I guess my mind has gone into overdrive.

I have begun to think about what has to happen over the next several weeks in preparation for our departure to the seasonal jobsite. First and foremost is the orientation and training for our new employee at the parts store. The employee is female and she is bi-lingual. She is very eager to learn and is a cleaning dervish!

I spent yesterday making some signs promoting upcoming events for the store. We have our annual tool sale coming up next month, and of course we are coming into season for many of our special harvest items the store carries!

We can't sell them if our customers don't know we have 'em!

In addition we are running some specials on a few items in the store. This is kind of the fun part of the store. Trying to determine what items will move as impulse items.

We set it up yesterday with K.O. to bring over his two-wheel drive competition pulling vehicle and display it. It is a neat vehicle, a chopped top five window delivery Chevrolet from the '30's powered by a blown and injected 540 inch big block Chevy! It should attract some attention from the passing roadways!

We are in the early stages for planning for eats as well. We want something easy to serve, not a sit down meal. I'm thinking chopped barbecue sandwiches and individual bags of chips, maybe some peppers, pickles and onions and throw a few sodas in the cooler! Maybe breakfast burritos for early in the day and a tray of cookies to graze on in the afternoon!

This will be my first rodeo with the tool sale. I have attended before but I have never worked one. I know we will have several chain employees who travel with their "rolling circus" from store to store.

I am scheduled off tomorrow. It will be back to K.O.'s and more work on the equipment project. It is scheduled to be out September 21 or 22. I guess I had better find out for sure. We have several brainstorm ideas we need to explore further. Mechanically, we have the equipment functional again!

I talked with Coach this morning on my way in to work. I hadn't visited with him in a while. It sure did make me want to talk with Fred.

Pat and talked some about the interactions we had with Terri and Fred and how it has made Pat have more difficulty dealing with losing Terri while I have had more trouble dealing with losing Fred. Of course some of this is to be expected when you share a room and interact on a regular basis.

Regardless, it still hasn't been easy losing either one!

It is only a week until football starts. We are beginning to make our plans for the OU/ Miami game in Norman on September 8. Coach said the tickets came in yesterday. Rian and I are meeting in Wichita Falls Friday night and driving up Saturday morning. Coach said if we aren't in the parking lot by nine we are too late. It is an eleven in the morning kick off!

Have a day!

FATHER, help me through!