We should have taken a couple of days off to rest up so we could enjoy finishing the the season!

ARRRRGGGHHHH! And the beat goes on (or in our case the hum). It is almost like watching paint dry. Try as we might the season is closing at its own pace. Anything we do to accelerate it seems to have the opposite affect. We are all so spazzed that we couldn't grab our butts with both hands and a road map! (Now that is spazzed).

I have been up since shortly after midnight monitoring progress. I began phasing trucks out late in the day and right now the final seed truck is loading. It is a catch twenty-two, if I bring too many trucks back there won't be loads for them all so I want to get it like Mama Bear's porridge, just right! I really don't mind if the last truck goes out light as long as I get him gone. On the other end it is somewhat easier as I can continue to cycle bale trucks and trailers as we move forklifts and supplies home. We did begin to drop trailers at the yard during the night, trying to push down the numbers.

Krl and I put in a long day doing bookwork. We finally just quit. We don't lack much but we were both getting very short and irritable. To add to the high anxiety, the hourly people are leaving and they want pay, bonus, and W-2. I had told them checks would be ready by noon but one of them (who finished his final shift last evening) planned to leave during the night. So, stop what you are doing, close out that program, put in the payroll and figure and print, pull up the incentive and figure and print. Luckily the W-2's are printed, but not in envelopes. I think Krl and I may have to have a day just for us to regroup!

We have reservations for this evening in Midland. Kind of a last supper celebratory outing. It has been a long exercise, frustrating at times, rewarding at times. I think all of us can take pride in being participants when years down the road our season is compared in the record book. Of course as they say, records are made to be broken. Lord willing we will all meet back here in six or seven months and attempt to do just that.

FATHER, I am thankful for all YOUR blessings, I am thankful for YOUR love, YOUR mercy, YOUR grace. I am thankful for YOUR watch and care through this season. I ask YOUR continued guidance as Krl and I close the books and reports. Help us to be patient, help us to be thorough and accurate. I continue to lift up Hag, B., Lillie, Rene, Carol, Michelle, Aimee, Rusty and Kim's baby, Jennifer, and those injured in the Highland accident. I ask YOUR healing for them all. I pray for spiritual healing for those searching for YOU. I ask for healing of the hearts and minds of those having special needs. I continue to ask for YOUR guidance in our parenting issue. YOU are GOD our FATHER, who was and is and forever will be, how great YOU are!