I've made a deal with the myself. I am at work this morning even though I am not feeling 100% but that should make it easier on everyone else. At least I will be recognizable, not just a small dot on the horizon far far ahead. Heh! Heh! (I am better today I think).

I am working today because I am going to take some time off later in the week to do some personal stuff. Fact of the matter is I may take a couple of days off. Try to get that comp time pulled down some. It's either that or end up being owed for another week after I leave. (Which would mean I would have two weeks more pay coming, since I am held a week back).

I find my patience a little thin this morning. Everything we seem to need to do our jobs is at KO & DO's house, it migrates there over the weekend. Some items have been out in the open, while other items have not been readily visible. I don't mind going and looking on the table or in the den, but I don't want it to be a scavenger hunt. I refuse to cross the bedroom threshold looking for a dispatch sheet or a rolodex. Anyhow, the wheels literally and physically came off last night. One truck had a problem with a starter in Fort Worth and caught the wiring harness on fire. Another had a wheel bearing seize on the steering axle. KO had worked on the farm all Saturday and worked on trailers on Sunday but failed to get everything completed. Two trailers remain here at the office waiting to be put back in the rotation. The repair list is growing! KO and the owner of the truck with the wheel bearing problem have left to try to get it repaired and home. They were loaded for bear. Jacks, compressor, tool boxes, welder, grinder, assorted parts. Hopefully they have what they need because they will be fifty miles from the nearest truck parts house. It's a Monday!

Aren't drugs wonderful. Saturday and Sunday I found that as long as I maintain med levels I feel well enough to function. It seems I feel my absolute worst when I first get up, the meds have worn thin and the transition from horizontal to vertical is not much fun. Give me a couple of hours in a vertical attitude after taking my tylenol, and antihistimine, throw in my blood pressure meds, a little antacid and I am good to go until the next round of meds, I will spit and sputter a little but I can function. Son-of-a-gun, is that clock moving or not? I need my drugs!

Krl and I were pretty laid back. I am thankful she allowed me to be, because I just wasn't up to doing the yard. I did suffer through going to get dog food, going to Dollar General to get pharmaceuticals and cleaning supplies, and then I made the grocery store. I was gone less than two hours and saved a bunch of money. Worst part of it it was getting it all in the house. The dogs were thrilled to have "pup corn" again.

I felt well enough by mid-afternoon Sunday to have a craving. I wanted an awesome blossom. I wanted to see if I could do better than I did on the fourth of July. My first try at making awesome blossoms ended up with it being a three part delicacy. I had battered the onion after I had used my cutter, but when I put it in the grease, all the batter came off. To get the full affect you had to put your crust back on your onion slice with the dip (as glue). It tasted good but it sure was ugly! I had done everything by the instructions. Now it was time for innovation. They had called for chilling the cut onion in ice water, this time I soaked it in cold beer, I sat aside part of the dry batter to mix with beer and pour over the blossom after I had sprinkled it with dry mix. (I have to be honest, the beer batter has been a preference of the Better Burger for years). After pouring the liquid batter over it, I once again sprinkled it down with all the remaining dry batter. By this time my oil was approaching optimum temperature and I introduced the blossom to the hot oil! It is unbelievable how quickly these things will cook. This time, the batter stuck! Just a few minutes later I removed the blossom and briefly considered not eating it, but putting it in the household culinary hall of fame! Nah! Not only did it look good, it tasted great. We grazed on blossom for the rest of the day. I had thrown some burgers and steaks on the grill but we never got around to eating them before we retired for the night. But that's O.K., we have two more meals cooked for the coming week. And I said, "This is good."

I had dozed off on the couch and Krl slipped out of the house and mowed the back yard. When I woke early in the night it was dark, I was alone, all the hounds and Krl had retired to the bedroom. I migrated that way and enjoyed a restful night.

O.K., I have typed a lot of letters, used a lot of words, when I could have simplified it and said "My weekend was filled with drugs, rest and healing!"

I am looking forward to the long weekend next weekend. A sure sign that summer is ended. Labor day.

My battle about giving notice may be getting easier. KO has kept me busy with multiple tasks. Trucks, trailers, new vs. used. It seems that while I have been otherwise kept busy, KO has done a deal on a truck whose owner is one of the last persons in the world I would be doing business with. Due to this development, the friendship may be taxed.

Well, let's have a day. Thought for the day is this: You will get out of this day what you put into it!

"Git 'er done!"

FATHER, thank YOU for the peaceful, healing weekend. I pray for continued healing and for a blessed week. I continue to thank YOU for Krl and ask for her healing and care. I pray for Addie, Memama, Pepa, Hag, Bets, B., Lillie, Aimee, Jennifer, Ashlyn Kate, Jess, Dr. Mackie, Jeanine, S.T., and Karen. I ask YOUR miracle of healing for each of them. I pray for those sad and heavy hearted with grief, I ask YOUR comfort for them. I pray for those of us who struggle to follow YOU, keep us centered and give us YOUR purpose. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I ask YOUR blessings on the efforts being made to expand YOUR kingdom. All Hail YOUR power!