When I arrived at the plant today, it became obvious why they are shutting down for several days.  They have a huge number of people that showed up to install a new roof on that giant facility.  

The thing that really got me, however, after being there 30 minutes offloading, is another one of our trucks pulling up behind me.  Huh? I was told yesterday that I was the only one loading today, why is there another truck there? And what is it doing there so early?  The real kicker is this: there wasn't enough room for another truckload in that tank after I was done.  So, if I had shown up just a half hour later, that person would have been in my way and would have cost me untold hours waiting until the tank was low enough to drain a truckload into it. 

 

Yeah, not real happy about that, these other drivers just don't care and that's that.  

Another thing of amazement is what's going on right now: It's raining!  Today was supposed to be a very low chance of rain, but late this morning I noticed that they had it raining between 3:30 and 5:00 pm. All nice fine and dandy, but it's only 2:00 pm and it's supposed to go on through 5:00 pm. 

Well I hope it ends then for the church is doing it's annual fall fest - it's an alternative to trick or treating/halloween stuff - which allegedly starts at 5:30 pm.  

I'm so tired. I have been all day long. I thought I would wake up after a good night's sleep, apparently not.  It does seem to work out this way that after many days of hardly any sleep, I'll go into a deep sleep and then the next morning, I'll wake up in a fog and that fog will either take quite a while to go away - or it won't go away at all.  

Yeah, it hasn't gone away at all and I'm going to take a nap and get back at this blog later. 

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It has been confirmed that Allen - the former park host - was drinking as much as 3 6-packs of beer per day, had liver problems and had a hernia before he died on Monday. Yes, you read that right: 3 6 packs of beer per day.  I am in no wise judging the man, to each his own.  You want to drink that much beer, that is your choice.  I don't believe the outcome of it is going to be very good if you do it for a long time such as he was.  I knew he was drinking beer daily, I didn't understand the scope of it until today.  

I really don't know how the family is taking it, Renee didn't sound good or bad on the phone, rather neutral. The son, no clue, the daughter is  in prison.  Like, for years.  

The boy - 18 year old at the park - is finally working on his tractor.  The blades are very dull and I basically demanded he get it fixed. I have stuff to do on that thing and I can't do it with blades that aren't cutting anything. They are so dull they just go over the weeds and beat them down to the ground, they don't cut them.  It's probably my doings but whatever.  This is a rent-for-use-of-the-tractor arrangement tho I think I'm going to use the thing a while longer and then dissolve myself of that arrangement. I need the money from the lot.   

Fall Fest in a few hours.  It's been raining and now they have upped it to raining up until 7:00 pm. Light rain, I dunno if they're going to have their outdoors activities or not. It was supposed to be bouncy house, hayrides, etc.  We're going, if nothing else they'll do it indoors.  I guess?  

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Many hours later. Keeping up with kids is quite the exercise in futility, or so it seems.  I took them to church - there were a lot of people there. These were people that don't even go to the church, the church made the advertisement to the entire community.  It was packed, the entire place and it's a big church.  One booth to another to another, we did all 27 booths.  Yes, there were 27 of them, plus a bounce house.  Had a small dinner of a hot dog and chips, things on the no list for me but oh well, I've cut back so much on fat and red meats and cholesterol laden foods that I am not going to feel bad eating something here and there.  

Anyway, I am worn out. That after working all day and getting other stuff done.  It is not likely that I will be getting up early in the morning, but who knows? Tomorrow is going to be more of the same - at least in the evening for it's Halloween and everyone is going trick or treating. I am going to pull my trailer around neighborhoods so there isn't so much walking to do.  I've done this a couple years now.  Just put along a few miles an hour.  There is going to be a large number of people going together.  I was thinking of getting some hay bales for people to sit on, but only if they don't cost too much.  

Oh, yeah, they're cheap but they're 30 miles away lol.  There is a store selling them, the same store that sells the grass seed, I might stop in and see how much they want for them.  

I'm done. Getting late, time to go to bed. No work tomorrow, don't have to get up early tho : )