As much as I hated to do it, I had to cancel the 10 day stay for the Hipcamp person.  Those are at reduced rates, tho that isn't the reason I canceled.  The reason I canceled it is because 3 of those days, another person had already reserved a spot through my campground reservation system.  Hipcamp doesn't connect to park software to determine if there is availability, it just gives the camper the options that are listed and I guess we all hope there is a space available.  I mentioned the 3 days that had already been booked in case they want to stay anyway at the reduced rate and find somewhere else to go during the days I don't have availability.

Or, they can boondock those 3 days if they so desire, that's entirely up to them. But it appears that the parks in my area are filling up and mine apparently is just a spillover - I haven't been on the map long enough for people to consider it first before the others that have been around for decades.  I've got 4 good Google reviews so far, tho.  Anyway, I refunded them the entire amount. If they want to stay on the days that aren't booked, that's fine by me.  The reservation just came in late last night so I didn't wait around long to get back to them. They obviously need a place to stay, they will need to find other accommodations.  

As for sleep - I went to bed last night at 9:00 pm, woke up around 1, got to sleep around 3 and then slept until 7 am. So that's around 8 hours of sleep, I'm fine today.   Which is a good thing, what with having to go see the CPA today.  I have my notes I used to calculate my quarterly estimated taxes, I'll be asking him if that is anywhere near being correct.  

Well, Hipcamp is warning me that too many cancellations from the Hipcamp operator can result in reduced amount of viewings that Hipcampers will see when searching. I think that was the 3rd reservation made through that system.  But, I am not looking to piss Hipcamp off, I just need to get the 2 spots up and going ASAP.  I will remove the other spots from the listing and only have the HipCamp operation in the back listed with only the 110 amp outlet, the availability of water "nearby" and a sewer dump also nearby plus access to amenities.  I really think it will work - time will tell.  

If Hipcamp really wants to sanction owners, then they should be giving the ability to connect campground software to their system to give it real time information on availability.  

The lady that came in yesterday for 33 days said the opportunity for the truck driver training job is still opened.  Well, they've had that position open for quite a while now, I'm wondering what's up with that.  It's a Monday-Friday job, I dunno if I want to spend that much time at a job or not.  I think they're 10 hour days as well.  I"m not really sure what I want to do about working right now, I'm still trying to get the amenities shed at least close to some semblance of finished.  I'm going over there in a little while after my morning cups. 

I'm going to put that shower together and I bought a shower rod and curtain to boot. Clean that thing out nice, it will be a nice, hot - or cold - or warm - shower for whosoever wants to use it.  The walls are up enough to block the view including a functioning door with a lock on it.  The light is working in there, the only thing left is the vanity.  I will be doing that soon.  In fact, very soon.  The AC will be installed and the insulation.  Drywall isn't mandatory, I can say it's finished enough to use - actually it's already being used anyway.  That one guy goes in there with a roll of toilet paper every single day now, lmao. 

In fact, he's in there a lot. I think he's using it as a hideaway from the wife - they seem to argue a lot.  It's a small space in even a giant RV - they have a 44 foot long unit. There were 3 different people in there using the machines yesterday, a good sign.  If I could get more days of lots of usage I'm pretty sure I could make the payments with that money on the machines.  I'll be counting the amount of money in both quarter collecting boxes today as well.  

So, I have a few more electric outlets to install, put up a few more pieces of drywall - the inside walls on the bathroom - finished the shower stall and then see what kind of time I have left.  I don't even think I'll be able to get that done before i have to go to the appointment.  It's just critical in my mind to get to a CPA, have them give me the options and what kind of cost they are going to hit me with and then make a decision.   

It's cold outside, my version of it anyway, in the high 40's.  I didn't really expect that and apparently it's going to stay cold overnights for a while, but with daytime temps in very nice range.  Right now, the only available lot is lot 5 - tho those people from last night may still be there, it's available for several days before some people come through that booked it for 3 days.  The lack of available overnight lots is not concerning to me.  The rest of the lots are blocked out on my reservation system, if you actually go to my site to book (versus going through Hipcamp or Roverpass), it will be the only thing showing.  The software works it just takes time to figure something out when something new happens.  

I'm working on getting everyone paying on the 1st of the month instead of having to go around on random days trying to collect money.  Some people make it more difficult than it needs to be to collect. For example, one person that kept saying they will pay but was never home. They wanted to pay in person but at the end of the day?  They finally just gave me their credit card number and that was that.  Why didn't he just do that in the first place? Sometimes involves endless texts or phone calls to get people to pay up.  

Well that's enough. Get another hot cuppa to go and some ice water and get over there and get busy. I'm actually going to spray the grass around the pedestals first thing this morning before doing anything on the shed.  I want all of that grass around those things gone.  I tried to get a kid that was advertising he will work on the side (school) to come over and pull that grass, but apparently that didn't appeal to him lol.  Usually, actual work is a turnoff to these people saying they will do "any kind of yard work" or other such verbiage which leads you to believe they will -.....- do yardwork.  People want paid, they don't want to work for it. I'll just spray the stuff and after it's dead I'll come pull it out myself. 

With that, off to the races.

G'day