Wednesday, April 5, 2023

 I dunno, but I woke up this morning at 6:00, tired - extremely tired - like I hadn't slept all night long.  So I went back to sleep. this time, I feel into a deep sleep for sure and woke up at 9:15 am.  Not my plan for today, but I'll take the sleep.  The rain went from before 8:00 am, to 8:15, to 9:00 now to 10:15.  Lol.  So supposed in half and hour it's going to start raining.  I don't really care about that, I have plenty to do over there inside the shed with or without the rain.  I'm trying to decide what's first, but I think the cameras take priority.  

AC is going to be up there on the priority list as well.  There are 3 lots worth of people using the laundry facility atm, I want that to grow to everyone having access, just can't do it until that shed is built.  But let's at least get the walls and door up first? I hate to have to lug tools in and out of there every time I need to work.  I was going to cut grass today but if it's really going to rain, that will be put on hold.  

My friends were all over the internet looking for a mugshot of this dude.  No, I didn't encourage them, they just wanted to see what this guy looks like.  He's a year older than me.  I thought he was well into his 60's from his appearance. He's also 6 feet tall.  It's funny what adrenalin will do to your perception. I thought he was much smaller, tho I knew he was heavy. At 260 pounds, he's definitely in the obese territory.  I dunno what's going to happen with him, I am contemplating filing a civil suit after he gets done with whatever court hearings for damages.  Won't be a high dollar figure, but he has money. Or appears to anyway.  Why not? My mouth is still sore, I still have red marks on my cheek and his anger was unwarranted.

Completely unwarranted.  Again, I was about to apologize to this dude when he walked up to the window.  It was actually shocking to see him pull his arm back with clenched fist and see that thing hit me in the face.  I had no reaction time for that at all.  It was done before I even really knew what was going on.  

I'm still waiting to hear from the insurance company about approval.  Or the collision center - if they get the approval they will go ahead and call me themselves.  Until then, I will drive that thing around like that.  I was hoping to get it in yesterday.  

The forecast has completely changed. Now it's showing to start in a few minutes and go on for several hours.  The radar shows a large storm going just north of us.  I mean, just north of us.  OH, lol, that changed again as well.  We are surrounded by green, yellow and red but we're currently sitting in the white zone.  I don't give a whole lot of credence to these forecasts anymore. You prepare for storms but you wonder and you doubt the validity of their forecasts.  They are often times wrong. The other day, it was supposed to rain half the day. Instead? We got nothing.  

Don't get me wrong, I don't want rain right now.  I can't mow the grass in the rain or with wet grass, it doesn't work.  It's also difficult to work on the shed with having to get stuff outside.  I have a lot of it inside, yes, but not everything.  I needed to leave space in there to work and let people have access to the washer/dryer setup.  

Which reminds me, this trash company I was using is still charging me for trash pickup and haven't taken there can.  I both issued a cancellation online and spoke on the phone with them about it.  I just told them to please refund my money and come get your trash can, thank you.  If they don't, I will contact the card issues and reject and future payments. 

Oops, there's the rain!  I'll be. Their forecast was off by 4 hours but it did come to pass.  Oh my....and a sudden downpour at that!

It dawned on me in the night when I was laying there awake - almost always happens - that quickbooks is also turbotax, I do believe, and I won't have to do anything but file with them. They can figure out the business construction deductions and calculate what I can take off.  So that's what I will be doing in the next few days.  I will also fill out that IRS form for "projected wages" and send that in. And then, the state of Texas wants some form filled out for earnings from my business last year. Big fat 0, thank you.

Still running Facebook ads for the 2 available long term lots. Just put a boost on one, it's paid and will reach a more targeted audience.  It's cheap, but it usually gets results, far better results than Google ads, which are much more expensive and far less effective. My google business listing is enough without running any ads, my listing shows up on the first page and that's good enough for me. People do say they find me through google, all well and fine, but a lot of the long term are finding me through my facebook ads.  So we'll see what happens.  

Meanwhile, I have been following this Trump indictment - loosely I'll say. We all know about Trump, you made an opinion of him one way or another long ago.  These charges against him are actually misdemeanors that DA Bragg has somehow attempted to inflate to felony charges.  I don't suspect that it's going to go anywhere. Even if it ends up in a court, as long as they can find unbiased jury members (which admittedly would be hard to do in New York City, a bastion of democrat progressive policies and Trump/MAGA/conservative despisers), I find it highly unlikely they would find him guilty of anything.  

Apparently the judge in the case also has issues that show bias against Trump as well.  Trump wants it moved to Staten Island.  I doubt this is going to deter anyone that likes Trump from still liking Trump. Note I didn't say bow and worship him as many democrats say that trump supporters do.  I'm not on the fence about Trump's ethics, he has his share of ethical issues the same as the likes of Bill Clinton getting blow**** in the Oval office from a young lady that wasn't his wife.  He was impeached but he didn't go to jail.  

I also like what Trump accomplished during his time in office. The democrat socialists will deny he did any good for America, but there is a huge list of things he accomplished, some of them are quite significant.  

I don't like Trump's temper tantrums.  He's a typical New Yorker, I guess, so that probably explains a lot of his issues with anyone, especially in the media, saying anything negative about him. Get over it, that's the burden you agree to carry if you become a politician and especially the President.  

I am not watching the news all day long because of it. I just click on here and there to see what developments have taken place.  

Anyway, the rain is coming down hard now.  I'm still a bit out of it.  Just not the greatest night's sleep followed this morning by deep sleep, just throws me off.  








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