Sunday - morning

It's the time of year where people are where they want to be for the most part.  I'm talking about the RV crowd.  They're in Florida, southern Texas, Arizona, wherever, they aren't coming through here.  I kind of expected it tho.  It's why I switched the game plan to long term.  Unfortunately, long term also means a community and community always means people who complain about everything, people who don't get along with each other and people taking advantage of the amenities.  

I have people come into that shed and they start looking around for - something - and then they look at the camera - then look around again, wander around in circles and then eventually leave.  No, I don't sit there and watch the camera all day long, these are found through notifications which I usually scroll through to see who is doing what in there.  When you see someone acting strangely like that, you wonder what their intent is.  I go straight to: taking something that doesn't belong to them.  If I didn't have that camera inside of that shed, who knows what have gone on in there what with all kinds of people with all kinds of views of life.

I was going to replace the wifi router yesterday, but I was put on hold for need of a tiny screwdriver that opens the access to the sim card.  I have to switch from the old to the new.  Someone took the router out of the water proof box I have it in and set it on the ground, which pissed me off.  I am replacing the box with a larger one and have to put a small ac unit in it. I think that's what killed the broken one.  

The workamper's wife texted me and asked for clarification.  Are "they" doing the mowing now? I thought I had already made that clear?  Allen also clarified this to you?  Okay thanks was the answer.  However, to leave nothing in muddy waters, I clarified that Allen is taking over as park host and will be taking over all park related duties. No offense, but you were doing very little and you weren't doing anything that I asked of you to, or if you did, only after asking you countless times.  You can stay and pay lot rent on the next day that it is due or you are free to leave, either way, this working relationship is over.

See, I didn't bring them into the park as workampers, I never promised them anything and free lot rent was based on the work they - he, she doesn't do anything but sit in that camper all day long - do.  It was of great annoyance that he would also walk around without a shirt on.  An older dude walking with a giant beer gut representing the park.....

Well now? Suddenly a fire has been lit under his feet and he "wants" to do everything. Only because Allen is busy working, cleaning things up, mowing, etc., doing far more work than this workamper ever dreamed of doing.  The workamper had resolved himself to mowing the dog park once a week and that was the end of it. Is that worth an entire month's worth of lot rent? Of course not.  So he's getting in Allen's face, wanting the lawn mower to the point Allen contacted me about the situation and that is when I contacted them to clarify - for the howeverth many time - they no longer work for the park.  

If it continues I am going to go to their door, get in their faces and tell them directly to leave Allen alone and stop trying to suddenly do something to save your position.  If you had wanted to do that, you would have done enough work to at least get by.  You wouldn't wait until someone else comes along that has a much broader vision for the park, btw, including expansion, see them start doing all kinds of  stuff including decorating the shed and putting up hand made signs (they are really nice btw), mowing, trimming, picking up stuff, etc.  

Go sit in your trailer and drink, or do whatever you want to do, but when rent time comes around? I want that money.  They now know this in no uncertain terms, it has been concisely stated to the 9th degree, it is in writing via text, there is no possibility in realistic terms that they can say that they weren't told.  

I'm cleaning up the messes in the park that were brought on by undesirable people coming in and doing things I don't want them to do.  You can't just look into a person's soul, heart or brain and see what's going on in there. Only God can do that.  I take chances, sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. When it doesn't, there is a big mess to clean up - via getting rid of people. It's unpleasant work for it's always confrontational. I don't care how professional or nice or kind you try, they are going to get mad because they aren't getting their way.  Like 5 year olds throwing a tantrum on grocery store floors, thye kick and scream, sometimes literally, while they are being taken out to the dumpster. 

Not that I think they're trash, but when they act like that, I don't want them around.  The workamper already drove away one of my favorite repeat customers, I don't need him doing that to anyone else.  

Live and learn. Next time - well I already have the replacement in Allen and yes, I did grill him quite a lot.  Much like when I used to screen people coming into my house to rent rooms.  If there is something amiss, just let them talk long enough and it will come out.  This all came flooding back into my mind after this ordeal. Remember, I haven't done any of that in quite a while.  I've had quite a few long conversations with Allen and so far, it's all normal and a drive to actually help me succeed. They want free lot rent, of course, I'm willing to exchange that for people that are actually on my side and not just about the money.  He's unemployed and apparently not looking for work right now.  

Anyway, it's been an aggravating week, frustrating and very draining.  That stuff takes it out of me and wears me out.  I have to go relax and even take a nap after I have been involved in those ordeals both with the workamper and the couple with the dogs. Add to that Allen losing his wallet and apparently someone taking it - or more likely- someone stole it and his phone to begin with.  He had to go cancel his credit cards, bank cards, etc.  Lost I don't know how much money, but at least a month's worth of lot rent.  

Relishing a day off, I realized I have no clean clothes for work. I have pretty much ruined all my jeans with the trucking job - get some of that glue on your clothes and it ain't coming off - I have one pair that is usable for church.  I was waiting to buy anything more, whether I was going to have to switch to the next size up or stay in the same size. I have been diligent about this diet. I'm not losing a lot of weight but I'm definitely not putting any on, either.  So today after church, I'm going to go buy at least a couple of pair of new jeans and keep them set aside for non-work stuff.  

I'm still going to go over to the park after church and switch out that router. It sat in the heat last year, it's going to have to sit in the heat again until I get a new setup. I need a much larger, waterproof cabinet and a small ac unit to keep it cool.  Actual AC, not that humidifier stuff.  I don't think a fan is good enough. It will blow air around to keep it cooler than if you just have a box collecting heat, but it's still going to be pretty hot in there.  I had bought a box that the thing barely fits into, there is no room for a fan or small ac unit.  Yes, it's going to cost me but unless I want to have to go through this continually, I have no choice.  

What else....well I'll tell ya, I think I've dealt with enough this week.  It's still Sunday.....

19 days away from the trip to Galveston. The beach.  19 people going, they rented a large house, I paid appropriate percentage for my stay, far cheaper than getting a hotel.  I mean, hotels over there at this time of year are in the hundreds of dollars per night range.  Even old, junky hotels.  We are also cooking our own food, planning only one outing where everyone goes off on their own to eat wherever. We have already decided that as well.  

As with most vacations, I will ditch the diet. It's too hard to diet on such occasions, especially when you are eating whatever someone else is making.  I suppose I could take my own food with me, just think it easier to eat/drink whatever for a few days and then right back on Keto.  It was a bit difficult to get back on the no sugar, pasta, potatoes, etc diet again.  After a week, it was like nothing, really.  We are leaving Friday and returning Sunday, it's not a long vacation.  I took Monday off as well, there is nothing as bad, actually, as coming back from a vacation where you've actually worn yourself out with all the activities and then have to face work the very next morning.  A day of recovery, thank you. 

Meanwhile, we have the city of Phoenix with it's ridiculous water bills.  It includes sewer and trash, yes, but I remember the days of $40 per month payments which are now over $200.  They claim water conservation efforts - they are in a drought and have been for many years - but that isn't the whole story.  It's the unions working as city employees that keep demanding higher pay and benefits, far beyond anything you would find for the same type of work in the private sector.  Phoenix is run by leftist tax and spend individuals who just give these unions whatever they want. It will eventually break the city - it might take many years or decades, but when it all catches up to them?  I've seen this scenario taking place in other big cities.  It's absurd to have to pay that much every month.  We're talking some plants to water here, not grass, it's all landscaping rock.  Half of my plants are gone what with the  person taking care of them not really knowing what he's doing.  

I have it set up with a drip system, I don't even know if he's still using it.  He just let stuff go, saying he didn't know what to do and not contacting me about it. I know what to do with the various plants. In the end, I'm not there and he is.  There are still some desert plants that don't take a lot of water so that is that.  We've gotten a lot of rain over there this past season, I'm wondering if that equates to lake filling up and underground reservoirs doing the same? 

Anyway,  my mom is going to be up in the mountains again for the 4th. I'm trying to figure out when to go.  Just going to wait until she's back, at the same time, we have this mini vacation.  Kind of a conundrum.  The only thing that I will not like about the trip is staying at her place. She keeps the thermostat at 80 degrees, a full 10 degrees higher than what I can sleep at. We keep this house cold at night, I'm not the only one that likes it cool for sleeping.