Saturday

Yesterday, I did, indeed, end up getting a lot of stuff done. We cleared off that trailer - we being the lady next door and I. She offered to help and I refused, it's not her job lol. She wanted to so I said fine.  Got all of that off of there and then went all over the place. Dumped cash rent money in the bank, over to the courthouse. 

Got new plates for the SUV- I never did replace them after the flooding we drove through on vacation in Galveston. Texas has 2 plates and they can write you a ticket for missing one of them if they really want to.  Then asked about how much it will cost to register/title the Tundra. $275.  I couldn't do it tho, I needed to get an inspection. Which I did immediately after that.  Waiting in the mechanic shop line for a while, this one actually has a lane dedicated for inspections and no, they don't take very long.

The guy asked: "How many miles on it?". 54,000 I replied.  He turned around with a look on his face. He asked without asking if I had actually said 54,000?  Yes, it is my mom's, she can't drive anymore, it's had an easy life.  He shook his head, that truck is what - 16 years old I interjected.  He looked at me again. You know those Toyota trucks can get up to half a million miles on them before they are done and over with?  No, I did not know that. Yup, we have them come in here all the time with high mileage on them.

That thought got me to thinking that I could basically keep that truck the rest of my life and will never have to replace it.  Which is fine by me, a truck payment is easily $500 and up even for used ones.  Over to Walmart, needed a license place bracket for the freshly replaced plates.  I stopped at Chili's - wasn't planning on it but since our friends work there, figured to stop in and say hi.  Got into a long conversation with one of the people that works there, she had recommended my rv park to a person that helps her with something (not getting into specifics here), who then called me later on asking questions. 

I was going to go to the park and install that license plate holder after that, but instead I just went home. I had spent many hours getting all of that done. 

So, that makes me feel better because today? I have cleaned the kitchen and that's it. Been watching a Netflix show, doing a staycation mentality and being lazy.  Are there things I could be doing? Of course.  But, the park is clean, the grass is mowed, everything is working, it's whatever to me.

Tomorrow will be church, then going to a birthday party directly after church at a local mom and pop restaurant and then after that? Probably nothing.  I have no intentions on getting up earlier than normal for the first run Monday since I won't have to do the washout, it will save around 80 minutes of time, meaning just drive straight to the plant and hopefully get loaded quickly.

I say that because another driver told me the last 2 times he's been there, it's taken 4 hours and 2-1/2 hours respectively.  I think one of those times another driver cut him, but the 4 hour thing was a problem at the plant making an error on making the product and had to start over, apparently.  

It's a quarter after 4 right now and since no one has contacted me, I am not bothering with going over to the park today. I will stop by after church to put eyeballs on everything.  I've stopped stressing over occupancy, people will come eventually.  I don't know when, it's been a pretty good dry spell. I've put up several ads and besides getting a Google ad going, I don't know what else to do beyond the added amenities I'd like to install that I've talked about rather endlessly but haven't done yet because I've got a "hold" in my mind about it.  

I'll say one thing tho.  If I find another deal like the ones I have been seeing over in Dallas where a 10k hot tub is going for $500 or a grand, I'm going to go over and snag it.  That would be a day trip, but yes.  There isn't a lot of down side in my mind to getting something decent in great condition.  I have a contractor who will come out and pour a cement slab for me, I want a decent sized lounging area for the hot tub and then put some tables and chairs around it.  It will need a gazebo or something over it, I've found the cloth kind for $300.  I'd probably sink $2,500 or less into the entire project.  This isn't resort style setup, it's "this is an amenity in great condition and looks nice" setup I'm talking along with if I decide to do a pool next year, it's going to be an above ground pool, set about half way into the ground and costing a fraction of what an in ground plaster pool costs. 

I've just made those decisions based on the type of park it is. I never considered it a resort park and never will.  Still thinking about setting up cabins or something, just haven't pulled the trigger on it and probably won't for a while.  It's all a gamble, folks. You spend the money and you hope and pray that it gets the desired results.  If it doesn't get results, you kick yourself for thinking that you would get more people in and it didn't result in anything. If it does get results, then you say, yayyy!

For example, the yurt tent I was thinking of doing a while back. That little thing is still sitting there on the back of my mind.  But it's not free and it's a hotel style setup so you have to clean it after every use, meaning you really need someone to work it. 

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Like, 6 hours later lol. My mind has been wandering all day long.  

I think I'm going to go to bed.