Hot! So muggy outside, even 85 degrees felt like well into the 100's.

Nevertheless, I trudged the eastern part of the property where the rear of it begins looking for those 2 elusive corner markers - and found both.  The one near the driveway was hidden in some brush, the other one at the far east corner was much further east than I thought it would be.

In fact, having so much difficulty finding it, I got out the survey notes, noted that it's almost 300 feet from the corner marker I had just found and walked around 95 steps that direction and then started looking.  It was well up the other side of a hill - it goes down, there's a stream at the bottom and then back up.  It wasn't terrible far off the easement I just hadn't looked that far east to find it. 

After that, go find the hunting camera.  I found it, brought it home, downloaded 285 pics and found - nothing more than the trip over there and to the point I had hung it up on the tree, it took a pic of my face and then I realized that the camera is well off angle, there is no way it would be able to take pics of wildlife on the ground. The pic of me was my face and I was looking down at it.  

So, I will have to go back and try again.  Not today, thank you, I was boiling, roasting hot by the time I left there.  A bit disappointing, but not the end of my world, the next day I have off I'll go back and hang it again, this time making sure it's at the correct angle.  It is interesting tho that it didn't take ANY  pics at all, no birds, branches moving in the breeze, I wonder if I had done something wrong in it's setup? yet it too pics all the way from the time I turned it on to the time I hung it up. 

I've got it set up on my computer desk, I'll leave it for the day like that and then check to see if it's taking pics of anything throughout the day.  A red light comes on when it's activated tho, and it's coming on, a bit perplexing.  

The rest of the day? Well, I ordered the wrong chop saw from Home Depot.  When I realized the mistake, I immediately canceled the order - but they still sent it to me anyway : ) So now, I have to drive 2 cities over to return it to the nearest Home Depot. That or get stuck with a saw I will likely never use.  At $285, I don't want to pay for a saw I'll never use....

But I'm feeling highly unmotivated.  I'm sure I have a while to take it back, but at the same time I don't want kids getting into it, tearing open the box and then having Home Depot say no thanks, you opened it.  

Well, that's it. No word from anyone about anything.  I even texted my dispatcher about Friday and heard nothing back from her.  Well, that's all nice fine and dandy, but she needs to acknowledge she received the text and a yes or a no. If it's no, I'll contact the title company and ask them to move it out until next week.  

 Today's musings.

The news is rife with the situation in Afghanistan.  I'm watching a little here and there, mostly reading info off of various news sites.  We went in there to find Osama bin Laden. That should have been the extent of our incursion over there.  If these people want to fight and kill each other, who are we to stand in their way?  We can do intelligence gathering operations 24 hours a day over there if we need to for any terrorist threat activities, we don't need a military presence over there getting our troops killed, maimed and messed up in the head for the rest of their lives.. for what purpose? The Russians of all people warned us about going in there.  We probably did some good over there, from what I've been reading it was far more than military incursions, they were actually helping the people.  Still.  

  It's probably the only thing I have agreed with Biden on, but the way he had the military go about doing this withdrawal is abominable at best.  Is it Biden's Saigon moment?  I don't necessarily agree with that assessment. But make no mistake, Biden has been around for all of these wars and incursions we have gotten ourselves into.  You'd think this dude would have a little more sense to see what was coming than what he did.  

I could go on for hours with my views on the military operations we have gotten ourselves into, some of them warranted, many not, IMO.  A  lot of it gives credence to the idea of the US industrial military complex, the people that have enabled it - namely politicians with something to gain by it - and the extraordinary amount of money we have spent on such.  We MUST keep those industries alive and kicking! Anyone else yearn for Christ's return?  

Enough ranting.  Today was the day - the third time now - that we were supposed to close on the property. The lady at the title agency made it exceedingly clear that that was not going to be a happening event today and gave solid reasons why it wasn't.  Information I wish my realtor would have given me.  But whatever.  Temps are not supposed to get exceedingly high today, I want to go to the property and get my hunting camera.  The boys are in school/daycare so I won't be taking them this time, but the dogs can go. It won't be a long trip anyway, just hike back in there, retrieve the camera, come home and load the memory card and see what, if anything, shows up.  Hopefully some entertainment from that.  If there is any animal life to be seen, I'll be posting that on Facebook later on today.  

I don't really feel like going hiking, tbh, lol, but I really want that camera. My curiosity is definitely piqued and that thing has been sitting there quite a while now. If there is anything back there, it's going to show up.  The property was listed in the real estate listings as "Prime Hunting Ranch".  Realtors do like to embellish and make things up tho, lol, those people would have no idea what is back there beyond just guessing because of the terrain, the region and the forest.  

And whether I feel like it or not, exercise is a good thing, especially for a trucker that spends more time sitting in a driver's seat than much of anything else. They really like you to get out and walk every day.  I do try to do that even on the road, but sometimes I'm so tired after 14-16 hour day it's all I can do to finish my paperwork for the day and drag my happy @$$ into the sleeper and go to bed.  

One thing is for certain: It's nice to have the kids back in school.  I am not being awakened by screaming and running around at any point of the morning at all.  I can sleep in without those kinds of disruptions. The dogs lay in my room and make no noise whatsoever until I get up.  They know better lol.  Ugh.  I forgot.  All of my truck gear is in the back of the SUV, to take the dogs I'll have to either move it to the passenger seating or take it out.  My truck was in the shop and it is always locked when the mechanics go home, we have no access to it.  

Other than that? I might go 2 towns over today and get some more Koi. Might being the operative word. Most of the fish have been moved to the pond - they appear to be doing well.  But I only have 3 Koi, the rest are goldfish. I'd like about 10 Koi at least. Goldfish are good distractions for any predators, Koi are smarter and will hide.  I'm not sure raccoons can fish in that pond setup with it being 2 feet up off the ground, the same with birds. Snakes, however, totally different story.  I have been looking for them for a couple of months and so far haven't seen them or any sign of them.  

The best sign being when they shed their skin. Used to see that frequently enough last summer, I've seen none of it yet this year.  Their favorite place to bask in the sun has turned up nothing.  Mind  you, I don't want any water snakes back there now. Before I didn't care, but now, they'll just eat the fish happily like a snack in the refrigerator.  We are all wondering if the super freeze event earlier this year killed them off.  Or for unknown reasons they left the property.  That doesn't seem likely, there is a small stream in the back of the property and there is ample wildlife including rats for them to eat.  

Whatever the case, I best be getting out of here, moving all of that stuff in the SUV and getting the dogs loaded in - or I will change my mind and not go lol.

G'day.