Ridiculous.

I had to call the gas company - more than once I will tell you that - to finally get a reply from the man who said I would never hear from him again. I wasn't calling him, I called the main office in Houston.  They reroute it to him and I'm sure he's glad to dump this problem on someone else.

But why, oh why, didn't he tell me this information long ago? What did I find out? The gas company sold the well to some other company last December!  What the Hercules hondons is this nonsense?  

Why would a company sell off a gas well that is producing?  I have no clue. They must have their reasons, maybe it's not projected to put off that much more gas, maybe they don't want to deal with me, maybe a lot of things.  I was going to call them today, but....

This dude comes flying up the driveway today. He's going 25-30 mph - which is a lot for this driveway.  I yelled at him even with windows closed. When he comes back?  He stops. What's up? Could you please slow down?  Instead of saying yes, he asked how fast I think he was going.  At least 25, if not 30, not now on the way back but when you went in here.  

Nope, wrong.  I wasn't going to play with this kid.  I just threw up my hands and said do whatever you're going to do. I didn't bother to tell him I would be calling his company. So what does this idiot do?  He goes flying down the rest of the driveway, slows down but doesn't stop at the street and then does a burnout staring in the driveway, tearing up a portion of it and then flying down the road. 

Yeah, that is NOT going to work. I did not address him with attitude, I asked politely if he could please slow down. I had NO idea this is a totally different company and that explains why everything with these people has changed.  This stuff is pushing me to the edge. I had had enough of this nonsense long ago, today escalated it to another level.  

I'll be calling "them" tomorrow. I looked up the address of the business, it is a house in a residential neighborhood. The address the old gas company gave me. So then, I looked up the name of the company on Google and it came up with the same address.  I hesitate to believe the man at the old company was playing games with me and the name of the company did show up on a Google search, indicating that it is a company involved with gas exploration, so I guess? 

Marc was out there before I arrived this morning.  He was trying to get X amount of the cleanup done.  I spent hours dumping more grass seed. Over all the lots and then working on the back end where Marc has already cleaned up.  That's all dirt and I definitely want grass back there - weeds WILL grow eventually if I don't have something ELSE in it's place. There is no sense in doing all the work and not dealing with it right off the bat.  It will take several seedings, this I know, just like the lots.  But the end result will be worth it.  

Anyway, he is all but done with everything behind the RV pads, he is heading out to Dallas tomorrow.  We left early, around 1:00 pm - last week just didn't get behind me or him. "We are getting old" he stated after I said my legs are aching again. I don't know why my legs are hurting so bad when I'm doing that work - maybe my shoes need upgraded.  I don't have the problem any other time....

The rental place sent me a pic of a dozer today.  I have been asking them for months about renting one, not in a hurry to spend that much money, but I did keep in communication.  Their other unit's engine went out and apparently the cost is more than the thing is worth. Sounds about right. A diesel engine replacement in a semi tractor is at least 30 grand, I can see it costing much more in a huge piece of earth moving equipment with a much larger engine.  They went out and bought another one. It's not new but it looks in decent condition.  I don't care how old it is, I just need the thing to do what I need it to do. 

I replied awesome! And then proceeded to say I would be renting it after the rain stops and the ground dries up.  I am not going to spend that kind of money with wet soil. I want to take down the weeds - and - level the ground.  And then sparsely seed it with the ryegrass. I say sparsely because we're talking at least 5 acres worth.  Just get some grass out there growing. It doesn't need to be thick to start with, I just want to get something going.  

I would rather be overseeding existing grass in the spring than starting from scratch and trying to beat the weeds.  

 Last week pretty much blew me away.  I stayed out there and just worked until I couldn't do anymore.  After Monday-Friday of that, I had nothing left on Saturday.  I went out there, looked at everything and then went to install the mailbox.

The concrete wasn't set, but I decided that since the weight of the box would be on top of the post pushing down, I could still safely install it on the post.  Normally I would just wait until I'm 100% sure it's set, dried out and not going to have to start over.  But, that pesky postcard from Google is coming and I needed to be sure the box is there, ready and waiting.  I need that Google account.

Anyway, there has been lots of rain -good for the grass to grow. I am going to put out another 100 pounds of seed I have left today.  Over the existing grass - a light seeding to try and thicken it and also over the far rear of the back in lots. I have grass going maybe 10 feet back. Beyond that it's just dirt.  Yea, I know, I "should have" seeded it before.  Priorities.  Time. Energy.  

Well, maybe cancel that.  I'll have to check the weather. It's supposed to rain tomorrow and allegedly it's going to be a gully washer.  A waste of time and money to seed it when the rain is just going to wash it away.  However, that area is where all the seed would go to when it does wash it away. I dunno, I'll just have to make a call on it when I get there this morning.  

I think Marc is coming for half a day today.  I was going to light up the burn piles but I suspect everything is still quite wet. That leaves just doing a lot of cleanup work.  Sticks everywhere, I need all of that gone.  Tomorrow may be a rain day, I'm try to get as much cleanup done today as possible.  If it is a rain day, I'll just spend it going over the software again - and again - I'm trying to learn all the different aspects to it. There is a lot to learn.  There are dozens of training videos as well.  

I need to write down what's left to do.  Add up all the costs and see how that is going to leave me financially The big one is gravel - more gravel gag - and getting the weeds cleared on the rest of the land.  I just ordered a dispenser for the dog waste bags, just need a trash can.  I want more picnic tables - I'll get them as I can afford them.  Oh,; and the walking trails.  Just need to do a final clean up.  A good, solid day should finish that off.  

Wait. Hopefully tomorrow it does rain. I need to get Christmas shopping done and over with!  

I'm just trying to get the negativity of the word "monday" out of my head. It is the day that the Lord has made and I will be glad and rejoice in it!

Did I say I went to church yesterday?  I'm pretty sure I wouldn't even be going but now the kids are hooked on it and want to go every single Sunday.  This particular church isn't exactly my cup of tea, but it's a good start.  The boys love it - they get dressed and are ready to go Sunday morning before I even get out of bed. They are still of the age that they really have no sense of time - so they think when they get up it's time to go, lmao.  Uhh, no, it's still 2 hours til church.  

Ohhhh, the look on their faces as they face the prospect of having to wait for 2 hours lol.  The service is only an hour long, the church has a few adult programs but nothing on the scale of what you would expect to find in such a large place with so many people.  They are definitely geared towards children's ministry, all well and fine, I was looking for adult social meetings/clubs to engage new people.  And, the few adult meetings they do have? Are on Sunday morning! Lol, they have 2 regular services, I guess you go to adult meetings during one service and go to the church service after. 

They have a Wednesday service - well bible study - in the AM as well.  It's just strange their setup. Maybe that's just what they found would work?  There are 100 other churches in the area, but now that the kids are hooked on that church, it would be difficult to tell them we are going somewhere else.  

Anyway, it's still early. Coffee time, I got up early to get my thoughts in order, have a cup or two of coffee and prepare myself for a day full of the wonders of picking up branches, lol.

G'day.