Morris run - well they kept me there long enough that I wasn't able to get near as far back towards Longview as I had wanted, but it was sufficient that the next day I was home early afternoon.  An Easter feast that was amazing, thanks to Taylor and her excellent cooking skills.  

Off to Brownsville the next day, which was Monday - 2 days ago - early load.  6am early.  

Getting to Brownsville, I had already been advised that the driver before me was going to get the only empty trailer available and then another was coming the next morning.

However.  That first driver was playing his games again. I know this guy, I know how he operates and I wasn't falling for it.  His attempt was to get me to take the empty trailer by disappearing.  He wasn't at the truck stop and he wasn't in the yard.  He does that alot.  This new dispatcher, however, gets all upset if you don't do as she instructs you - in this case, my taking an empty trailer that she had instructed someone else to take.

I wasn't taking it anyway, that detention pay was going to be mine.  So I left the yard and parked down the street a ways, out of sight.  Spent the night there and walked back to the yard the next morning - the empty trailer was still there.  Now I was thinking maybe the other driver didn't make it down here last night?  So, I contacted the dispatcher, who said he should have been there and gone with that trailer by now. 

As I thought. So he was playing games. However, it was 10 minutes and he appeared out of nowhere after that text to the dispatcher and was dragging the trailer out of the yard.  With that run and the Morris run, I will have an excellent paycheck next week and I don't really need anything else this week.  Of course, that may not happen that way, but it would be nice to have tomorrow off as well as today, foregone conclusion another weekend working.  

I dunno, but I drove until 1 am last night because they needed the trailer for today.  That was the only drawback of getting the detention pay yesterday. Long night.    I stayed in the truck in the yard versus coming home last night. 1, because I was too tired to drive home and 2, because the 5 year old would invariably come into my room while I'm sleeping and wake me up.  It was a good choice.  Coming home, I found that the 5 year old had come into my room while I was away, got into my bag of Skittles and also destroyed the wifi adapter that plugs into my computer for wifi - which is right next to where the Skittles are.  I think my room needs to be locked up at night. 

I bent the plugin part of the adapter back into place hoping it would work at least temporarily, and it did.  But, I either need to drive around town or even drive clear back to Longview to buy another one, or buy one online and hope this one works until it arrives in the mail.

Today? I don't feel like doing anything, but I desperately need a haircut and of course would like to see if I can track down an adapter and probably stop somewhere for food  just because I want to.  Other than that? Likely nothing for I am simply going to rest and prepare myself in case another run is unloaded on me tomorrow.  Which would be a late load because I'm sure they want me to get a 34 hour reset.  However, if it's not late, she can send me out early to Oklahoma, the only run I can do with the available hours on the 70 hour clock that are remaining and then, I can come back the next day and have a weekend day off.  That would be nice.

One can dream : )

I drove by the property on the way home from work a little while ago. I didn't expect to see any equipment out there, it's been raining and raining again off and on today.  But, I do think my newest change is appropriate in moving the first spaces well back from the front.  I was surprised to see a bunch of horses, donkeys, mules and cows on the next door neighbor's property.  It's a small piece of property, the ranch next to him must be using it.  They probably have an agreement.  Those cattle will eat all of that grass down just like it was freshly mowed.  

But it was the first time I saw any livestock on that property. I don't see that as problem.  Sometimes the cows start howling when the owner comes with a trailer full of hay, other than that it's pretty quiet.

I don't have anything else, much of anything else anyway, right now. We are looking into fireworks sales.  What it will take to get the appropriate permits and license to be able to sell them.  Why? Because they obviously make a lot of money for the short period of time they are open during the year.  I want to get business going. If I can't get the RV park going for another year or however long, I will find something else that doesn't have to have the earth work done.  I can have a fireworks stand on the front of my property - it is in the county and there are no restrictions against it. You have to be properly licensed, of course, by the state, but they don't try to tell you what you can and cannot do with your property.  The city forbids the sales or use of fireworks.  

G'day