I finally got to the bottom of why I am not getting any runs dispatched to me - today is long after I should have had to go back to work - can't say I miss it. Instead of contacting the dispatcher I just asked other drivers. 2 of them replied that the chemical plant where we load has been shut down.  I think it was for scheduled maintenance, tho it's a strange time of the year for them to be doing that. 

I mean, I could never go back to trucking and be quite joyous, but of course I need the paychecks - for now.  So I have no idea when I'm going  back to work, but scheduled maintenance doesn't typically stay down for too long, the plants that rely on this chemical will also end up shutting down if it goes on too long.  I'm ready to get this misery over with and head back to work.  I will miss the 4 turning 5 year old's birthday on Saturday, unfortunately, if they send me out Saturday.  However, everyone has been sitting now. There is no way they can load all of our trucks in one day, even on a marathon day they couldn't do it. If I could just get Saturday off too,  I would be happy.  

Yes I could have found out sooner about work, I didn't want to.  I have been enjoying my time off since getting back from vacation.  And renewed Keto diet has me a bit sluggish - it goes that way at first.  Plus I have been putting this giant desk together for days now. The desk is done, the hutch that goes on it is almost done as well. My room is in a shambles because of all of this. Tomorrow, I will have the hutch up on the desk and then I can start to move everything around. Bed and dresser are going to be moved, the little desk I have for my lap top is going to be rehomed to someone else's house.  

Oh, and the 7 year old wants to go hiking tomorrow.  I'll be happy to help him out with that, unfortunately I won't be able to take Addler.  I might take the boy to a state park not terribly far away that has trails that are pretty interesting.  I've taken Addler and the shepherd there before.  Just something different than going to my property all the time.  Different things to look at and experience.  I don't really want to take the 4 year old, he just isn't ready for hiking trails yet.  He gets - flummoxed is an appropriate adjective here - he doesn't understand why things are the way they are out in the wilderness.  You know, vines tripping you up, tripping over logs, getting stuck by thorns, mosquitoes, etc etc etc.  I try to pay attention to him when we get into the thick of things, but even then he still has meltdowns.  

I did go over to the property today, it's hard to get the contractor to tell me when they're coming, so I just go over and look. I'm looking for at least one trackhoe and a bulldozer.  Nothing yet.  As stated in an earlier post, I was thinking about changing this plan completely in order to accommodate for the increased amount of spending.  I have all but made up my mind that the existing driveway shall be used.  It will save probably ten thousand dollars in creating it and putting gravel down on it.

Yes, that sounds exorbitant for a driveway, you have to understand this is a large project and gravel might be cheap, but when you are talking hundreds of tons of gravel, plus delivery, the cost goes way up.  I used a calculator - it will cost around 22k just for the gravel if I am building 2 driveways.  I lose minimum 6k using the existing driveway.  

Anyway, the whole layout of the park will change. Actually, I'm going to go back out there tomorrow and measure out one site, then mark 25 feet across - the driveway that needs to be built - and then 65 feet and see where I'm at with any land left over going towards the west.  It is at least possible there might be enough land left to put in smaller lots in the future and have 3 rows instead of only 2.  

I wrote my letter to this truck driver - but his truck wasn't there today.  I believe he's an OTR driver considering the odd times he shows up and the fact he's gone for some period of time in between his home visits.  The letter wasn't in your face stuff, it was politely asking him to please move his truck elsewhere, sorry for the inconvenience, etc.  I don't need or want neighbor wars. If he wants to start one, that's up to him. I will try de-escalation tactics if he does ramp it up.  

I guess I've filled up tomorrow with finishing this desk, going on a hike and going to the property. The idea of having a 3rd row in the future is just something I want to find out to satisfy my curiosity.  These things start taking up space in my brain and I have to resolve them, or at least figure it out.  Much smaller lots can be made and can be filled up. I've seen it at the sardine can parks where a lot of the spaces are maybe 40-45 long - at most.  And there are smaller units occupying those spaces.  

All of this increased expenditures have me thinking about this SBA loan or some kind of business loan from a bank again.  I dunno. Just thinking about it.  Just kind of wait until I get to the cutoff for my finances where I say, nope, I can't spend any more of this money, I will leave myself broke and vulnerable.  I'm certain, tho, that I have enough money to get the pads, driveways and utilities installed. 

It's the bath house - if I even put one in now - the fire pits, the picnic tables, the doggy park, these are the things that lie in jeopardy of not having enough finances to cover it and then, having to take out some kind of loan.  

Whatever the case, I'm not stressing over it, it's just another bridge I will have to cross when I get to it.  But since it IS a possibility that I may have to go that route, now is the time to start looking at my options.  I have plenty of personal loan offers, I want to explore business loans as well.  They may laugh me out of the bank, fine and well, just tell me what I need to work on to get to the place where they will seriously consider giving me a business loan. 

Yes, I have been watching the war. The last several days I have had the news on all day long.  Some of it is repetitive, yes, but a lot of new stuff keeps coming out in a fairly steady stream. Such as the nuclear plant that that Russians apparently targeted.  They hit an administration building, they didn't hit any of the reactors - but I would suspect they did that on purpose.  It literally makes no sense to me for them to take out such an important part of that nation's infrastructure? If they want to occupy it, why would they destroy one of the largest nuclear power plants in the whole of Europe?  Yet, I'm sure they could have destroyed the entire thing if they had wanted to. A bit perplexing.  

Another interesting thing that has come out is that the companies in the US that buy oil - have not bought any Russian oil for the last week. Beyond that, there is a huge and growing list of US companies that are cutting ties with Russia and shutting down operations over there or stopping shipping goods to them.  Targeting Russian oligarchs ships and planes was also an interesting development.  I doubt any of that is going to slow Putin down for now, but if these companies keep this up for an extended period of time, it will eventually wear on Russia and it's citizens who may get tired of living without things.  

Anyway, time for bed.