Forgive me for sleeping in. What a slackard I am. It sure was nice.

I will accept any improvement as monumental. I've been up and down for the last five hours. I could still be in bed but I wouldn't be sleeping, my tossing and turning would only be disruptive for Krl and Maple Syrple.

Talk about rags to riches and rising to power. Maple is a little hussie! Eight months time and she's gone from the streets, to Rescue the Animals, to self appointed queen of our house. We didn't know it at the time, but she was sent here to be boss of this house. At this very moment she is curled up in a ball and backed up against Krl in the middle of our bed. Actually she began on the far side and throughout the night she has gradually pushed Krl across the bed to my side. (I will have to give her a doggie treat because this trick could be valuable come winter). It has been really fun watching her as she has adjusted and become more secure with us and the other hounds. While she is getting better about sharing, every once and a while we still see that street mentality. She's a little hustler. It's a good thing she doesn't have to work for a living because it would be hard to work around her sleep schedule. Just about when we are ready to go to bed, she lights her fuse and wants to play. Best part is all the other hounds now have an exercise program "watching" her play. I can only imagine what they are thinking, "Ouch, that's going to hurt when you get old!"

What a crazy day at the office. 2'sday was nutz. It was a breakfast scrambler all day long. Scrambling for trailers, problems with power units, drivers and dentists (score dentist 2, drivers 0). We had one trailer that I had done some work on about six weeks ago. All we lacked was making some adjustments on the door cables and aligning it on the tracks but before we could finish it a higher priority problem came along and my project trailer was put back in the equipment repair line. The trailer shortage yesterday required it to be the priority! I was well into my day when KO came into the office and told me he was going up the hill to the shop to work on the trailer. About an hour later he called and was in a predicament. He was almost done but he was inside the trailer with the door closed and he needed a tool from outside. Problem was if he opened the door he "would not pass go" and would have to start over again. I got to a stopping place and went up the hill and helped him finish the trailer. By nights end this trailer has been to the metroplex and back having been loaded and off loaded two times.

We had one truck that was spazzing. I don't know if it has some wiring that got wet or what, but it has to be something weird. Onboard computers are great, when they work. The protective circuitry monitoring vital engine information is wonderful. Some of the interfaces are suspect, to say the least. Our problem yesterday coded out as a defective throttle sensor. Mash the accelerator and all that happened was ........ you mashed the accelerator. We talked with a local shop and they told us that if the driver could drive the truck with the cruise control (using the accelerate and coast features to shift gears), the computer would bypass the foot pedal. This was the only option outside of a tow truck. What we needed was an expert playstation player to drive this truck. The trucker was able to get going, headed to the shop but it appears we may have a different problem. It seems that when the speedometer is functional everything works fine but on occasion it will "peg" and the foot pedal becomes useless. Sounds like gremlins to me!

The end of my day came with KO moving trailers, getting his service trailer and replacing a blown out tire and then replacing a wheel seal and checking some bearings. It looked like he was going to have a late evening. The price of ownership!

I am probably going to begin training TJ to do my spreads today. I told her that I feel that it is do-able in about two and a half or three days a week. My problem is that I don't ever know what might happen that would require me to be out of the office and often times I am relegated to playing catch up. The spreadsheets themselves are not a full week's work. Currently TJ has been working twenty to twenty-eight hours a week. This might end up being a full time gig for her!

We received a call yesterday from the truck dealership with that gorgeous black and chrome Peterbilt we test drove last week. While they didn't accept KO's offer, it must have been close enough for them to continue to toy with the bait. There is no doubt we could use the equipment. The problem "is" with this particular piece of equipment. Tires, brakes, engine brake, air leaks, radio. Do they really want to sell this piece of equipment? We have yet to find a salesperson that has driven this piece of equipment so they have no idea what we are talking about.

As usual, the highlite of my day was coming home to Krl. Yesterday was even more special because when I arrived home she had prepared a feast. Chicken breasts stuffed with mushrooms and brown rice, squash dressing, green bean casserole, sweet potatoes, and cranberry sauce. Wow! It was wonderful. Thank you sweetie. By the way, she is unavailable and under long term contract!

Hump day. Harrumph, harrumph! Have a day!

FATHER, for YOUR love I am thankful. I thank YOU for YOUR mercy and grace. I thank YOU for YOUR faithfulness. YOU are good. YOU are great. There is none other than YOU. I ask that YOU continue to mold my week and this day, and that YOU use me as YOU see fit. May YOUR light shine in me. FATHER I thank YOU for the relief from my back problems. I thank YOU for Krl and I pray for her continued healing and recovery. I pray for Addie, Memama, Pepa, Hag, Bets, B., Lillie, Aimee, Jennifer, Jess, Dr. Mackie, Jeanine, Verlin, S.T., and Karen. I ask YOUR gifts of healing and care for them. I pray for those sad and heavy hearted with grief and hurt. I ask YOUR comfort for them. I pray for those of us struggling to follow YOUR way. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts being made to spread YOUR kingdom. Greater are YOU who is in me.