Ok.  Well, I dug down - a lot of digging down.  I got the water pipe and the sewer pipe exposed.  It is not pointing the direction I thought it would be and these people did not locate these utilities in a good spot.  For a smooth install for the sewer - not too many turns/bends, I need to go straight towards the shed.  To do that here? I'll have to dig out gravel on pad 14.  

Just really lame setup.  If something happens, they'll be digging up site pads, ridiculous.  The other side is not set up like that, if something happens, they'll be tearing up the driveway but they won't be needing people to move their trailers.  I wasn't there when the did this west side trench, I had no idea this is what they were doing, if I did, I would have told them this is unacceptable.  I don't have much of a choice. If I try to go around the pad, I'll end up with 3 elbows, 2 of them 90's.  Don't really want 90's if at all possible, certainly don't want 2 of them close to each other.  

Well anyway, it took about an hour and a half to dig that all out.  I'm ready for the mini-ex.  I would have gotten it today - but.....it's going to rain tomorrow. I get the mini-ex for 24 hours, meaning if I were to have rented it today, I wouldn't have been able to use it tomorrow.  I am not wasting my money, I have a slate of things I want to do with that machine and I will wait until I have 2 days in a row to use the machine.  It was rather deflating.

After that, I went to Longview to get the rest of the flooring. This is new-in flooring, they just brought it into their stock. They had sold the entire rest of the pallet to one man and then they said they can't get anymore.  Wut.  It was cheap, I should have bought it all at the same time, silly me.  I will be taking the other stuff back, I'm not going to eat it.  I would be happy to wait for them to bring in some more, but they said they can't even order it. 

Heading back from Longview and failing at that mission, I decided to stop by the park. I just never know what's going to be happening over there, new people show up but they don't tell me they are showing up.  I wasn't expecting anyone, no one has said they are coming. 

Well, when I drove in there, there was this dude attempting to level a trailer.  His trailer was blocking the view of other trailers next to it, I thought it was the dude that had shown up on Friday. He said he would be back Monday.  So I pulled up and said something about trying to level the trailer.  But I'm looking at this guy - this isn't the dude that showed up on Friday. OH, are you helping him get set up?  He looks at me funny. We're both confused. Hi, remember talking to me - whenever?  

No. I don't.  I walked to the back of the trailer to see around it and 2 lots over, there was the Friday dude's trailer.  Now I'm thinking, gee, these people just show up and take a spot without even asking? This guy wasn't telling the truth, but I let it slide. It turns out he is the father of one of the 2-some that showed up a few weeks ago and the son was at his trailer doing something.  He came over and explained it all. This is the other guy that was coming, my father.  He just showed up a few weeks later.  

Ok, I remember him saying he was going to show up 2 others, but when he only showed up with 1, I just figured the other dude wasn't coming or found some other place he liked better?  I dunno.  The lack of communication with some of these people......Anyway, they are all 3 being paid by some company that deals with big companies that are in the fracking business (and probably other businesses as well) that takes care of housing issues.  I will be getting a check for the first 2 at the beginning of the month, she hasn't yet called me about this guy. 

This is how much the oil and gas business is worth. They pay their workers per diem and they pay for their housing. All 3 of them are welders. I will be texting the lady from that company shortly.  

I am now at 9 long term. It's happening faster now, it seems.  The Facebook ads are paying off.  I have had more luck with them than the far more expensive google ads, which I shut down.  Not worth it.  

If I could only start filling the rest of the lots of with overnighters. This is what the rush to get the shed done is all about.  Get a steady flow of overnighters in for the rest? I don't have to go back to trucking. 

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Rain may hold up any progress with trenching for a week or more.  It's going to be spaced out just enough to make it impossible - or highly difficult anyway - to do any trenching.  I am moving on with the inside of the shed and I will get to the trenching when the weather stops this stuff and I can get on with it.  

To that end, I will buy whatever flooring I can find tomorrow and install it.  Which means I need a small shed for all of my gear.  I can't keep it in there if I"m going to have it filled up with amenities.  Just what I need, yet another expense.  We definitely don't have room for all of that stuff at the house and I don't want to have to be running back and forth to the house to get a tool or something every time I need it.  I dunno, I just see no end in sight to these endless expenses.  

Thank you for reminding me. The cheapest shed I could find now ordered, should arrive later this week. Nothing huge, nothing fancy, but has a door and lockable.  All of my gear should be able to fit in there, tho I will have to get some shelving to install as well.  And a floor, tho I think we have a piece of plywood laying around here that will work.  

I'm trying to be minimalistic as possible...but I have things I just have to have.  

After the flooring, I can start installing outlets in the shed and run the wiring. You aren't really supposed to do that without the main ground wiring first, but who cares.  I need to get the stuff done and I'm not going to sit around endlessly waiting for the weather to get better to to the trenching.  I can keep myself occupied with other things that must be done in order to make it work.  

And I can - well I dunno but maybe I can run the 2 inch drain line for the washer to the outside at least and get it ready. That should keep me occupied for quite a while.  

Did I say I received an email today indicating that the washer and dryer will be brought to the property on the 15th? I didn't? Well now I did lmao.  Oh dang, well excuse me for a second, I need to order something else.  Well darn, I don't know how wide it is.  I'll have to measure it tomorrow. I need an outdoor enclosure for the water heater.  

Oh, well they have "white glove service" for the washer and dryer.  Just means they will bring it in the shed, put it wherever I want and then I have to sign off it's in perfect condition.  We'll see what condition they are in. They were trucked from New Jersey to Dallas in a UPS truck, that spells trouble right off the bat. 

OH, well the generator should fit into that shed and then everything else is relatively small besides shovels. I have a lot of different kinds of shovels.  Don't forget that pickaxe, I thing I would have never bought unless the 8 year old prodded me to do so. He wanted it as a toy, I have used it several times over for various dirt digging projects including today, trying to get down to the underground wiring and pipes.  Which I did and I give partial thanks to that pickaxe.  The site - pedestal included - is now covered with a large tarp and surrounded by caution tape.

Anyway, enough.  Time to wind down.