Yeehaaw!

Tonight is the night I have been looking for. This is the last night for the night crew!

Funny thing is some of my guys thought Saturday was the last night. They didn't work last night and did I have a mess on my hands this morning! But, we lived to tell about it. By one o'clock we had moved five loads of bales to Sweetwater. By end of day we will be caught up and then I am sending all my drivers home regardless of the out come. I told them to be here with bells on in the morning "ready to rock and roll".

I am doing a phase out for my seed trucks. One more cycle and they are done. Some are happy some are glad.

Me, I am ecstatic!

My biggest problem is trying to whittle my onsite crew down. Earlier, all but one were wanting to stay. Today, the tide began to turn. Another told me if he could work through the end of the pay cycle he would be ready to go. The cycle ends Thursday evening. I am trying to get one employee back on with the plant maintenance crew. I had him there last year and felt it might be a career changing move but he came back. Now I think he sees the wisdom of making the move. I am hoping I can close the deal but I don't look for him to be back. He has been with me four years, the poster child has been with me eight. I have always said I won't stand in the way of an employee improving their position. Besides, his english is getting better the longer his daughter stays in public school!

Sometimes I think I have been exposed to too much. I think I have experienced much more than most men my age. Some of it good some of it bad. Probably the most uncomfortable has been sitting in a lawyer's office listening as someone clears the air and the attorney looks at them and asks, "What were you thinking?" "Are you an idiot?" "Did you ever think that your actions could be punishable by imprisonment?"

Right now, I'm living paycheck to paycheck. Friday to Friday. Yep, I think I am doing just fine. I haven't mugged anyone, haven't fingered anyone. Just doing my thing, getting on down the road.

FATHER, may YOUR thing be my thing!