How much farther to the weekend?

Long Wednesday. Short night. Even though I woke early, I was able to catnap off and on. I finally crawled out of bed at six-thirty. With just a little encouragement I would have stayed home today.

I have a backlog of work here at the office to catch up on. Two days out and it piles up. I have loaded absolutely zilch from the "good book" this week. I have been good to enter daily fuel purchases and the pay settlements, but that is only a small part of my weekly work.

This is going to be an interesting day. My hands are very sore from yesterday. Three blood blisters, a couple of skinned places, a scraped wrist and a cut on my arm, and I am supposed to be on the computer all day! I don't think I have a whole lot of dexterity today, so I may have lots of double letters and numeral mistakes. That could make these spread sheets look really good or really bad.

Pat came to Abilene to pick Kyle up at the airport. His plane was due in at four Wednesday afternoon. A line of thunderstorms came through just as they were arriving so they circled until it was clear enough to land. When Pat and Kyle arrived at our home his eyes were as large as silver dollars! It will be a while before he wants to fly again! He told me he sure was glad to set foot on ground! This was a treat because this is twice we have gotten to see Pat this week!

KO and his entire family, wife, kids, Mom, Dad, Brother, sister-in-law, and niece are going to the De Leon Peach and Melon Festival. They will participate in the truck and tractor pull, tonight and Friday and Saturday. KO has been burning the midnight oil getting tractors ready. He is hoping to have his final engine in the shop floor by noon today. Then as soon as it is in the chassis, they will load up and hit the road.

There has been a "Hatfield and McCoy" feud going on between the O's and the Mc's for almost a year and a half. It began when each felt the other was stretching the rules in the econo rod tractors, the final straw was when a member of the O family that worked for the Mc's quit, to go back and work in the O's family enterprises. All sorts of allegations flew! I have sat on the fence, simply telling everyone how childish it all was. Word is though that I have been blackballed by the Mc's because of association since I am working for KO in his business. Finally the O's just parked their competition vehicles. Now they (the O's) have decided to go back to the last set of written rules for the engines and they have thrashed, putting engines back together. My view has always been that this sport is recreational and when it becomes more than that for a person, that person needs to move on. Thing is, both sides were probably guilty. They always try to snooker one another.

Well, I want to do warp time today. Get a little closer to the weekend. Have a day! Good day!

FATHER, take me and fit me where YOU see fit today. I hurt, I ache, I have much to do. With YOUR help, I will see it finished. I continue to thank YOU for Krl and ask for her continue 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 ask for YOUR miracle of healing on their behalf. I pray for those suffering from loss and ask comfort for them. I pray for those of us who continue to struggle to follow YOU. I pray for our spiritual family and for our leaders. I pray for the efforts to expand YOUR kingdom. When I am weak, YOU rescue me. Glory to GOD in the highest.