Physically I cannot do a whole lot of tasks very well, but one my body has perfected is "snot" production!

"Nuff" said.

Krl and I both are puny and as our luck would have it we are out of antibiotics. Wednesday I began to feel a little weird and by Wednesday night I had a low grade fever. Well, we are into full bloom!

We need some drugs! What I would give for some Amoxicillin or an industrial strength antihistimine! Lucky for us Becky, one of the girls in the office, was in town yesterday and got us some night time cold relief and its daytime counter part. We might not be healing but we won't know the difference.

The GM has been hospitalized for the past week with flu that became pneumonia. Fact is he spent most of the week in ICU. This is two stints in the hospital in a month.

This week has had the most absolute horrible winds we can possibly have. They have been gentle breezes from the east which takes all the dust and folds it back over the compound until it resembles a heavy fog. Even our Oreck industrial strength air purifier in our trailer went into lock down.

My new guess for completion is March 26. Frank's is March 28. We are at 135,000 bales with just over 2000 modules to go. We are beginning to see the end although there is much to do.

We are so juked up with cabin fever that we can hardly stand it. Yesterday I talked with Trace about the house project and she was buying accents. She had conferred with Krl about some colors for the bedroom and they ruled out scarlet and cranberry. I told Krl that I wanted burlap and denim. Turns out what Trace picked out was khaki and denim with a grass rope border. Now that sounds country to me. I should feel right at home.

Trace asked when we would be home and I told her I was waiting for her to tell me when I could come home to die (I felt really rotten at the time).

Krl and I are trying to figure out some changes we are thinking about when we get home. One of these is a possible church change. There are lots of churches close to where we live. This would also involve a change in Sunday school, which is more like a small group. I have really made an effort to participate in any and everything the class has done in the last year and a half. From numerous moving projects to the oasis meals, to pot lucks. Probably one of the most disappointing things is that we have received only one e-mail which consisted of less than a dozen words from our sponsoring elders wife (responding to our e-mail to the class) and Krl received one card that a classmate sent to the house (thinking she was there). There is also a couple in the class who at one point were friends who Krl had worked with in the past and tried to work with again. People change. Things didn't work out. I told them the work was not worth ruining a friendship, but not in their view I guess. Anyhow, they seem to have a real problem with attending if Krl or I are there. I would rather not be a stumbling block.

The Highland family is quite a group. Large and diversified. There are numerous benefits, however we may be at a juncture where another church is a better fit. We are trying to not be too quick in our decision making and who knows, if we return on our return, it might be just like an old glove.

Memama and Pepa are in Brownwood today. All of her surviving siblings are meeting at Rob's and Jess's. Jess's health prohibits him from traveling. They will celebrate Memama's upcoming birthday (March 7). She will be 75 years old and each day marks a milestone for her family's life length. I want to say Great Grandmother McLeod ("Mama McLeod") was in her nineties when she died but I know Jo (the older sister) died at 60, Memaw and Gan Gan died at 67 and 61 respectively so Memama has the full attention of her pep squad of sisters and brother cheering her on.

Be the real deal.

FATHER, we feel disconnected. We feel isolated. Surround us with YOUR angels. I ask for our healing, physically, emotionally, spiritually. I pray for safety for Adam and his men. Keep them from harm. I lift up those in need of YOUR gifts of healing and care. I pray for those hurting from loss. I pray for those of us who struggle to follow YOU. I pray for our spiritual family and our leaders. I pray for the efforts being made to expand YOUR kingdom. I pray for Richard, Anastacia, James, and Terah that they would fear YOU and keep YOUR commandments, knowing that all deeds good or evil will be known at their judgment. I pray for our prayer partners Jenavene and Susan that we would bask in YOUR light. LORD lift me up.