Break time.  3 hours later the shed is 80% done. I still have to build the door - it comes with the kit and of course I forgot something vital to setting this thing up: a sheet of plywood for the flooring.  I'm not going to just have the thing sitting in the dirt, I want my tools and such protected.  So I will have to borrow Taylor's truck at some point, and get a fresh sheet of it. I was going to put everything in there today.  Oh well.

One good lead for a person wanting to move in. Not necessarily confirmed, but they are very interested.  I've got to get some more trailers in here, end of story. But I am balking at the thought of lowering the price again, I will just be screwing myself come summertime and extraordinarily high electric bills.  So, for now, I'm leaving them where they're at.  

Another person of interest told me there isn't anything available over my way. Ok? Well, I have availability, tho admittedly I was telling people I was full for quite awhile, I did also tell them that they could check back periodically for people come and go in these parks. 

That tow truck family may end up coming back after they get their trailer fixed. This has been going on for about a month and a half with them. The only park they are going to find cheaper over this way is a trailer trash park with people who look like they're hoarders.  Piles of useless junk outside, I wouldn't tolerate that for a minute.

In fact, I was loathe to tolerate these people in lot 7 that were throwing beer caps, cigarette butts and garbage on the ground.  Even after asking them politely to please stop and also get out and pick it up, they didn't do it.  I'm sort of glad they are gone, but, there goes that money as well.  I think it's more important to keep a good reputation and a clean park than it is to base decisions solely on collecting money - tho that is a highly important factor, obviously.  

Well, I'm going to get that door built and then I'm going to see about getting the new keypad door handle installed as well.  I still have several hours before my ride comes back to pick me up.  Yes, about 3 hours actually.  I just needed a break, hungry, I brought last night's leftover chicken with me, quite tasty.  I am going to want to get a sheet of plywood over here asap, I want this stuff out of this shed and get it open to everyone.  I aaalmost thought about putting a piece of drywall down, lol, but we all know how long that would last.  

If those things don't keep me busy for 3 hours, don't worry. There an AC unit to install - which will be a lot of work framing for it and of course there is the drywall venture to continue on with for the bathroom. And a lot of other stuff........weeks worth or work left here.  Cutting out the insulation is going to be a pain, I can tell just looking at the walls.  I'll get it done, yes but dang that's going to suck.  

The collision center called with an update: They don't see any way to get it done sooner than the 25th.  well, I wasn't complaining or begging to them, at all.  I just noted that I don't have a rental car.  The obviously told them I don't have until the second of never to get my vehicle back.  I want them to do the job right and get it right the first time. If that takes longer, so beit. 

I have a ride now - it's $24 per day. I suspect less than $200 worth of rides versus $800 plus worth of rental car.  And maybe not even that much for the rides.  Taylor will let me use her truck whenever she isn't needing it.  Which is very nice and sweet of her : )  But, we throw favors back and forth. I get the kids on the days she needs it - tho I don't really think of it as an imposition.  I buy a lot of dinner food.  I do things, in other words, for the household as much as they do. Just one big happy family.  

She has been in throes of frequent, intense nausea, unfortunately, and throwing up food a lot with this pregnancy. I really am trying to help her out as much as possible.  She's trying to work while carrying the baby, that's enough for any person in itself.  She hasn't figured out what she likes to eat and what she doesn't like to eat, that baby inside of her is apparently very picky!

Well, I'm going back to work. Feeling much better now that I've eaten something.

 Wrote a lengthy post yesterday and forgot to post it.

Oh well.

I spent near 4 solid hours yesterday pushing the mower - well it's self-propelled but it has to be lifted up to get over the humps - and picking up trash.  Mostly at site 7 where those people left abruptly overnight.  I'm guessing their friend will leave once his rent is due in a couple of days as well.  I only say that because I texted him asking if he was taking off with his friends or sticking around?  No reply.  That could mean anything, I suppose, but he's usually pretty quick to respond to texts.

I'm getting a mix of people asking about lots available and asking if I rent RV's with the lots?  No RV's, sorry.  Even if I did, I wouldn't sayit would be completely reasonable price. At least $600 per month. I think I previously said $550 but that's not enough.  There is too much risk involved with renting one out and potentially having them trash the place.  

And anyway, there is a huge shortage of rental accommodations in my area and in 2025, it's only going to get worse. Far worse. Well I take that back, there is a very large, luxury apartment complex being built on the other side of town. They are definitely spending some money on that thing, millions of dollars.  It will help alleviate the problem but it won't solve it completely.  

If I had more money sitting in my bank accounts, I would definitely buy an RV and give it a whirl.  But I don't and right now, I've got 4 lots sitting empty.  One being filled on Friday - hopefully - and I don't know if those people will come back that needed  to leave the day after they moved in because their electricity wasn't working correctly.

I'm just glad the thing didn't burn down and toast other trailers with it. Descriptions of it when it came in were that it was dirty and had pine needles all over it.  So it was sitting for a while, not being used. Yeah, you have to maintain those things or they go south - and can go south pretty quickly.  

Whatever the case, I am going to try and build that other shed today and get my stuff out of the main shed.  I don't particularly care for the idea of having to carry the tools back and forth every day, but to be able to set up the laundry table and get the place looking decent, Ima need to move all of that stuff out of there.  I may even have time to install that keypad handle for the door.  If I can get those done today, I will go ahead and try to get the sewer pipe leveled in the trench and start backfilling that stuff in.  

After that, just get those sheets of drywall up on the bathroom wall so I can say it's ready to use.  There isn't a lot to go to get that part done and start advertising it, but the sewer pipe definitely needs to be adjusted so everything as actually flowing, not sitting inside of pipes stagnating.  

Anyway, I have a ride allegedly coming at 8:30, about 35 minutes from now.  We'll see if that works out.  I have to be home in time today for the kids, but that isn't until 3:30.  It's plenty of time to get stuff done over there. I think it took 4 hours to put that other shed together and it wasn't any fun because the wind was blowing and trying to blow over the tin sheets standing up, only being held in place by a couple of screws at the bottom. It's just the way the thing is put together.  

Well, I probably should get offa here. I need to get a roast in the crock pot and get my stuff ready to go. I'm definitely not going over there without taking some food and ice.  Temps will only get up to 74 today, but I still get pretty thirsty after working for a while over there.  

There is still so much to do before I could actually ... the shed is finished! Oh well, soon I can say it's ready to use, just not done completely lol.  People are using that washer/dryer set like crazy and that's only a few of the people in the park.  Once I can get that keypad in, I can let everyone know it's ready for use.  But, I'm getting my stuff out of there first and getting a padlock for the door.  And I"m putting the shed in view of my eyes over there, on the side of the big shed instead of behind it.  The other one had to go behind it because it has the water heater inside of it.

Well, offa here.

G'day.