That was a very fitful night, in every sense of the word, literally and figuratively.

Phooey couldn't get settled which makes things difficult for Krl, Maple and me. Apparently Krl had either a tummy ache or a toothache because she was up and down all night. When I come to my computer in the mornings and she has been playing free cell, she's been up a long time. Once the hooligans had vacated the bed, Maple and I were able to go to sleep. For me it was doubly fitful. Of late I have an extremely hard time finding a comfortable position where my shoulders don't ache. Lots of tossing and turning, a recommended dosage of night time pain relief, but last night was terrible. At one time I woke up and some how I had gotten under the fitted sheet and was between it and the mattress pad!

And for my next trick ......... . I think for all of us it is the anxiety of having to leave tomorrow morning. This too will pass.

Krl had a doctors appointment. She gained four pounds! Yea! She was very disappointed in her doctor. He use to be so perceptive, prompt, and seemed to be genuinely interested. Since Krl began seeing him again, he has been behind his appointment schedule both times and rushed Krl in and out. She wanted to discuss with him some really bad side effects of the med changes he had made and he just discarded her concern telling her "this too will pass". (I told Krl that if you could figure out how to swallow a car, this too would pass.) She was extremely disappointed and is threatening not to go back. While we were out and about Krl wanted to grab a quick bite to eat so we did. This was the first time we had eaten out since our anniversary. We then went to the equipment yard and got the S-10 pickup. I had gotten a bill and a nasty note from the manager so I took great pleasure in going in there and telling her we were relinquishing the company's storage bays. She had been bent because I hadn't put one of the trucks in it's bay one weekend. I had parked it outside. Big woo!

I then made a trek to KO's to return some items and pickup a few of mine that he had. We visited for a brief while although about nothing important. He did tell me they we picking up their first load from their new customer yesterday. That little business is really unsettled at the moment. Traditional customers are slow for some reason.

I spent a portion of my day researching cell phone number portability and the Federal mandate which took affect May 24, 2004. I am preparing a certified letter requesting our current cell phone service provider release our numbers either to us or our proposed new cell phone service provider. Everything I have found concerning cell phones is that contrary to what they tell you, "You can take it with you!". The only exception is if you are moving hundreds of miles to an area not serviced by that number. (Ie; San Francisco to Dallas). Supposedly if you have a problem the FCC will deal with it for you if you go through proper channels.

I had begun my final project prior to the move. I just need to get back on track. I am having to unload everything from my company pickup bed and load from the floor up. I have sheets of plywood to load, to be followed by some two by four studs before we can get to the necessities like barbecue grill, supplemental refrigerator, and clothes. (Yep, it is a remote area but we do wear clothes although in hot weather it may be limited to a loin cloth.)

Later today I need to go see the company's tire dealer and have a tire adjusted. It is a rite of passage every year that one of these tires "pops" during the move. (And these are top quality Kelly's. The last two seem to have had seam faults.)

I am trying to make my mind up about our fenced yard at the jobsite. For years I have constructed a "bright orange construction fence" (it worked well at Halloween). This year I am thinking about changing to a little more durable structure. In fact I think I can probably do the change for less than fifty dollars because I can continue to use the posts and such.

Krl has been on the phone getting all the utilities turned back on from "vacation". Talk about close, when I suspended our Direct TV service I was asked (as is customary for them) "When service would need to be restored". I told them October 1. Missed it by two days. Now I will have to make a call and ask them to move it up a couple of days.

For those of you who e-mail, we will be changing our "freeson" service provider (I hope). We now have opportunity to go to DSL out there. Last year we received the modem but it was so near the end we didn't install it. All we are planning on changing on the mail address is the @address, so keep checking back and you can get the new @ portion of the address here!

Well that ought to do it! I don't know if I will publish tomorrow or not. It all depends.

FATHER, I hope YOU are ready for this because I'm not. I'm gonna lean real hard! Thank YOU for the opportunity, thank YOU for being there when I need you and even when I don't. Thank YOU for being YOU! May my day, this week and this season be filled with YOU.