I don't know if it was just sweating my @$$ off all day or what, but at least at the moment and pretty much the entire day outside, I haven't been itching at all. Like it just when whoosh! and disappeared.  My painting ambitions went right out the window. Not a big priority. The ugliness of the lots IS a priority.

So, I fired up that tiller machine and went to work.  I got 3 lots done - it takes hours, it's not fast work - and then the thing quit on me. I looked down at it, the carburetor was half hanging off of it.  It's not a new machine by any stretch of the imagination. That put a dent in my progress as I had to go find a gasket for the carburetor and replace the missing screw.  

No gasket available at 3 different places,  I bought gasket material and cut my own out.  Got it back together, not sure if I got something wrong, it kind of choked, sputtered but finally got moving. 2 lots later and I quit. It was after 5, I was drenched in sweat, not feeling particularly good, but felt good to get some of this stuff done.  I've got 6 lots done and 1 partially done.  Basically 8 to go, the partial one was only one pass, that particular lot will take probably 6 or 7 passes over it to do all of it.

Just diligently working to try and get all of this stuff done, over with and behind me.  

Maria was a no show. She was going to clean the thing out. I have a couple practically begging me to let them rent the thing.  I couldn't give them a definitive answer when it's going to be done, I want it cleaned up and the carpet and sofa in there.  I think I will invite them up to take a look at it.  I don't know what their situation is, but they want to be near our town desperately for some odd reason versus the even smaller town that they are in. 

The nearest big city around here, at least my version of one, is 157 miles away - Dallas.  Houston is 240 miles.  All the towns around here are tiny little things.  I don't consider Shreveport or Longview a big city by any stretch of the imagination.  

Anyway, I think tomorrow I will break the day up into a couple of sectors.  Install the carpet in the RV and then do some more tilling?  I need to feel like I'm working on the RV as well, I need the money that thing can generate.  It's almost guaranteed that if I advertise that thing in the local gossip group, someone or several someones will be asking about it.  It's a place to live, it's near the town - ok they call it a city, I just think a place that only has 22,000 or so citizens is a town, lol - there's plenty of jobs in that town - albeit low paying, that's what some people's mentality is.  

In reality, if I get started on that RV tomorrow, the lot tilling will take a backseat and I will work on that thing all day long?  It's just the way I do things. It's a double whammy as far as I see it. The park is kind of a turn off in it's appearance, so I don't wonder if that's why I'm not getting more long term but the RV is a money generator. They are both money generators, which one should take precedence?  Hence, since I don't have the answer to that, I will work on both of them simultaneously.  

I have a heat headache, gag.  Just sitting in my cool bedroom drinking lots of fluids right now, trying to rehydrate. 

I don't know what's going on with Keto.  I've been doing it for a couple of weeks now? And still not in ketosis.  I have found the real fat loss really begins once ketosis is reached.  I don't know if I need to do a water fast for a couple of days or what.  My weight came down 10 pounds but I never checked if I was in ketosis. I noticed the scale moving back up even tho I really haven't been eating a lot lately.  Salads, some meats, cheeses.  Lots of salads.  Today I've eaten a very small bowl of spaghetti sauce - no noodles - and a slim jim.  

I'm fixing to eat a salad, maybe put some chicken on it.  

I take that back. There are 2 parties interested in renting out that RV.  I'm getting bad vibes on one of the couples, there is too much desperation.  Like, what's the whole/real story here? I'm trying to get it out of them. 

Well whatever. I just remembered that I saw one of the spigots at one of the empty lots leaking today. I think I have the parts already to fix it.  It's a slow leak, but you know how a leak going on 24 hours a day can equate to a lot of water and a high water bill.  

I haven't heard back from the people stranded in New Jersey.  I haven't even thought about it today until just now.  They're "supposed" to be getting a brother to come over and hand over some money.  I dunno, but I unplugged the thing, I'm not going to have the thing being cooled with no one living in it or paying for the electricity.  Senseless waste of electricity.  

Enough. It's only 9 but I'm super tired.  Going to sleep early. 

Tuesday - morning

Groggy.  Benadryl makes me feel that way.  It makes you sleepy but that still doesn't equate into sleeping all night long.  Definitely feeling groggy right now.  I'm trying to wake up so I can go get some work done.  The itching has subsided some, actually right now I don't feel any itching but that's the work of the antihistamine in Benadryl.  

Presumably, Maria is either already over there cleaning or on her way over there.  This was her stated intentions as of last night.  Deep clean the unit and get that musty smell out of it, hopefully.  

Disney. No, not the woke stuff going on with it.  Just the experience of going to the park and making memories.  Disneyland used to be a favorite destination point long ago, before the age of people being able to make reservations for the rides and the restaurants came into existence.  That's right.  People reserve rides well in advance of coming to the park.  You will find on certain days restaurants there that are booked the entire day, you can't just walk in, sit down and enjoy a meal.

I was reading about this and wondered what Walt Disney would have done or how he would feel about the guest experience in this digital age.  I've been to Disneyland when it's so crowded, you can barely move without bumping into someone else.  Not exactly the experience you wanted and waiting an hour or longer in line to get on a ride.  I've found at large parks regardless of which one it is, if you go during inclement weather, the place will be virtually empty.

Some rides may be shut down because of it, but you will find a much more enjoyable, peaceful and calming experience than with the place so full of people you can't move around much more get on a ride and experience it.  

I think I need a break from this park existence.  What's going to happen isn't really a break, just more work.  Instead, I will be going to a job locally or driving OTR or regional and not particularly enjoying the "experience", I already know what that lifestyle is all about.  This dude from the hazmat tanker group wrote another useless email yesterday telling me I needed to fill out the full application before they will do anything.  Answering questions is apparently not even on their horizon.

I wrote them back with specific questions and have heard nothing back from them.  Keep your job, I'll find something else.  It's OTR and it apparently involves going into Canada. That would be interesting, I will admit, but the rest of it? No thank you. And working for a company that feels their need to have you fill out an extensive application before they will answer questions raises red flags for me.

My agenda for today? Waking up to start with. Perhaps this coffee will drag my foggy brain out of that phase.  I want to paint the interior of the shed.  Or get a very good start on it anyway.  Like, get the first coat on and out of the way. I figure even with that thick stuff it's going to take 2 coats when applying it to raw drywall that's never been painted.  I just need that project done, over and behind me.  Rather tired of it, it's been going on for a while now.  It's been a real learning experience, lots of things I didn't know how to do before engaging in that "activity" I now have an idea of how to go about it. Seemingly useless information since I doubt I will ever even think about doing something like that again,

Give it time and I may change my mind on it. Small cabins are in hot demand, I could easily rent them.  I get lots of call for them.  Long term stuff, not overnighters. But they cost 10k to build.  Or more.  We're also in the middle of hot inflation and the prices of everything go up frequently.  I know because of the numerous trips I was making to Lowe's. I say 10k in building it myself.  You build the deck, the walls, install the windows, doors, shower, toilet, etc and you have a lot of money tied up into it. 

Now.  The alternative is to build "primitive" cabins that don't have bathrooms or showers, you just rent them and make sure they understand that bathroom facilities are in the shed. But, I have a project and that's this motorhome. I have to make it work.  I have to get it finished and someone moved in and living in it.  And so I will.   After Maria gets done in there today, I will endeavor to install that new carpet and then see if I can get the propane stove going.  The refrigerator works and I need to hook up water to it and see what happens.  

I've been attempting to determine which route to take, rent it or sell it on payments.  It seems the best idea is to sell it on payments with a decent down payment and make the person occupying it responsible for any repairs.  I hope the holding tanks work with no leaks......I won't pay someone to fix that stuff, I'll get under there and fix whatever it is myself, regardless of how much irritation there may be in dealing with it.  

Anyway, time to get offa  here.