We've been in Houston for about a week now, probably be here for another few days while our truck gets fixed. We took it in Monday afternoon and the guy said it would probably be 2-3 days before he got back to us, so on Thursday afternoon I called to get a status... he has one transmission guy and he hadn't been able to look at it, was taking the weekend off and the new estimated earliest time was now sometime on Monday. In the meantime we are paying for a rental. I don't understand people these days. Good customer service (to me) would be telling us - as soon as he found out - that it was going to be a week, and if we wanted to come get our truck and drive it in the meantime instead of paying $54/day for a rental, we could keep our place in line. But maybe that's just me.
Anyway, we can't drive 600 miles with it acting the way it does, so we're stuck. Mike spoke to his boss and they may have some work in the Houston area, if that's the case it will help us out. We are running on fumes at the moment.
Mike and my sister-in-law went to Austin this weekend. I decided to stay here. It's nice to have a little time to myself, but mostly I'm tired of traveling and just didn't want to make the trip or pack again. I know in a few days we have another 10-11 hour trip ahead of us and I hope that is the last for a few weeks.
Still working on the business plan. Got more input and am taking that into consideration. It's a catch-22... keep it in Gainesboro where we initially planned it, or move to a more densely populated area. One means a more affordable building, which keeps our already large loan amounts somewhat under control... or spending more money on a smaller building where more people are closer. I think the business itself is solid, it's just a matter of being able to pay for it all and make a large enough profit to be able to pay everything back and start earning income. So yeah... catch-22.
