So this started 3 days ago. This guy says he's in a car, saw my ad on Hipcamp and asked if he could stay the night - in his car - to recharge batteries on his various devices? I didn't know what to say right off. Hipcamp isn't opened yet. At the rate I'm going with it, it's going to be a month at least before all that junk is in that shed and fully operational. What a pain!
Whatever the case, he sounded desperate so I offered him an extension cord and to park behind the shed, warning him there are no facilities here and you would have to use the "great outdoors" to relieve yourself. I mean, it's not the end of the world to pee on a tree, but some people don't like doing that. I disappear into the woods when I've over there whenever the need arises, I'm not driving all the way home to use the toilet.
Someday, I'll have a toilet installed in there and I wont have to go anywhere.
Well, he didn't show up that night and he texted me telling me why: he was stuck wherever he was at and was trying to get out of the predicament he was in. No worries, I thought, I was only going to charge him $5 anyway, more along the lines of helping him out than making any money off of the deal. Yes, well he did show up the next day, night actually. I never saw him, it was just messaging. He showed up when it was pouring rain and I had already put the extension cord and power strip out there for him, wrapped in plastic so the rain wouldn't get into it.
It was yesterday morning I was heading to the property with the boys and saw him driving out. There was no mistaking him in the car, lol, because one of the tenants texted me asking about it. I am very fortunate to have 4 sets of eyes and ears over there watching out for the place. Well, turns out he left me $10 cash instead of the $5, I texted him saying I was only charging him $5. Yes, he replied, I left a tip. Well thank you! He also left a lengthy review on Google and it was a good one. That was worth the hassle in and of itself.
Well, I got quite a lot done yesterday, in fact, I got the 3/4 water system installed and charged. No leaks. I got the 1/2 system done as well, but I didn't test it. Not enough time had elapsed for the curing process and I'm not interested in blowing out lines with glued on fittings that haven't had enough time to cure yet. I will be testing that today. About 3 hours in, the boys wanted to go home. I accommodated them on that one, my meds had arrived and I wanted to take an antibiotic pill ASAP.
I took a nap and went back to the property - late actually - by myself. I've had those boys all week long, time to pass the torch. The youngest is a handful, the oldest is low maintenance but put the two together and it can get a bit dicey at times. They fight with each other - as brothers will do - and it tends to get old.
I dug out a hole for the 4X4X8 wood - I admittedly had completely forgotten about it but my memory was sparked when I remembered the T Mobile internet isn't working. Why? Because the device is too low to the ground and needs to be elevated. As soon as I pick it up, it adds another bar of service and the internet is restored. Anyway, I got that in the ground, dumped quickcrete around the wood in the ground, poured water on it, leveled it and left that to dry.
Back to the shed, I started running wire. Of course, there is always something. I don't have enough wire and the route I am making it go, I need clips to hold the wire in place. I needed something else which has escaped my memory - I write everything down so I don't forget things when I go up to Lowe's. It's time consuming to go up there. I'm sure there are many more trips up there before the entire shed is done. So, this morning I will be going up there for that stuff and then back over to the property.
But, the first priority is to get that box attached to the 4X4 and get that setup going. I want that done so I can unplug the Verizon over-priced trash and send that back to Verizon They can keep it. I am ordering another T Mobile device so I have complete park coverage including the shed and hopefully will extend to the HipCamp area. I do want internet in the shed, I intend on running my video surveillance in there and it will have to have functioning WiFi in order for me to be able to view what's going on over there when I'm not around. And recording as well.
The extra unit will guarantee full park coverage as well. It's $100 for both versus almost $400 for that Verizon nonsense. What a joke.
Done. Decided to get that over with. I am also switching my phones over to T Mobile as well. The savings over Verizon is amazing. I'll be paying around $170 per month for 2 of the internet devices giving unlimited data and 2 phones. They are paying off the phone I purchased through Verizon last year - still $500 plus on that one - and sending SIM cards. I'm all about saving every last penny I can save right now, which reminds me....
Dish Network. I have been avoiding that because I hate calling either of the satellite tv companies. The process to talk to anyone with any knowledge is ridiculous. I will just start with the house here and tell them I want to cancel the service. If they don't drop the rate, I will cancel the service today. Only me and the kids use the satellite, the other folks use other, internet-based services to watch whatever they like to watch. I like my satellite, don't get me wrong, but it isn't worth anything remotely close to what they are charging me now.
Well, I might tackle Dish today, I might now. My mind is sort of drifting over to the property and trying to get things done. I can only take so many of these mega-corporation phone calls on any given day. But, I am glad I got the second device because they not only offered a huge savings on monthly phone service, they also are sending me a $200 Visa gift card plus they will be sending a Mastercard to pay off the phone once I get to that point.
That really feels good. Saving literally hundreds of dollars for same service. They couldn't issue me a second internet for the property - my address isn't showing up there. Not surprising. I asked if I could just get a second one for the house? Sure. Okay! lol
The coughing went down substantially last night after taking those antibiotics. I kind of thought it would work considering this is probably a bacterial infection versus a virus.
Keto - up a few pounds. It's quite expected. I'm also barely in ketosis - I think it's the cough medicine I've been taking. You can taste the sugar in it. I don't know if any cough medicine exists that isn't loaded with carbs. I'm going to try to not use cough medicine today since the coughing has abated substantially.
Well, I guess sitting here is not going to get anything done. I'm at the least going to try to get that router setup going so people can stop complaining that the wifi doesn't work. I can see why they would want it - you pay quite a bit extra for unlimited hotspot on a phone. Meaning running your laptop or streaming devices off of it. Verizon certainly gets me for it. I'm just glad to have found a viable alternative that actually works and doesn't cost a fortune. I wanted to get in on that $50 per month deal before it goes away - I doubt they will have that offer going forever.
