Finally Friday!

What a week. It has been pressure packed, busy, frustrating, fulfilling, lacking, but most of all it has been very taxing physically and mentally. I didn't realize how tired I am until this morning and I find I am suffering from jet lag without the jet. Eight hours to nirvana. I am really looking forward to decompressing and recharging over the weekend.

LE and Kat came over yesterday to help Meme. I don't know how much they got done but I think they had a good time. Kat is feeling poorly, got a summer cold. LE is growing up. It's interesting to watch them interact. Kat acts the part of the family baby (brat) when other family members are present. She actually is very low maintenance when she is here as an "only child". Both of them are gorgeous, and smart! When I arrived LE was fixing Kat's hair, some kind of extravagant style, put up on top of her head. In a short while she came from their playroom where there is a "dress up" trunk loaded with anything from sequin-ed dresses to formals to wedding dresses. This stop has been a favorite with all the granddaughters. Yesterday Kat was Cinderella (but I kept asking her if she was getting married, she detests boys)! Smart girl.

Krl continues to reman stuff for Robert. I don't see us making the Tuesday deadline we had set for ourselves. That could prove to be a weekend project as well. Of course with all the rain our yard is racing toward the sky! The rain has also made it a big problem to maintain chem levels in the pool, it has kept a tendency to need algaecide ever since the rain began, we have fed it a constant diet of "shock", but with it clouding it is probably going to need the pH balanced. We will not suffer for things to do over the weekend.

Meme and Kat got to talking about the camp out. I think it is still appealing to Kat except for the heat and outdoor plumbing. I have about decided it would be less work for me for them to have a swim party, cookout (complete with marshmallows) and then maybe a inside slumber party. I am really going to be miffed if I put up their tent and it is empty come morning.

Workwise I have finally caught up with my backlog. Of course today it is driver settlements and the cycle will begin all over. Best thing is that at least this Friday I am starting even up. KO and KW have been stripping down the wrecked truck. KW settled with the insurance company and they had been gathering some parts while the adjuster was evaluating damage. Late yesterday they hoped to begin putting on good parts. Maybe by mid-week. We could use it!

I took my meeting with the gentleman concerning the farm. I wasn't far off in my speculations of yesterday. I told him that if he was truly interested the best thing to do was show up Tuesday and bid on the property. The main thing is he wanted to lock in the price prior to the bidding process. He is telling me that he is wanting the place for a hunting/outdoor refuge for his kids and grandkids and he is trying to put together some surrounding properties to total about 1200 acres. While I didn't do what he had hoped for I was appreciative for his not pressuring me after I had told him my thoughts. This man has been a millionaire and a pauper and everything in between on the spectrum, several times over. Stories abound.

The stories remind me a little of Marion Rice Zetzman. I miss old Marion. I would love to play just one song from the "Hooman Jukebox". (Human jukebox).

FATHER thank YOU for carrying me through the week, I am weak and tired and could not have made it without YOU. I ask for YOUR watch and care, YOUR continued strength and wisdom. I thank YOU for the gentle rains and I ask YOUR continued blessings on my farming family and friends in West Texas. I thank YOU for Krl and I ask for her continued healing and renewal. I pray for Addie, Memama, Pepa, Hag, B., Lillie, Aimee, Jennifer, Ashlyn Kate, Jess, Dr. Mackie, Jeanine, Verlin, and S.T., I pray for their healing and care. I pray for those sad with loss and ask for their comfort. I pray for those of us who struggle in our daily walk with YOU, keep us centered. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts to spread YOU in a world that needs YOUR good news. Victory in JESUS.