A long night of below freezing temps coming up starting tomorrow night.  But, we seem to have everything covered. The people living there? Well I hope so.  I wasn't feeling so spunky when I got back so my visit was short and sweet.  I dunno but that shed will definitely have both heaters going. On low, but going in case one can't keep up with it. Saving my pipes/seals/gaskets from damage is the point.  

I won't have to drive night time hours in the icy road conditions. Tomorrow morning is regular nice weather - well a bit cool but nothing like what's coming.  Monday I have late load.  I guess thank the good Lord for a late load considering it's a bit dicey driving in the dark and not being able to see the road surface knowing it's 24 degrees and black ice/ice/frozen bridges might be ripe for serious problems.  

Today went relatively well. The guy that takes forever to washout trailers has apparently been given the revelation that most people don't want to wait an hour and a half to 2 hours for the same results as the other guys doing it in 25 minutes.  The loading plant was crazy.  One of the plant's drivers took the wrong product to a similar place as what I deliver to - and same product I deliver. He  got under the wrong trailer, went down there, unloaded and of course all hell broke loose.

2 jobs ago, I was taking pipe and product down there to build that plant.  At the very beginning when they were working on storm drainage and such.  And really, throughout the project we took down  truckload after truckload of stuff. Those types of plants use a lot of water.  I don't know the outcome, I assume they would have had to shut that plant down, drain everything out, clean everything out and refill before firing up again.  I am guessing the plant is going to have a big bill coming their way.  

Well, there is no possibility of that for us. The only product coming out of the hose that fills our trailers is the glue for various plants - mostly GP plants - making plywood.  This driver had the right paperwork but the wrong trailer, that was the issue.  

That's my world currently.  It's just dealing with people and their stuff. Like, whoever is blowing up the toilet. No way to figure out who is doing it, but it really sucks to walk into a bathroom and see dried liquified poop all over the bowl  

The truck still has the issue with the bank of lights not working. I'm not going into the fuse panel to try and figure it out, not my job. I do minor stuff, sometimes mid-level stuff but that's more than I'm getting myself into.  Our mechanics will have to figure it out and I will end up wasting many hours on whatever day that's going to happen. Soon, I can say that, I can't be driving it like that forever. It's not a safety issue, it's just a lot of extra lights for looks, not for law.  But, if they're on there? Troopers want them to all work.  I would guess there is a raw wire touching the frame somewhere the way it instantly blows the fuse.  But it really could be a lot of things.  Not my job, as the old saying goes and in this case, quite the truth. 

That's about it.  A few birthdays going on around here, one a few days ago and another coming up in 4 days.  

As for me? Time for bed. 

 Saturday - early

In trying to keep a park full, you try to keep track on people and when they think they are leaving.  If there is a long term wanting to go, I want to know about it. Not to try to talk them into staying, they are free to leave whenever, but to understand that that lot is going to be empty and I want it full. 

So, this lady is moving - from Minnesota? =- I think she said.  She's coming on the 10th.  I have one open lot right now, btw.  Even the overnight lot has someone staying in it for another week or so.  I had a family come in late last night - "we just want a place to park overnight and then leave" - yes, you mean you like my rates and don't care about the extra trouble it's going to be to get that thing parked in there.

In there- meaning one of the behind-the-shed spots.  It was all that was available at the time.  And they did, I am dumping a lot of stuff on Trey now, he's going to do his job or he's going to leave.  I gave him some money at Christmas as well. No great amount, and nothing that's going to be repeated over and over, but I've finally gotten it into his mind that he has a job to do and sitting around his house doing nothing isn't a part of that equation.  

Anyway, this other person called last week and told me he wants to bring his family even if that means he has to move once to make it work.  Unfortunately, it actually means he's going to have to move twice after I found out the people staying for a month at the end lot are staying until the 12th.  That's 12 more days than expected for them, but I wasn't going to make them leave because I have someone else wanting to come in.  Then there's the people at the huge lot, they are there until the - 12th I think.  It means a completely full park and no where to put him excepting in the spot I am holding for the lady moving here from Minnesota. 

So, he wants to move in to that lot, then over to the behind-the-shed lot for 2 days and then to his "permanent" spot.  He's actually a worker but apparently it's going to be an extended stay.  For what, I have no idea, we didn't get that far with it. He had contacted me via text message yesterday asking me if I could take him in or not?  I found out all of the info and informed him the only way I could make it work is if he moves into spot 11 until the 10th, then over to lot 15 - behind the shed - for 2 maybe 3 days - and then to his spot he can stay at for however long.  I told him that and 4 hours later he agreed to it and said he's coming - today actually. 

Yes, he's coming in late tonight.  2 reasons I won't put him behind the shed right now versus 6 days from now.  1, because he's coming in late.  It really needs to be daylight to park back there and 2, because I don't have 50 amp setup back there - yet.  I don't really want 50 amp back there for it's a huge draw on that power system.  The fact of the matter is, however, is that it's winter and AC units aren't running all day long, it's heating units that will turn on and off.  At this time of the year, the power system running over there can handle it, it's during the summer it definitely cannot, at least not with the current setup. I can fix that problem but not without a lot of work and some money spent.  

I have projects I need to do and it's the money situation that has kept me from doing it. It's a business expense and I'm not spending personal finances on that stuff anymore. If the business can't afford it, it is going to be put off until it can.  With most lots full, I can get back to getting some real money in the account.. 

However...property taxes. Let's not go into that, I have a month before it's not going to be late and tho I have the finances in there for that, it would drain it down pretty good.  Get 15 or so lots bringing in money and that will change.  I have to pay property taxes before I do any of these projects.  

Speaking of heat, it's going to get down to 24 degrees tomorrow night and it's going to keep doing that for 4 nights in a row.  That's hard freeze territory and I've been warning people that they need to do something about their hoses and such.  If they don't, they may end up with a costly mess on their hands.  I am definitely not responsible for anything after the spigot.  That's all on them.  What I have to do is cover up all my exposed plumbing. 

I instructed Trey to do that yesterday and he claims he did. Most of it is still covered from last year, not that much to do, but I will be inspecting all of it today after work.  

Yes, I have to work again for the 3rd weekend in a row.  Someone is off sick. I actually was asked to do a full turn yesterday and today, but that went away after the second person off got his act together.  He forgot to get his medical card updated and sent in to the state.  I wonder about this company and not keeping up with that and sending notices to drivers about it. I dunno, but I fully expect this company to pay for mine coming up later this year.  The driver - who has been destroying equipment as well - got his card updated in their system and I didn't end up having to do all of that.  I agreed to it just to make him happy - him being the manager.  otherwise, you get into his unfavorable district in his mind and he can just shuffle you off to OTR stuff.  In other words, you will quit and he doesn't even have to fire you. 

I would definitely quit if I was placed into the OTR system.  They have runs going into Canada and they were begging me to take one of those routes when I first signed up for this place. No thank you. But you have a passport! Yes - no thank you.  

Well, I got up half an hour early.  Not on purpose, I just woke up, decided I wouldn't get back to sleep and got with it, hence the time to write this morning. I didn't get up early to leave early, I just got up to start the day. 

The FOMC meets again on the 28th of this month.  Wondering if the interest rate will be lowered and by how much.  And then, ensuing interest rate reductions on loans.....

Enough. I'm leaving a little early.  I'm out of coffee pods for my Keurig - totally spaced that yesterday - so I need to stop somewhere and get a cuppa this morning before getting to the truck.

G'day.