Take this week and shove it!

I don't know if that would help anything because I would have to determine a place to shove it, but oh do we have a lot of candidates and orifices that would be in contention!

I repeat from my previous blog, (for the most part) people are just no darn good. What should have been a really laid back boring day turned out to go on and on and came alive with miscues and problems. Some of the people who have been our poster people for reliability and dedication were anything but that.

I had my eight hours in by three. There were just a few odds and ends to tie up before I left the office for the day and week. I had two drivers I could not reach. One was delivering to San Antonio early Friday, the other was having his truck serviced and washed. The first I needed to be sure delivered, the second I needed to give his weekend pickup schedule for a delivery to Durango, Colorado Monday morning. I finally put together enough phone numbers, comchek sequences, load numbers, and baloney info that I felt I could leave the office, go by our core customer to inventory trailers and give trailer numbers to go with load numbers for the customer to load during the night. When I walked into the dock office it was simply to drop off a few numbers, we were sizing everything up and almost had it all on paper when the dock foreman had a funny look on his face.
"You have a Lubbock load that never picked up today", he said.
"Do what?", I asked.
More investigation revealed that yes there was a load still staged on their dock. They had been so busy all day that they had not noticed it until they looked at our company dispatch log. Turns out a driver that usually drives us up the wall didn't drive anything anywhere Friday. Says he didn't know. Stupidity is no excuse for being dumb! I should have wondered about him instead of just thinking it was nice to not have him calling and tattling about everyone else. He wasn't happy but he is doing an early Saturday delivery to Lubbock. Yep. Doing that split weekend deal. Friday and Sunday. If you live by the sword you die by the sword.

It took me three tries coming home and until eight o'clock before I was in for the evening. Ollie and Kenny changed their plans for the umpteenth time, so we are withdrawing our offer of accommodations for them. Now and in the future. I detest people who can't make a plan and keep to it. Rian came by the house as I made one of my quick treks (my first try at coming home). He is so full of himself I just don't enjoy or want to be around him right now, even though I would love to see Reid. In fact I told Rian to make alternate arrangements to get to the golf course in the morning. I am carrying through with my personal plan, I am going to Skillet's for breakfast buffet (at least I know the company for the meal will be good), then I am running to the office and finally I will end up (maybe) at the golf course.

Talk about a thrash, Krl and I were looking all over for my golfing gear. I have not played one single hole in four years and ten days. The other son-in-law (the first one, who I hoped was THE son I never had) kept my clubs for a year or two. He finally left them in the travel bag in the garage. I did a quick inventory and it didn't take a genius to figure out why he had brought them back. He wanted me to reload. No tees, no balls, no gloves, no towel. Nothing! I hate to make uninformed decisions. When I buy golf balls it is like buying stocks. I am not spending money I cannot afford to lose. Anyhow, my bag is restocked. The mood I am in I wonder if they have a monster truck golf cart I could rent............. I'd better get there early.

Krl and I were talking last evening about the feeling that we need to pull in our circle. I am all for it! Actually this has been the best time for Krl and I in the past. No outside interference, just people you can count on, us. It was really interesting to hear Krl voice what I had thought for some time. I would love to just walk away, and disappear. Poof!

FATHER, I need the weekend. I need relief. I need deliverance from idiots. I need to insulate myself. FATHER I pray for Krl and her healing. I pray for those near and dear who are in need of healing. I pray for those sad with grief. I pray for those of us who struggle in our efforts to follow YOU. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts to expand YOUR kingdom. Sweet retreat.