Saturday - mid morning

Yesterday was probably the most miserable day I've had in a long time.  This was the day to go to the yard in El Dorado, pick up an empty to take to the washout in Crossett, pick up a washed out empty  and take it to a chemical plant in Bastrop, LA, load, take it back to the yard and then go home.

The reason it was so bad is because I got sick again.  That night I slept very poorly because of it and maybe was operating on 4 hours of sleep.  I was just fighting fatigue and feeling yucky all day long and it was a long day at 13 hours.  It didn't help that it took longer than necessary at the yard for the manager to get the necessary paperwork - that should have been ready when I arrived and then it took forever at the plant to load.  Top that with ridiculously slow speed limits in both Arkansas and LA and you have a long, long day.  

In fact, after leaving the yard in Eldo on the way back, I had to stop and take a 20 minute nap. 

I have the entire weekend off and I needed it.  I got 2 days worth of pay for yesterday so it's basically the same as having worked 6 days this week.  That's good enough and the only thing I am doing this weekend is going to an IHOP breakfast this morning for one of the kids in our group - we celebrate all of their birthdays - have breakfast, come home and rest.  Tomorrow the same, church, home, rest.  

Credit score raised 21 points for unknown reasons, looked at it and just thought, well that's nice.  I have numerous loans offers to pay off credit card debt that are becoming much more attractive now with much lower interest rates than it was only a few months ago.  I may take one of them.  I've become quite good now at not using credit cards for much of anything. I've cut back eating out to the point I am no longer bleeding money out of my checking account, if I took one of those offers and if they actually give it to me, I could cut expenditures probably around $800 or more per month.  Yes, you read that correctly.  Plus, the loan has an end date. 

Credit card debt can go on for a very long time depending on the amount of money you owe on each individual account.  The goal I had was to keep my expenditures in line with amount of money coming in and I  have finally accomplished that.  I also have a loan to keep me afloat while I was taking time off of a regular job to get the park built.  I could pay that off and pay off most of my card debit and lose a lot of outgoing payments in exchange for a bigger monthly payment - but still far less than what I am paying now.

It is going to rain all day long.  Thunder/lightning right now, we were under tornado watch for 3 days in a row and today they are saying still a strong possibility of tornadoes.  Not a fan, thanks.  I am a fan of the rain noise when I can stay home and do nothing.  Note that I am making a caveat to previous statement: I will probably sit here today and start going through paperwork.  For taxes, that is.  

So what about a park expansion loan? Definitely a real possibility I will go for it after I get taxes done.  They will want the tax return for documentation.  No rush here, interest rates have come down which is what I was waiting on, the dream is to build the park big enough to live off of the income with no outside jobs.  The reality is: No clue if I can get a loan that big or not.

I need amenities to go with a bigger park. A large building with an office, a C-store, a small gaming room, a couple of bathrooms with showers, more laundry capacity.  My laundry is getting used every day.  I don't much care for it for it fills up my septic system quickly.  The aerator sprinklers spray it out but still.  I have no choice, it's septic or nothing and you certainly can't have people living their with nothing. The only alternative is a large tank, say 10,000 gallons, buried and the waste goes into it and then you have trucks coming regularly to pump it out.  

Every 6 days, I would have to have it pumped by my calculations and with that much liquid, it would cost a lot of money per month.  I actually want a larger septic put in this time if I do get a loan than what they are recommending.  

I am facing untold hours worth of work to get my taxes done, that's a fact. 

And then, there's politics.  Maybe later.  I need to shower before we go to the IHOP event. 

G'day.