It's 3:00 pm and just barely got home. The plant kept me waiting 2 hours before they got to me. It was the new kid loading and so I kind of give him a break, but once it gets past my appointment time I'm starting to get a bit antsy.  Like, get to me, please and get with it.  A crew of people showed up after I got in there and almost blocked access to our loading bay. Same problem, different day: contamination in the lines and they were pumping the lines out, dumping the product onto the ground.  However, that didn't affect loading me for whatever reason so I was very glad about that, at least.  

However.  Having to wait to load was the least of my problems today.  The new people at lot 1 called and said they were leaving and cited the dogs from next door as the issue.  Well, didn't they stop letting them out?  No, they were out this morning!  I immediately texted the people in the other lot, I had had enough.  

Get those dogs out of my park, immediately, I don't want them in there, you let them wander around again this morning. This lady - she's actually a very young girl in my view, maybe 20 years old - went into meltdown mode yet again.  At this point, it was time for the whole lot of them to go.  I kept my cool, but she was calling me a liar and I was not backing down. 

So, her husband or boyfriend - that story keeps changing so I don't know which - called me, started yelling at me on the phone.  He cussed me out and challenged me to "come say that to my face", an obvious threat of fist fighting.  I am not going to get into fistfights with tenants, I will call the Sheriff out there and they can discuss with him the idea of threatening people when someone is saying something to him or them that they don't want to hear or deal with. 

After that, he texted me about talking to his lady and blah blah blah.  I simply typed back: I am calling the Sheriff. 

Oh yes, I called the Sheriff.  They started arguing - not in a brash way but still arguing the point that I would have to go through the courts.  No, they separated mobile home park rules with RV's that used to be lumped in with them long ago. They are treated as a hotel guest, basically, you can get rid of them at will.  Their transient, they are on wheels, they can leave at will.  

They sergeant toned down and said he would just have to start making calls and finding out if what I am saying is correct. Yes, please do that.  He called back 40 minutes later, saying the rules are clear as mud.  I simply reiterated - very respectfully, he wasn't being rude to me and I wasn't going to be rude to him - that the situation is treated as a temporary guest.  

I was getting more texts from these dog people and I was ignoring most of it excepting to reiterate that I am calling the Sheriff.  Sometimes, maybe many times, people don't want to deal with law enforcement, I texted back and said you threatened me and that is the end of the line.  If you are out of my park by the end of the day, I'll let it go and that will be that.  He sent back a thumbs up, she started texting again.  I'm going to contact my friend at the Sheriff's office and blah blah blah.  I didn't care at that point, I informed her this conversation is over, please stop texting me and amazingly, she did.  

Well, the Sheriff didn't call back any time soon and after another hour and a half or so, I checked the cameras.  They went into the shed for some reason, I didn't see anything in their hands so I'm hoping that means they didn't steal anything.   But that was recorded stuff, so I looked through the live camera. It appeared that their trailer was gone.  So, I pulled up a pic with their trailer in the lot and realized that yes, indeed they had left.  

Then, the Sergeant called back and said after everything, he called the district judge that your property is under and he said yes, it's an at-will situation because there is no contract.  I don't do contracts for that purpose, You have a contract and you have a landlord-tenant relationship, I don't want that with anyone.  It's not how many RV parks are run, tho some do, indeed, have contracts. That's their deal, not mine.  I've done my research. The judge was still wrong, tho, telling him the situation is at-will but I would still have to give a 3 day notice.  After he was done, I politely told him that I am very appreciative of all the work you have done in looking this up - instead of arguing that they are wrong, if they think they are right there isn't much I can say to change their tune without getting on the wrong side of them - but this problem has been resolved. Apparently my saying  I am calling the Sheriff lit a fire under their feet and they are gone.

Oh great, he says, do you know what kind of vehicle they are driving? Yes, described that to them and the trailer.  Well, we do patrol your area we could start coming in there at night to check on things. Please do. I don't want cops in there all the time but at night? Who is going to complain? Maybe some, but I doubt they would start trouble with anyone, just let their presence be known. 

This situation went on all morning long. Meanwhile....the new "Park Host" contacted me. I have some things to tell you when you get back.  Ok.  He then went on to say something about the workamper dude and the lady with the dogs. 

When I got back, they were coming down the driveway so I stopped and we had a long conversation.  Robert, the workamper, had done the mowing on the other side today.  This after I told him the new people will be taking care of everything.  And after he's basically done nothing beyond mowing the dog park once in the last 8 days, I think it is and 8 days ago, it was mowing the dog park lawn.  So, that dude had gotten pissed at the new park host because the new park host bluntly informed him he was taking over robert's duties. 

So, their conversation went back and forth between robert asking why I (me) wanted them to take over? Well, Robert, because frankly?  You aren't doing jack shit in here.  

Then, the girl/lady with the dogs went over there last night, cussing him out and demanding to know why he "told on us" to (me) about the dogs barking last night? The park host dude frankly told her: Because I walked down the driveway last night and your dogs were barking. I could hear them down to where i was helping some people out and then I walked back and your dogs were still barking.  She, of course, called him a liar.  She has been calling everyone a liar (these are the people that are now gone).

Now, let's move on to right now.  The park host lost his wallet yesterday.  He didn't know where he lost it and asked me to look at my camera, stating he had been in the shed at such and such a time and thought he had left it in the bathroom,  had anyone else been in there between the time I left and the time I returned?  I looked and saw him leave and return, no one in between.  I'm going to recheck that now that this new situation has arisen. 

You see, not only did his wallet go missing, his wife's phone also disappeared today.  The phone is dead, he said, but it can still be tracked and guess whose trailer it is at? Robert's of course.  They were asking me what to do, I immediately told them to call the police. Don't mess with them, you can show proof of where the phone is at, that may (or may not, I dunno) give the cops an "exigent circumstance" situation to go in and search the trailer.  I'm guessing they will, but I told them that them trying to do anything is not going to end well, just get the sheriff out there.  

I can just about guarantee you that that call they are making right now? Is going to have Sheriff deputies out there quickly.  I want the park cleaned up of the riff raff, if Robert is a thief, he can leave as well.  I won't press charges, they may or may not. He said he had a large amount of cash in his wallet, he had my lot rent and apparently even more than that beyond the missing phone.  I mean, in my mind? The park host who will now be called Allen probably left it in his pickup and forgot about it, Robert probably took it.  Can't guarantee that, but it seems obvious that he has stolen their phone.  

As you can see, I have quite the day, 2 people cleared their lots, the people threatening and yelling at everyone and their used-to-be new neighbors that couldn't deal with the dogs anymore, they told the Park Host - Allen that they are going to Victoria.  Victoria is a town well down south, used to travel through it frequently going to Brownsville.  It's near the ocean I guess, otherwise it's just as hot down there as it is here.  The thing is, the "bad" people left before they left but that didn't sway them.

I can't blame them, they liked the park, they said, but for the dogs.  They had just made their mind up: time to leave and that was that.  

So now I have 3 lots open when I was down to 1.  I like having 1 open, I do not like having 3.  Money down the drain, others have called I hope they come.  But, I will have to just go ahead and do another Facebook boost ad.   

My electric bill, due on the 10th of next month, is $1,600.  It will go up to around $2,100 and then around $2,500 if last year was any measure of what will happen this year in the summer time.  

I'm just at shrugs shoulders point.  I need money, not for electric bills, I have that, but to expand.  

Whatever the case, I'm looking through the camera to see if the Sheriff shows up or what they are going to do about it.  

I'm looking for negative reviews on my Google business account from the ousted people.  So far, nothing. I fully intend on responding to it if they do post some nonsense.  Oh, did I say my dumpster is already half filled and it's only Friday? Lol.  One thing after another...

The real deal today? It's miserably hot out there.  After 4:00 pm, 94 degrees, feels like 108.  I was feeling that in the truck today when the AC isn't working.  Wayyyy tooooooo much humidity in the air. 

I'm done with this. I'm going to go lay down, relax, empty my mind of all of this stuff and just watch a movie or something. 

 Friday - early

Just a few minutes of time to spend here, at least for now, probably write again later for the kids are leaving for another 2 weeks to Arkansas this morning, meaning I don't have kids wanting this and that...

Biden was a total disaster last night.  I mean, I may be a bit on the biased side and despise many of the policies Biden has enacted, but even mainstream (read: communist) media are having meltdowns about his performance. He was mumbling, incoherent, you couldn't understand at least of one fourth the words coming out of his mouth.  

I am going to say one thing here I thought I would never say, tho: CNN moderators were very fair and didn't just ask questions that would be hard for Trump.  Trump had instant answers for everything, Biden would start mumbling. Biden had this blank look on his face as if he wasn't there, like he was in a dream - a bad dream for him.  I had an issue with the mic mute when they first announced this a few months ago, but over time, I thought: this will work both ways so maybe it's a good thing and yes, it really helped.  I think Trump not being able to talk over Biden actually helped keep him toned down.  

Biden brought up several lies or uncorroborated statements such as the economy being in a shambles when Trump, I think he brought up the inflation lie again and then brought up the alleged statement about Trump calling people who died in wars fools and would rather spit on them, etc.  

Joy Reid "The universal reaction was panic", Joy Reid is an ultra left commentator, I think on MSNBC, the bastion of communist propaganda.  

MANY democratic big names are saying Biden should now drop out.  If you watched this debate, can you imagine this man representing us on the world stage talking like that?  And after he spent what, a week in Camp David preparing for this debate?  His performance was so horrendous, I have to wonder if this was all staged, like giving democrats an excuse to replace him?  

Well here I am getting fired up and now I have to leave. 

Please wish me a good day, the last time I went to Lufkin, 2 days ago, I spent 8-1/2 hours in the plant and I do not want a repeat of that. 

Thank you and good day!

 Thursday - evening

I dunno about that sleep app. It's usually correct but today? I woke up after 3 hours of deep sleep, pretty much normal for me, but I went right back to sleep - not normal for me - and slept the rest of the night.  It gave me "average" sleep rating and I'm like, uhh, no.  I feel great today. It was hard to wake up this morning, yes, that alarm went off and I thought, I could sleep for many more hours.  

Anyway, days worth of contention.  First, these young people with the 4 dogs and second, this dude that is a "workamper" that isn't working.  I just got off the phone with them, this wasn't texting and yes, I confronted them - him and his wife were on the phone.  I just can't do this anymore and I laid out the reasons they can just start paying rent and no more work is needed.  

I just can't go there right now, it blows my mind how people can make up stories, defend themselves with lies when I know because I have seen it with my own eyes, not because someone else is telling me.  It's ridiculous nonsense.  I mean, yes, I have dealt with this stuff before, but not on this scale. What's it like with 40 lots worth of people?  I am coming to an understanding why many of these RV parks are so hardnosed about their rules. People don't give a shit and they will do whatever the HELL they please until someone confronts them.  I'm just sitting here shaking my head.

I bluntly asked him after all of their bs: what have you done in the park in the last 7 days?  Well we just mowed the dog park! Great, what else.....I can tell you because I know: NOTHING. They got mad and I don't care.  Get mad, get upset, leave, do whatever you're going to do, but I'm getting rid of the baggage that I didn't know was going to be baggage and that's that.  I want a reputation of a great place to stop and these people? No thank you.  

They can't leave on their own, I dunno what they're going to do but I pissed them off and I somewhat did it intentionally.  It's more of: I know how they are going to react but I'm going to say it anyway, get the cards on the table and whatever is going to happen, happen.  They likely won't want to stick around any longer, fine by me.  I'm tired of the drama and I'm just going to hit it hard when it comes to me, stop it in it's tracks and be done with it quickly.  I'm learning, that's all I can say. I had this going on at the house and room rentals, but as I said, not to this degree with this many people.  Fight that battles that need to be fought.  

Meanwhile, the new couple that decorated the shed and made hand made signs and have hung them already came running up to me today as I was leaving the park. I was in a hurry. The kids are leaving yet again for grandma's for another 2 weeks and I wanted to spend some time with them before they left, meaning take them to the movies.  Well, the man came running up. He's got a work ethic and offered to be the "Park Hosts".  Yessss.  I need this in my life. Park hosts deal with people coming and going, deal with the day to day as much as they want to do it and keep things running smoothly versus what I have been doing. Working a job and working the park.  It wears on me so some things get done when I have the energy and motivation to do it. 

These people are living the RV life, are totally into it, totally want to have a thriving community and I am all for that.  The things they are doing to their lot make it appear to me that they are planning on sticking around a long time.  They have also said this, but for me, I want to see the signs of that and yes, those signs are there.  I'm switching the free rent to them and the "workamper" will pay rent - or leave.  I as much said that quite directly to them, for they lied to me and I am done with that.