may very well get motivated to do that, but since the rest of the house is getting cleaned up, I started focusing on my room and attempting to get it looking a little more classy.  Getting rid of the convertible sofa I bought for Addler, he doesn't like it and it's taking up space.

Aspyn uses it but I can get her a doggy bed, put the two beds side by side in front of my bed and open up some space in the room. I also want a new computer desk - a more fancy looking thing with plenty of drawer space.  I have no place for my important papers besides a very small drawer in current desk, I want to change that scenario and get something with a hutch and a corner desk for more room.  The rat infestation got into my closet, they opened up a hole at the bottom of the wall and - crapped on everything.  I have to go through all of that stuff now and throw most of it away I guess. Many knick knacks from my previous living arrangement in Arizona, mostly kept for if/when I got my own house.  I suspect much of it will have to be trashed.  Rats don't care where they poop or pee. 

Well that's enough for this one. Hurry up and wait.  It's 10:30 am and have heard nothing from anyone about an empty coming.  

G'day.