It's almost over. And none too soon. A very busy week to say the least. The variation has not been bad but when I get back to the office my work is stacked up! If I could sleep, my weeks would be much shorter.

I am not really sure what today holds. Krl has asked me to take some time off and we do have some errands we need to do. My biggest problem is that by the time she is up and at 'em I will have been up nine or ten hours and lost a lot of potential for the day. I am toying with the possibility of going to the office for just a brief while and then taking off.

Yesterday was a weird day. From what I was told nothing worked in certain areas. No e-mail, no pagers, nothing. Weird. I wonder if people worked. I wonder ........ .

Now it's your turn to wonder ......... .

My current work opportunity is beginning to show some return on my time investment. Lots of new potential is being discovered. I think the key is going to be to match my strengths and the work where both will flourish. It seems that my role is expanding more and more, sometimes into areas I don't want to go into. In other work related news, my option has been picked up for another year in my seasonal work.

I have mentioned before that the owners of the business I work with have a three year old son. He is a ring-tailed tooter! Rotten! But we have a lot of fun. The office is next door to their house and the area between the office and the house is a kid's dream come true. Toys galore. This kiddo will play and play and then come into the office telling his mother he needs "milkie". Sometimes he will even bring his "tippy" cup when he makes his demand. I have volunteered to help him out, but with the stipulation that if I fill his cup, it will be with "cow juice". He doesn't want "cow juice", he wants his "milky"!

That brought to mind another story that I shared with Krl last evening when we were cooking supper. Years ago when I was growing up and all of us kids were at home, Mom was cooking breakfast. Bacon, eggs, and biscuits! She discovered she was short four or five eggs and commissioned "Coach" to walk the hundred yards down to the neighbors house to "borrow" some eggs. Mom even gave "Coach" an empty gallon ice cream pail to carry them in. When "Coach" arrived he told the neighbor what he needed and she told him to wait just a minute and she'd get him some eggs. In just a couple of minutes they were out the door and headed for the chicken house. "Coach" stood at the door watching as the neighbor quickly gathered several eggs and put them in the pail. When she handed the pail back to "Coach", he looked inside at the eggs and then told the neighbor, "Momma doesn't want "chicken" eggs, she wants "box" eggs!"

It's all in the presentation.

FATHER, thank YOU. Thank YOU for the simple lessons YOU teach us through living. Help me to make my presentation reflect YOU in my life. FATHER I thank YOU for getting me to this point in the week, I ask that YOU bless this day and see me through it. I pray for safety and productivity whether I am in the office or running errands with Krl. FATHER, I ask for guidance for Et and Tj as he weighs job options and they make decisions concerning their family's future. I continue to ask for healing as I battle this summer cold, I also ask that YOU boost me and heal my heart, mind, and spirit. I pray for Krl's health. I ask healing for her body, mind and soul. I continue to lift up Memama, Ol, Hag, B., Lillie, Carol, Michelle, Aimee, Ashlyn Kate, Jennifer, Tori, Tj, Anna, Jess, those continuing to recover from their injuries, Dr. Mackie, Yaenga, and Jeanine. I ask YOUR gift of healing for them. I pray for those who are heavy hearted and grieving from loss. I ask that YOU comfort them. I pray for those of us who struggle as we attempt to follow YOU, show us the way. I pray for our spiritual family and for our leaders. I pray for those who are working to spread YOUR kingdom. Greater are YOU, who is in me, than he who is in the world!