Yes, it's my 3rd update today.  Meh, it's my blog and I will write when I feel like it, lol.  One lot paid the full price today via cashapp (knew it was due but I didn't have to ask them for it and they've told me repeatedly they are happy at my park), the second payment was going over there and emptying out the washer and dryer coin catchers, taking those home, counting them and adding it to coins that Taylor gave to me (I paypaled her the total), which came out to $370 and then collected $260 from the New Jersey people. 

That's $1,080 for today, which usually don't collect that much in one day excepting on the 1st.  NJ people owe more than what they paid, but I'll take it over nothing. That pays for the electricity they have used and including the shed shower/toilet and then some.  I know she gets her disability on the 28th, I will be asking her again for money on that date.  

The tiller dude finally responded to my text. He won't be available until 8:00 pm to give me the tiller, lol.  I don't have much choice, get it at night or don't get the thing.  Go out there tomorrow and bake my butt off in the heat operating the thing.  It's only a mile away from here, I"m getting it tonight.  I'm half tempted to go get the riding mower out of the other shop and take it to him.  It won't be until sometime next week before that shop even looks at the thing.  

The kids are having all kinds of fun on their vacation. I was sent pics and play by play on their daily activities.  I didn't know Branson had so much things for families to do there.  They want to a Titanic mock up, apparently.  Then over to some sort of water park today.  They've been busy every day.  I can't imagine how tired they will all be whenever they get back. It was originally going to be Thursday, now they're saying Friday or Saturday.   Vacations. Usually you aren't resting and relaxing, you're go go go instead.  That's exactly what they're doing.  

I got a little jealous of the water park stuff, I love those places. But otherwise, it would cost a lot of money to do what they are doing going into all of those places with entry fees and high food/drink rates, I couldn't really afford that right now.  

I have stopped stressing over getting new people into the park. They will come - or they won't. I have Facebook and Google updated frequently enough.  Im going to start asking people to give Google reviews again, even if they don't do it - which most won't - I need to at least try.  Even if they just enter how many stars they want to give without an actual, worded review, that's better than nothing. It's been stuck at 4 forever.  

These people keep calling me, I keep forgetting to ask how many days a week they want me driving.  I'm basically hired. I asked them why it will take so long?  They only have a few trainers and they can only do so many drivers at once.  Ok, I was just curious.  Must not be a drastic issue if they can wait 2 months.  They keep warning me that if it slows down, I'll have to take loads to Georgia or Florida.  Ok?  I flat told the man that I don't mind doing that,  just don't want to be an OTR driver and out on the road for weeks at a time.  

I'm not pulling any punches on that one, if they want me staying out for even a week, I'm not really interested.  He assured me that wouldn't be the case and probably wouldn't have to go to Georgia or Florida very often.  Good, because I very much despise driving through Atlanta.  I do wonder what it's going to be like to climb into a truck after being off for a year.  I then thought, it will be like yesterday.  It's all second nature to me.  I've spent too many decades in a truck to really "forget" anything.  Maybe a bit rusty on shifting - and thankfully they have manuals only, I despise auto trannys in trucks.  

So that's it.  It's 7:30, just waiting for this dude to text me so I can go get the machine and get that over with. It can come home and be parked in the driveway overnight, I'm not going back to the park again today.  I'm trying to conserve fuel, I've been over there twice today already.  Another thing I completely forgot when I was at lowe's was a new valve for the leaking faucet.  I need to fix that tomorrow. It's just a waste of money, water leaks can cost you a lot of money on a water bill even if it is a slow leak.  

 So, the terminal manager didn't call and the tiller man didn't answer the questions: How much is the bill and what forms of payment do you take? He said he was going home to get some rest, I'll just wait until he's rested and can deal with it.

Why the terminal manager didn't call, I have no idea.  I won't take it as any kind of signal just yet. The power may still be out over there, he may have gotten busy with something, who knows what. I do expect that if he isn't going to call at all today, the recruiter will be calling me in short order to let me know.  She has a very bubbly personality, very upbeat, outgoing, half glass full type of person.  

BTW, the FDA has approved a new drug that apparently significantly helps people with dementia and more importantly: Alzheimer's.  I take great interest in the studies and information that comes up with Alzheimer's because of my immediate and extended family having had it, with 3 people that have died from complications from it.  

Of course I hope I don't get any form of dementia, but with my family lines being filled with it, it's something I need to take seriously.  My dad, his dad and an aunt that I know of.  Fasting allegedly helps, I do fast here and there. And when I say fast, I mean a water only thing that goes on at least 24 hours, sometimes up to 3 days.  It sounds horrible and yes, the first day can be tough.  But by the time you get to the 3rd day, it gets easier.  I thought about fasting today since no one is home and it's easier to do, but, I've had my coffee with creamer.  

Oh wow.  A new carburetor and this dude is only charging me $109.22?  Wow again! That's a great price!  I just looked up the cost of a carburetor - they are less than $20.  I should have looked that up before taking it to him, these small engines usually have the carburetors as the culprit.  But, for that price I'm not going to sweat it too much.  The comfort of taking it to a person is that they will figure it out and they won't try to get it back to you until they get it fixed correctly.  I usually hate trying to start buying stuff and figuring such things out on my own, sometimes you just start wasting a lot of money.  

That isn't the case with the riding mower. That thing runs great.  If I would have known he fixes those too, I would have taken it to him first.  If this tiller runs good and stays that way, I will be bringing the 4 wheeler in there as well.  Perhaps he can figure out why it starts acting like it's running out of gas - when it isn't running out of gas.  

So the terminal manager called. Sounds like a real nice guy, you can tell older gentleman.  It's pretty much the same type of setup as my last job, less pay but home even more often.  There is the possibility of runs going to Florida and Georgia if the local stuff slows down. He said that means being out a night or two here and there.  No problem there. It's more money anyway and doesn't mean I'll be running all over the place.  The reason it can be a daily thing is because you load one day and then deliver the next.  

Looking at the map and the locations of these plants, a person could easily load and deliver in the same day.  

But if you look at the situation, the loading plant is about 150 miles from my house.  So, go load and come home.  5 to 6 hours of driving and probably a couple hours loading means a ...

Well he called again. This time he offered me the mileage pay and what the job would entail. Pretty  much the same as the previous job excepting it's not cryo.  It is hazmat but nothing explosive.  The plant loads you, you offload at the other end.  He was discussing pressurizations so I went into detail my experience with it.  Cryo will build pressure over time and the amount of pressure is specifically related to what kind of trailer it is - vacuum sealed or attic insulation sealed - what the outside temps are and how hot the stuff was when it was loaded.

This stuff doesn't build pressure.  Turns out he was just referring to the pressure you need to build up to offload and that you have to keep your eye on it.  Yes, I am well acquainted with such.  If you over-pressurize a cryo trailer, the automatic safety pop-offs will start rising and releasing product. It's something that you don't want to happen, ever.  

Okay, I don't want to discuss that all day long, it's a couple months off.  Now, I just need people to move into my park to facilitate me being able to stave off working for 2 months - that or find something else that works.  Very possible in that amount of time I could find something even more appealing.  

Well toodlooh.  Speaking of money, one of the tenants just sent cashapp for a month's worth of rent.  Didn't even have to ask the for it, they like it at my park and said they will be there for probably 3 more months.  I have coins Taylor stuff into the wraps I need to go cash in as well. That was vacation money, tho I suspect they aren't having to spend much visiting their relatives, all of whom are very well off.  Plus I have laundry room coins, those things are getting full. I can go over, hook up the trailer, empty those things, come home,  wrap them and then take it all to the bank. 

 That never happens. To the point that yes, I did grab my handgun and then went to the door. 

A person, ringing the doorbell after 8: 00 am? No one comes over there that early.  I don't know this person, I don't know if they have ill intent and I have no idea what they want.  I didn't show the handgun, of course, no need to escalate something that may just be an innocent request or selling something, tho we do have a sign up saying no solicitors.  

The man wanted to know if we wanted our lawn mowed.  The problem? There was no mower in sight, no pickup truck, nothing.  I always wonder if the person is just seeing if anyone is home so that they can try to break in.  It's happened before, the reason we got the Nest doorbell and a broad angle camera that shows the entire yard and the street.  The point? I'm not going to lose my life to some person that may have other than my best interests in my mind.  The lawn does need mowed, I plan on doing it in the next few days.  

Anyway, Tuesday: Morning.  I was already awake, long before that.  Another sleepless night as it stands.  Like, maybe 4 hours.  Not like I didn't try to sleep.  It makes me feel like s*** the next day after spending 8 or 9 hours in bed and getting half the sleep I need.  

I invited the tent lady to go in and take a look at the coach yesterday.  She did so after she got off of work and declared she wants the thing and not to bother putting a sofa in there, they'll need to put a bed there. Yes, I said a sofa-bed, not just a sofa.  But whatever, they can do whatever they like with it as long as they don't trash the thing.  No, they aren't being allowed in there until they have the money to pay the first month up front, plus I need to put together a contract. I'll have to do some searching online for something that has the appropriate legaleze and then add my own specifics to it.  

The New Jersey people, as I will refer to them from now on, said they sold whatever and they will have the money for me today.  Today is the end of the line.  They will either pay something, at least a month's rent, or they will leave.  If they need help leaving, I will accommodate them on that.  Hook it up, drag it out of there, drop it wherever and be done with it. Sounds cruel? Yes until you understand that they had money and blew it on other things. 

You don't necessarily expect that kind of behavior from the older generation.  It's the young people that think other material things take precedence over the roof over their head.  A stark wake up call will change that.  I just sent them a message...priorities will be shifted - their priorities.  I'm not going to continue to pay for their electricity to have AC running in that thing.  It's not free to me.  I'll eat whatever they have used to get them out of there if it's going to come down to that.  "You can't get blood out of a turnip"....

The tiller man texted last night and informed me my tilling holiday will be over as of today.  It was a joke I made after I took it in there and he informed me the new carb won't come until Friday.  It came yesterday and he expects to have the thing running this morning.  Yes, I will go get the thing and yes, I will pick up where I left off.  Heat and all.  I have plenty of iced down water and sugar free gatorades over there plus a hose to pour cold water over my head if need be.  If nothing else, the inside of the shed is cool, cool enough to bring internal body temps down if you sit in there long enough.  

So, unless there is another issue with that thing that he didn't know about, it should purr like a kitten and be ready for me to get with the program.  The trucking company that wants to hire me  has a terminal manager that told the recruiter to tell me he's going to be calling me at 10:00 am.  I don't know what he wants, probably just to feel me out and see if it's a good fit.  They incur no small expense in flying people to Oregon, paying them a daily wage while the person is in training plus housing and feeding them. I am responsible for nothing beyond showing up if this goes through.  I'm still telling myself I can't make it until mid-September on my current finances.  

No,, but if these people show up that say they are, I have a fighting chance.  It currently takes around 5 or 6 lots to pay the bills what with the high electric usage and then anything after that is profit.  I currently only have 8 units in there with one of them leaving shortly.  That's why I'm in a predicament.  Bills don't care how much money you have or don't have.  The odds of being able to hold out that long increase, of course, with any new guests coming in long term. 

I did get a reservation for 9 days yesterday.  It was almost shocking, I am not getting much over night stuff.  It's worth a few hundred dollars as long as they actually show up.  I stick with my ads. The system will automatically give them the weekly discount and charge them the daily rate for the rest.  It's not a bad system, I just don't have much usage of it lately.  If I could get a lot more overnight stuff going, this problem would go away.  

I'm not sure what it is, but I am guessing the overnights aren't coming because a lot of those people are at their summer destinations.  They don't want to be in a hot, humid environment, they want to be up north in the areas where it's nice and cool right now. Texas and Arizona heat are apparently making the national news rounds right now, tho in reality, it's really nothing much different than any other summer. It's hot, who wants to be in the heat? 

Once the temps finally come down later on this year, I will be heavily advertising the fact that we have beautiful weather, nice temperatures, come visit our region!  I'm still learning the ropes, folks and all of these factors are things I really didn't take into consideration when I started up.  I naively thought the place would fill up and that would be that.  Well, after a few months, it actually did, but not with overnighters, it was with long term, it was people coming for work.  Then, a lot of those left, being sent off to other places.  And now, I'm struggling to get new people in there. 

If I can get the RV rented soon, that will help immensely.  That's a nice increase of cash flow that will help the bottom line get boosted.  It is likely in the future, I will be acquiring more units and take more control of my income by having more guaranteed income from park-owned units.  I didn't put that thing in the park name yesterday, that apparently requires a lot more paperwork.  I was trying to get it done before you get hit with "heavy fines" or some such verbiage they used in the paperwork I was reading yesterday.  It's title only, I didn't do registration, pointless to do so.  Let the new owners pay for that. 

On another note, I've been trying to find news of the Pirkey power plant.  Slated this year to be shut down, Swepco unequivocally stated the reason is because of the high cost to do an EPA-forced upgrade that they say is not feasible to do on such an old plant. The stories I have read have this plant listed as a high output plant.  There is nothing wrong with the plant.  You know, it's likely once they shut a plant down, they will never fire it back up again regardless.  And new plants cost many trainloads of money and years to build  The costs are so excessive because of the "clean energy" and "climate control" s***, I don't think many or any new plants are being built anywhere.  I can find nothing in the news but something from February stating that a state senator from this area is pleading with the state agency that is over these plants to stop the closure of the plant.

I just stand in awe of the - stupidity - of our current regime leader in the WH.  He doesn't appear to give 2 cents worth of concern about the fact that shutting down all of these plants is putting extensive pressure on the existing power grid to keep everyone with power.  

Well, here we go.  The tiller is ready.  He doesn't stay in his shop, he likes to do his work at night. I don't think he has ac in there, just big fans and apparently a swamp cooler  Lol, sorry folks, swamp coolers just don't work here.  It might cool a little bit.  The point being I have to make an appointment with him to get the thing.  But I have this 10:00 am appointment with this terminal manager I'm waiting on before I do anything else.  Plus, I'm sitting here with foggy brain.

He just texted and said he worked through the night to fix it.  Uhh, I hope that doesn't mean some huge bill attached with it?  I just asked him what the bill is and what form of payments he'll take.  I kind of get that this dude is a cash only person, but we'll see.  

I think that's about it.  I haven't watched or read any news yet today. It's sometimes frightening to turn on the news, the absurdity of what you see going on nowadays sort of makes you wonder if you aren't in an Alice in Wonderland script and this is just a vivid dream.  The push for socialism/communism has turned into an all out battle. As far as I'm concerned, wokeism is a part of that push as well as inclusivity, diversion and equity social justice junk.  The fact that the Supreme court got rid of affirmative action in Harvard's acceptance policy...and the woke people went crazy....if the SCOTUS hadn't ruled as they have in several recent decisions, we would be well on our way to the next step: get rid of the guns.

They are actively trying to do that as well, such as the new law in Illinois.  If Trump hadn't loaded the court up with conservative (for the most part anyway) justices, this nation would be screwed. Just look at what Biden's pick has been saying?  She's a racist, that's my conclusion with specific statements from her that led to that conclusion.  Really, the battle comes down to who wins the White House. There are also 33 Senate seats up for election and all 435 House seats are up.  I wonder what the pulse of the common American is right now? Are people sick of Biden policy? Do they like what's going on in Congress?  How is this next election going to turn out?  I don't stay up at night thinking about that, but it will be very interesting to see how the next election turns out.

With that, I'm done with this one.

G'day