I get calls all the time now for long term. If I had 50 spaces I could have them filled.  It's disconcerting because you know, money.  Can't build them, sorry, wish I could, have plenty of space.  I had to turn down yet another long term inquiry - and this person has friends living in my park.  She has two kids and said her friend sent her a video and was immediately jealous, lol.  Look at all the room back there!  She wanted lot 11.  

Lot 11 is rented for 17 days out of the next 30.  She offered more money but I had to refuse. I'm not going to just suddenly tell people that I have sent confirmation letters to - and taken their deposit money - that now, all of a sudden, that lot isn't available.  I told her if one of the long termers leave - which is possible, who knows when any of these people will get reassigned somewhere else or lost their gig and move to some other state, even - I would give her a call. 

She said she is "not in a good place" and I had to ask which park she was staying at?  Cypress Valley.

Cypress Valley has a horrible reputation and for good reason.  The same complaints over and over.  Management never there.  Park is run down. Roads are horrible, etc etc etc.  I wouldn't want to stay at such a place even if it were beautiful because it is right on Highway 59.  Way too much road noise.  My park is getting a good reputation even if I don't have the Google reviews to back it up.   

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The dude that started bush-hogging the property until his machine broke - showed up again today and finished the project. 

I have a waiting list for people to come long-term into the park now.  Literally, people wanting me to take their name and number down and contact them if a space becomes available.  Others that say they will call back and see if anything's available.  I'm getting several calls a day.  I think there were 4 of them today. It's a gold mine that I can't tap out because I don't have the funding to expand.  I could be taking home 10 grand a month easily if not more.

Just gonna have to bide my time with it.  By books are almost caught up.  Some more receipts to go and get the new recurring payments in there and get them coming out of the business account.  

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That was yesterday. I went to bed last night at 10:25 am and woke up 2 hours later coughing.  I took some medicine that did nothing for it.  I have been awake all night long.  I forced my @$$ out of bed at around 9:30 am, got busy cutting up all kinds of veggies - leeks, carrots, celery, cabbage, onions and cauliflower, dumping it along with a very nice-sized ham hock and accompanying spices, 3 cans of chicken broth in the crockpot and set on low for 8 hours.  

This is probably not going to be anything the family will want to eat, it will be my lunches for the next several days.  It's a good amount of food and I like not having to cook every time I want to eat on this Keto diet.  Oh, and yes, I did see the warning about Keto after a study was done.  Keto doesn't have to be fill with saturated fats and I don't eat much of it.  I also try to avoid highly processed foods and sugar substitutes save Fruit Monk - it's wonderful and more on the natural side of things.

Anyway, I will have to go back to Lowe's to try and find the right-sized fernco rubber couplers that just slide right over the top of the pipe. I have no idea why I didn't think  of it yesterday.  They are commonly used on drain pipe applications for underground pipe.  It's just hose style clamps you crank down and it's provides a good seal. 

If Lowe's doesn't have it, I'll try the other place. They have a lot of stuff there but their prices are high. It's a last resort for finding things in my town before I have to drive 35 miles to for more options. Actually, there is a waterworks store about 40 miles from here, they would definitely carry it.  But I've seen the Fernco's at Lowe's, I am really hoping they have the right size and I can get this ordeal over with and get the drain pipe inside the shed so I can get with the program here. 

It will also make it possible to work in the rain, since it's inside.  There are no leaks in that shed, even where the 25 year old hit it with the trailer.  

If I can  at least get these outside pipes going inside today and back fill those 2 trenches, I will have thought I have gotten something done, considering the lack of sleep.   I at least want the drain pipe going up the side of the shed so when it rains again - which is allegedly later on today - I don't have to worry about water and mud going into the pipe.