I'm not going to wait.  We were supposed to be cooking crab tonight, but instead, they are going to a thing that is for "the family" - 3 families I think - but I'm not invited.  It "used" to be that I was family, I haven't heard that in a while and I've seen completely different going on in the last several months.  So whatever.  I live here, that's it at this point.  

Anyway, crab out the window, it can wait until tomorrow I guess, I'll go get myself something to eat.  Probably some keto friendly, blackened salmon at Applebee's.  Yup, I'm feeling dissed and that's fine, I will get over it but I will also adjust my view of where I am living and what I am doing here. It always happens this way anyway.  I've been watching stuff like this going on my entire adult life, nothing new under the sun.

Well wait, I have a turkey in there that needs to be cooked. It's finally thawed and it needs to get into the oven tomorrow.  It appears from online info anyway, that you can keep thawed crab in the fridge for several days before it starts going south.  

Anyway, let's steer away from that subject, kind of aggravated right now.  Whatever this person is doing - a lady that announced a get together for "family" and since I am not involved with it, I no longer consider myself a part of this family - I got some stuff done today.

After I determined that I was going to just use the already existent water heater that is sitting right there for hot water in the motor coach, I went over to measure and figure out the fittings and pipe I will need. I already have a 10 foot stick of 1/2 inch pipe.  Lowe's, got the pipe, the fittings and left. Back to the property, started digging the trench. 

It was sooo hot out there, I was sweating profusely quickly and not in the mood for it.  I worked on that for a while before I decided I would do something else - which is mow the Hipcamp area.  It's not really that anymore, but it's what I will refer to it as to delineate what I am referring to.  It was overgrown with weeds, I went to a lot of trouble to clear that area so I decided to get the push mower and get busy. 

I got most of it done, but I was getting very, very hot.  Like, go inside the shed, plop down on a chair in front of the AC unit hot and try to cool down.  

That didn't work and it was getting late, I came home with the boy and then found out that today was the day for this "family" thing. I didn't know until a few minutes ago that I wasn't a part of this deal. Note that not that long ago, anything going on at any of these people's homes, I was a part of.  I'm just feeling like I need to reassess my living arrangements and whether  I am even still welcome here.  It may be that I am being given "subtle" hints to go find a new place to live. 

I don't want to act rashly, but I have been observing this for a while now, as stated.  It may be a "taken for granted" situation where people just look at the status-quo and think that person is fine with whatever, but that's not me.  I haven't much posted about this because I wasn't sure if this was the case. But now? Yeah, it's getting pretty evident that the mood is shifting.  

I just don't know how far it goes.  Like, get out shifting or, oh well, you're here and whatever shifting or - who knows what.  

I'm being informed the person that called all of this together is going to "inform us of something" and then head back to their home, near Dallas.  Whatever. I'm feeling pretty put-off at the moment and I'm not going to even ask whatever it is that she said to them.  

I suppose I could just go back on the road and live in a truck again.  I am not going back to Arizona, I hate it there, tho I do love the mountains I don't want to live at my house and I despise the place.  It's just another giant city that has slowly turned towards democrat/progressive politics, replete with gangs, crime, big city angst, neighbors that don't know or care to talk to their next door neighbors, etc.  

Whatever the case, even more calls today. I hope to get some of these people in there. One is from the city 30 miles away, another is looking for a place for her mom - I don't know what that's about - and others.  Fill my park up, that's what I want, that's what I need. 

I'm going to get off of here and try to cool myself off both physically from baking out in the heat and internally. 

 TCAS worked. Well, I assume it was TCAS that directed the Allegiant flight to go up and the Gulfstream jet to go down.  I've learned a few things watching various aircraft disaster shows and the ensuing investigations they do after the fact.  This was the near "nose to nose" collision, as the news described it would have been if the pilots hadn't immediately responded to TCAS instructions.  From what I have seen in those shows, TCAS takes precedence over any ATC instructions.  This became the point of an investigation in an air crash disaster where TCAS gave instructions for a plane to immediate go up, but the ATC gave them instructions to go down.

The aircraft collided mid-air killing everyone on board both planes. But the description of the event that was reported yesterday sounded fairly - terrifying.  The passengers all got to go home in the end, that's the important part.  You don't, however, expect a plane to suddenly take a nose dive or start nosing way up, they said the flight attendants fell on the floor and were apparently injured.  I tried not to think of all of these air crash disaster shows I've watched when I flew to Phoenix and back, lol.

Kudos to the skilled pilots for saving a lot of lives.  

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So, I figured out where the water heater goes - and obviously (at least to me since I'm the one attempting to find the thing) and there isn't one there.  I have now found a tankless heater online and will be finding some way to install one of those things instead.  It's the best I can do, I'm not going to put a tank heater in there, there's nowhere to put one.  Trust me, the cubby hole where the propane water tank used to be will not fit a 5 gallon water heater in there, lol.  I will probably have to run a 20 amp line off the shed to run the thing.  Fortunately, they only come on when the water gets turned on, saving electricity and really don't need to have a lot of use. 2 showers a day and some dishes.   

 The propane is something that may turn out to be much easier than originally anticipated.  Well, anyway, I'm going to find a low priced water heater and the hose for the propane tank shouldn't be terribly expensive and then hopefully, I'm done with any expenses for that thing.   Basically, I can unhook the line going into the regulator on the built-in tank, find a hose with a fitting that can screw into the hose that has a regulator on it and screws into a propane tank, walaah.  Probably $30 worth of parts.  She said she'd buy her own tank.  

So, we're narrowing this stuff down and trying to get it taken care of. Fortunately, they can still take showers in the shed.  Just need to get the propane going so they can cook on the stove top.  The oven was filled with pots and pans, something that she very much liked.  

What else....I need to check lots today and clean up any messes.  I will have a full park at least temporarily soon, some of the lots haven't been used in weeks.  One of them has rocks and branches that the boy threw onto them while cleaning out the freshly-tilled ground.  So just some basic clean-up but it shouldn't take much. Maybe get the chain saw going if I can find the adjusting tool....been a while since I've seen that.  

The boys got with it yesterday and cleaned out a lot of the weeds around the septic system. Considering the size of those weeds, I was impressed.  The people in the purple thing are leaving this morning.  Their AC broke and they are staying in that thing without any cooling. Unbelievable. I would rather sit outside than in a hot vehicle like that.  In fact, I would just head over to the shed and cool off in there. But, I don't really like people hanging out in the shed, tho I never said anything to them about it.  It's something I would allow temporarily since they are leaving anyway.  

I have plans just need to execute them.  Getting the RV finished is a top priority, just because I want it over with and yes, I don't want to listen to people complaining.

I've got 200 feet of direct bury wire.  That's done and paid for, been sitting there for months. The length should be enough to go from number 1 lot to the rear of the shed, where I can install a second, small electrical panel.  The only drawback is I will have to trench through the lot and then through the driveway.  I'll have to measure that and make sure 200 feet is enough, but it should be.  A decent tankless water heater is 240 volts and requires a 60 amp breaker.  I don't think I want to put that kind of load on the already well-loaded shed setup.  I can put the entire RV on a separate panel on a separate circuit.  The drawback is $200 to rent a ditchwitch. That seems expensive for an hour's worth of use.  I doubt it will take long to trench it.  I might call a few places in Longview and see how much they charge.  

They make 110 volt tankless heaters but from reading the reviews, they are not that great.  If the water output of the sink and shower are slow, then I might work okay - and save me a lot of money.  It might just be that I do that for now and if they don't like it - well - there's always the shower in the shed.  The water output of both the shower and the sink are quite low, they do that intentionally so you don't fill up the holding tanks too fast.  It's just that if I do put one of those in there, they also have to turn the thing on and off when they want to use it. 

So what happens if they turn it on and forget to turn it off? Do those things have an auto-shut-off? or just that the water heats up to a certain temp and it shuts off because it isn't moving through it? The plus side is they have remote controls, you aren't flipping switches on and off.  

Since the thing isn't going to move anywhere, I'm sitting here thinking, hmm, my shed water heater is only a few feet away from that RV.  Instead of spending a lot of money on a water heater, why not just put a tee into the hot water outlet and run a pipe over there?  Just put a flexible hose somewhere so it can move with the rv going up and down with people walking around in it or getting in and out.  

This is so simple and there isn't a huge demand on that water heater as it is.  It's just half inch cpvc line, I can insulate any of it that is above ground, spend $30 or $40 on line and parts -well maybe a little more to get a flexible line - attach it to the RV, walaah, we're done.  I don't know why I didn't think of this right off the bat. 

Anyway, outta here. Got to get over there before the purple people leave, they owe another day's rent. 

G'day