What can I say? Yesterday began so well. Third attempt to get my license renewed, and the lady that I had seen, the day before, called me over as she knew I'd just needed a DMV code from my optician and everything else was done. So, having spent 2 hours waiting on the first 2 days, I was in and out in maybe 30 minutes yesterday, and that included having my picture took.
The asphalt millings for the dirt track were supposed to being delivered in the afternoon, so we went down to the property ... only to then get a text that the driver wasn't going to be there until after 4.30pm. I had to leave as I had a school run to do, so said I'd come back but that - after dropping Daniel off at home (usually about 4pm) it would take me 45-60 minutes, depending on traffic, to get back.
Driving off the school property just after 3.30pm, I got another text. The driver had finished early so would get there early, could I come earlier. I explaiined I had just got out of the school line and still had to drop Daniel and his friend off, and wouldn't be able to get there any sooner than 5pm. They gave my number to the driver so that he could contact me directly, and when he called I explained the same thing to him. No worries, he said he'd meet us at the property around 5pm. I warned him not to drive wherwe I'd got stuck the other day, but said if he wanted to walk down by the creek, he was welcome to. He said that sounded great as he'd been driving all day. I gave him the easiest instructions to our property, he said he'd GPS it and I laughed, and said "good luck with that," as GPS has never given us an easy route and we've always just gone by a map.
We got there and no truck. A few minutes later, I get a harried phone call, our driver is lost. GPS had taken him somewhere and he had no idea where he was. Thaknfully, he saw somebody local and they actually led him to ours. He apologised for getting lost and I laughed and told him, "I warned ya."
Unfortunately for us, he was supposed to drop the millings whilst moving, just gently, until his truck was empty. He didn't know how to do that and we just ended up with it dumping in a pile while he was trying to figure out what he had to do. We then spent an hour starting to try to move it (Mark on the tractor) down the way we needed it, with me driving back and forth over it trying to pack it in.
A lot of extra work that could have been avoided. What should have just been a drop supervision and go home to come back today to drive over it, turned into a bit of a fiasco.
So we are back today, and Mark is moving more of it, and I'm down attached to the power pole, on my computer.
Today was supposed to be hot and dry, but came up misty and then cloudy all day, with storms due later. We took recylces to the bins at Conestee, then went to Andy's for a sundae (I NEEDED IT!)
Then, lo! We had some sunshine, and the clouds seemed lighter, so Mark said we could just try coming down, and leave earlier than when the bad storms were expected. Since I just love being here, that's what we did, and for now the sunshine is holding. God is good1
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