For once, the day went flying by.  They got me in and out of the washout in 38 minutes.  I think it was 40 minutes at the plant loading.  Nothing to hold me up. Police always give the "eye" at trucks moving by, I don't look at them anymore. I used to, not in a disgusted kind of way, but it seems if you look at them, they get annoyed and come chasing you down.  I don't know what that's all about, live and learn.  I don't hate police, I also don't want to be stopped by them.  Especially state Troopers.  

So I was home at around 12:30, which is about as good as it gets.  

The kids are not home yet, I cleaned up the kitchen nicely so we can at least have a fresh start.  It wasn't terrible, it's just if you clean it all up, it stays relatively clean for a while.  

Allen seemed agitated about something over at his place when I returned so I didn't bother him.  I do know his wife was having trouble getting the truck to start wherever she is at.  But that was yesterday and I don't know what became of that.  

New people decided it was fine to park their dually on my grass....we are going to have a polite conversation about that.  There is plenty of room for their truck in front of their trailer on the driveway.  The reason I made 75 foot long driveways....

Otherwise, life is grand! lol

T-Mobile - amazingly, it actually works at the washout, Verizon does not.  People saying T Mobile sucks? I dunno, maybe where they were at once upon a time?  So far, I've had no issues.  The difference is, I only have LTE service on T Mobile. Apparently you have to pay more for 5g service. I have 5g on Verizon and I'm wondering if, in places where 5g isn't available, it doesn't switch over for some reason.  

Whatever the case, so far I'm good with it and could switch over just on what I have seen.  But, I'm going to wait until we go to Galveston and see what happens.  The thing is, I'm already driving in rural areas and through small towns.  There is only one place where the signal dropped - but it also dropped for Verizon as well.  

That's it.  It's 2:30 and I may get some other things done today, but right now? I just want to kick back and watch a movie.  

 Friday - early

Have a few minutes here.

So Biden continued on with his screwups.  Calling Zelensky Putin and calling Harris...Vice President Trump and "her" is a him.  This isn't funny, not to me.  It's pathetic that anyone that is close to him would continue to urge him on to staying in the race.  People that like living in the White House and the taste of power, it's reported that his wife sits in on cabinet and other meetings where one would presume confidential and high security things are discussed, along with Hunter allegedly being in some of those meetings as well.

He continues to claim he draws these huge crowds and says Trump doesn't - which is a ridiculous lie.  Trump draws HUGE crowds everywhere he goes.  Biden? Not so much.  I'll be listening to any new news about this today, but apparently there are more Democrat defectors. I don't call them "democratic" because I don't think they are democratic at all.  

I'm afraid there is going to be a showdown come the 17th.  The workamper doesn't have any money, he isn't getting a job anywhere, they just sit in that trailer all day long.  I will throw them out if it comes to that.  I don't want to have some sort of showdown where I need to have someone videoing it for proof and having a witness...but...if it comes to that, you bet I will.  At this point, they are just mooching off of me and that doesn't set well.  The man won't get off his lazy @$$ to do much of anything.  They enjoy the luxury of the AC they are using for free using my electricity, that's what I know.  

So, it's Friday, the kids are coming back today.  I dunno when I'll be home, but if it goes as normal, I'll be back around 1:00-1:30.   I've thoroughly enjoyed the lack of screaming, fighting and yelling that goes on when you have 3 kids getting cranky with each other. It's pretty normal, especially being summer time and they start getting bored and taking their boredom out on one another.  Mom lets them play their games, even and it still devolves into this nonsense.  

We like the school year. It's disciplined and well all pitch in to make it work - dinners and homework and all of that stuff - but there is much less bickering.  

Well, I want to get an earlier start than normal just to get out there and get to the washout and hopefully beat other trucks in there. I will also be streaming off the T Mobile phone all day today and see how it works down south.

G'day

  I ran the old phone on T Mobile all the way up and back, streaming YouTube videos. I wasn't exactly paying attention to them, I was seeing if there were any stall spots, of which there were none. Further, it worked better than Verizon network at the plant.  

The next test will be going to Natchitoches and Lufkin tomorrow.  Verizon has - had - excellent service in Lufkin.  The hurricane messed that up but I'm sure they'll get it back up and running soon if not already.  

The third test will be going to Galveston - if we are indeed going there.  There's some discussion in the group that it will be flooded, of which I balked at. Then they said it's "going through Houston". I sent live cam pics, 59 and 45 are fine.  Not to mention we are going on the 19th, that is a long time from now.  People get things set in their minds and it's like you're talking to a brick wall, even with proof that the fears they are experiencing are not realistic. 

I dunno, if we don't go there apparently we are going to Broken Bow. The time is running short for making reservations and the prices go up the closer you get to any intended departure dates.  Just throwing my hands up, we are going somewhere, I guess.  

Allen is working on the front. It's slow progress, not exactly easy to mow over that stuff, but he is definitely making headway.  He's trying to get a clear line of vision to the dumpster.  The only thing about that is, if you see someone dumping in the dumpster that doesn't belong there, it's too far away. By the time he would get there to confront the person or identify their vehicle? They're already done and gone.  

Republic wants $201 to move the damned thing.  Like, will they have a problem if I move it myself? I can rent the trackhoe for the trench and move it with that and save myself a chunk of change.  They responded to my query to move and left a phone number in the return email.  It's late now, I will call them tomorrow and ask if they have an issue if I move it to another location and just let them know where it is?  I can just chain it, lift it with the bucket and move it without damaging it.  

I dunno.  I've got 3 more loads before vacation. Working tomorrow and Saturday, off Sunday and then work the 4 days after.  Then 4 days off and honestly? I'm going to have to consider using that Monday that I was going to use for recovery day and work at the park, dig the trench and get other stuff done with the trackhoe.  

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I'm sitting here watching this Biden press conference. He spent 7 minutes bashing Trump in a pre-scripted diatribe of complete and utter bulls***.  He cherry picked quotes from Trump - and when I say cherry picked, I mean he took a few words out of sentences Trump made or a sentence out of a contextual set of sentences that Trump made.  Just utter hogwash.

Then, I heard him refer to Kamala Harris as "Vice President Trump".  I did a double take, wondering if I heard that correctly and sure enough, 5 minutes later the news already had it on there.  He mumbles, he's incoherent on some of his sentences. I am curious to see how his democrat detractors - and there are a lot of them now - are going to view this presser.  It's getting boring, I didn't think I would last all the way through this, he's 33 minutes into it, but I'm going to stick it out to see how he handles a lengthy presser and how long it actually goes on for.  I also saw him start yawning but feigned it as picking at his eye to try and cover it up.  

Look, the man has no business being the Oval Office making decisions that can permanently affect the fabric of our society, that can affect our standing in the world, our economy, financial markets, etc etc etc. Do you really believe that he, as Commander in Chief, could deal with a China or Russian uprising? 

Enough of that for now.  A person called, missed the call (I was listening to content at the time on my old phone), called them back, no answer, then they texted me. We're here.  Huh? Expecting no-one, they just showed up to take a lot, lmao. I mean, if someone shows up and there's something available, they can take it. No guarantees on that, obviously.  But, it was the last available lot.  

I do not have a reservation until the 3rd of August.  So the place is long term. These people said they are there for a month, another is also a month, the rest in the park are either "permanent", very long stays or there indefinitely.  People come and go, that's a fact.  

Tomorrow is early load.  Up at 5:30 am, get the day done as fast as possible and get home to....well the munchkins are coming back tomorrow, I doubt they will beat me back unless I have another breakdown or some sort of ridiculous nonsense at the plant?  Load tomorrow, offload Saturday, Sunday off and then Monday and Tuesday - late loads again.