Well, I can say I worked for 4 hours today, the first time I've done anything since I got this coughing cold.  It felt good to get stuff done, regardless of the type of task it was. First was getting the generator up onto the trailer - that was a real chore.  Then getting the 4 wheeler and trailer out of the woods - dumb me forgot to put the landing gear up and hence it was digging into a hill every time I tried to get up the thing.

It seriously took me a minute to remember to even look to see if that thing was down! 

Then I went and started repairing the chainsaws.  The boy has been shown multiple times how to tighten the chain.  He obviously didn't get it.  He just about destroyed one of the chain tensioners - but I got it to work - and the other one had also jumped off, he just doesn't get it.  I haven't had them out in a while and if I do have him back, it's only to be to do some serious raking that needs to be done along the driveway.  He will not be operating a chainsaw and right now, I am not having anyone out there to do anything that I have to pay for, I just don't have 8 hours of work in me yet.  

I then went and started cutting down trees and shrubs along the driveway.  I did get quite a bit of it done, but there's plenty left to go. I also detached the gate from it's post, there is no longer any use for it and it can go in the back to the gas company's operation. While doing that, one of the gas company employees came in in a pickup.  I waved at him to see what kind of response I would get - he actually waved back.  20 minutes later, while cutting down trees, a 10 wheeler came driving by loaded with containers full of chemicals. 

That took me by surprise, tho that time, the driver waved fanatically instead of my having to initiate the "friendliness". Of course I waved back - he was filling up the tanks that have the foam liquid that they pump down into the cracks through which the natural gas escapes.  It helps keep the cracks open and apparently even helps expand them further.  

But I was done.  Starting to get a headache it was time to quit.  Yup, I'll be back out there again tomorrow, hopefully, I'm really wanting to get my street sign up but I think I'm going to need help.  I'm going to ask James if he can come help me this coming weekend.  I can't hold that 4X8 sign up while drilling holes to mount it.  I probably can get the 4X4 mounted to the top before then, I may try to do that tomorrow. 

The insurance guy contacted me back after I contacted him asking him if there had been a quote yet. He replied later on that they were supposed to be giving him a quote sometime today and that he would call me. 

The web designer found yet another software management company and wants me to consider it as well. Well okay, I'm thinking, but we can't be doing this forever. I want to get a final decision made and get it installed.  It's a setup fee and then after that it's a per use fee. So, it's not a monthly fee so it really doesn't matter that I get it set up in advance, let's get this done.  I respect that he wants to explore all of the options tho. 

It looks like it rained out there yet again last night, gag.  

Some man in LA won 2 billion dollars last night. I can't even fathom that. 

The election - I voted today. We have new voting  machines now.  It's still a paper ballot, but you make your selections on a screen, the machine records it, when you're done, it prints it all out.  You review it and take it to another machine to insert the ballot in.  Yup, I like it.  Still a paper result but much easier to do.

I take nothing for granted and I seriously do NOT want a Beto Texas governorship.  That would be, IMO, like AOC being the President of the United States.  That was the most important thing on that ballot. There was also a decision between a democrat or republican US senate seat, big time important as well. The rest were local judges, no referendums this time. I thought that was odd, but that's fine, we don't need more laws, we have plenty!

I just remembered that the Post Office never got back to me.  I want mail delivery to the property. Anything in the business name needs to get delivered there.  Loan money hasn't shown up - but I don't really need it yet.  I just took the offer before the fed increase raises rates even more.  I'm tempted to pay off my vehicle, about 3 grand worth, which would almost completely offset the monthly loan payment.  But, it wouldn't much help my credit score and I need that score to go back up to be able to even think about getting another loan in the near future for park expansion.  It's only 15k, it's really, to me, something to hang on to as long as possible.  

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8:00 pm.  Watching the House and Senate races as well as Georgia's hotly contested race and of course waiting to see who will win Texas as governor.  Right now, Abbot is well ahead of Beto.  I expected that, but nothing is granted.  I know people who didn't vote and refused to do so.  That is a thing I cannot understand.  But, that's their choice.  

I hope I can get to sleep a bit early instead of staying up late watching the election results for I need to get out there and get a lot more work done tomorrow.  In fact, I'd like to light up the 3 burn piles and get that stuff burned down to the ground.  But only if I get out there early enough.  Whatever the case, I need to get further along with finishing up that driveway. I have identified even more area that needs to be cut out.  

One large tree needs to come down as well and another large tree is - up in the air atm.  If I can get up high enough to cut off some branches then it can stay. Otherwise, it's also coming down.  But there is another area of brush up near the park entrance that I think needs to be cleaned out.  I'm going to wait on taking out the gate posts, when they show up to spread the gravel I'm going to ask them to push those posts out of the ground instead of cutting them with a chainsaw. 

Anyway, I never heard back from the insurance agent. Whatever he has, I want to hear it, even if it's bad news.  At least give me a comparison point for the first quote.  

The website designer called and we had a rather lengthy conversation.  He wants me to get a demo for yet another company for the software. Gag. He's dragging this out, I'm ready to get this over with.  I get that he's doing due diligence to try and identify the creme de le creme, but let's get this done within the next few days, please and thank you.

The money was deposited in my bank account. I won't need to worry about money for a while.  If I can get the park going in the next 2-3 weeks, I hopefully won't have to worry about money at all.  

Admittedly, it may be a very bad time of year to attempt to open an RV park with Thanksgiving and Christmas around the corner.  However, if I could at least get enough guests coming/going to pay the bills, that would be great.  I mean, whatever time of year it is, I'm starting this business up regardless.  It will be what it will be.  I'd like to not have to go back to work until after the New Year, to be frank about it. Work as in trucking.  

There isn't anything else to add here and I want to get back to the election results.