It is way to quiet in this trailer! Krl and the hound boys and girls left yesterday about one. She is picking up mail and a few odds and ends that were needed from Abilene and the hounds are getting haircuts! (go figure, just when it is getting cold they lose all their coat!). I hope to get a few things done around here that are just monotonous and time consuming. Trying to do a little end of year bill/note paying, figuring out which gift suits who in the office, yeah, I guess I am a little bored. I went in to the office and did a lot of data entry yesterday, I picked up shipment sheets from the bale dock this morning and have already started building my model for this week. Nose to the grindstone, butt to the seat!

Usually when I get up I make my way through to the living room and while I am putting socks on, I turn on the TV. Not because I am a news hound but I am a noise kind of person. I may not pay attention to the specifics but if it is turned off or muted, I am immediately aware. Usually we are watching one of the major networks E (east, because we have direct TV and no local service). Yesterday I went through this daily ritual. At one point in the afternoon I thought I had subconsciously misunderstood a news clip so I made it a point to pay attention at the next news cycle. Sure enough it was a report directed at the homeless for shelters with vacancies. I thought to myself, what is wrong with this picture. I realize that some people hearing the report might direct a homeless person to one of these bastions of relief, but the way it was presented it was like "O.K. you homeless people, when you get through watching wheel of fortune or the evening news, pack up that big screen television and come on down to the shelter". It didn't strike me as a sincere. It seemed more like seasonal fluff by the station. I find myself asking if we have become so totally isolated/insulated that we do not understand the magnitude/totality of situations that others find themselves in. I hope not. I am going to do better!

FATHER, I continue to ask YOUR blessings on this day, this week, this season. FATHER I pray for all those who are alone, for those needing shelter, warmth, food, a kind word, or a kind deed. Help us who have been blessed to share our bounty and to share ourselves. I continue to pray for those needing YOUR healing, I ask a special prayer for Maria as she is still in a coma. I pray for healing of the heart, for me, for R2D2, for all that have become hardened and lost. I pray for our spiritual family, that it might grow and spread YOU. I ask safe travel for all of my people as bad weather is predicted. I ask for safe travel for Krl and the hounds as they return to me tomorrow. YOUR will be done!