O.K., I lied to you.

We aren't in the badlands yet!

And while I am cleansing my conscience let me add, I did not go by and tell that doctor all those hateful things I could have. No matter how true they were or how badly he needed to hear them.

Yesterday, just about the time we needed to get really serious about loading up and hitting the road, I had second thoughts. And it was a good thing. Shortly after, Krl got what she terms a "white headache". She likens this to an acute migraine which affects your vision where all you can see is bright white. Of course to drive like this would not be good.

The doctor told her these headaches were more than likely a result of either the small stroke she suffered, a horrible sinus infection, or a combination of both.

With his bedside manner I am surprised he didn't tell her she was a snot nose!

I am sure if I had asked, the houndgirls would have tried to drive. I can imagine Maple Syrple and Phooey in the floorboard working the accelerator and brake pedal, at least until Phooey got ADD and began wanting to fight with her sister. I can imagine the two black dogs at the sterring wheel (hey at least they are big enough to see over the wheel), both of them almost blind as bats being very evident when they are awake. (Hey, they are fixing to be 105 in dog years).

Yep, I probably made a smart decision to wait.

I spent the rest of the day doing things that needed to be done, but things that might not have been done if we had left.

My crowning achievement for the day was filling Krl's SUV with gas and having a coupon that saved me fifty cents a gallon! That's getting it down there close to the two dollar mark! I saved over twelve dollars. (It takes a lot less to thrill me the older I get).

As you can see, the achievement bar was not too high yesterday.

Probably the highlight of my day was cooking supper. Excuse me, but I like to cook. It is therapeutic. I cooked beef tips with bell pepper and onions on a bed of rice with egg rolls. I kind of cheated on the egg rolls though. About a year ago it seems like all the grocery stores changed brands and I don't like any of them so I went by Wok Express and bought ready to eat egg rolls!

By later in the evening Krl was waking me as I sat in my chair! I was tired, I was full, I was happy! I was asleep! Even the premier college football game of the day couldn't entice me to stay up.

If I had been watching USC and known they were going to get beat I would have stayed up. Sorry, I just don't like Pete Carroll or his program. It seems they are always having someone get in trouble. They may recruit from the penal system.

Texas/OU was a good game. I just wish Texas had won.

Miami was behind by 27 at the half. They got beat 33-27. KW had a poor first half, but KF didn't get to play.

Krl and I had a heart to heart yesterday. She told me she was not looking forward to being gone to the jobsite. I told her neither was I, BUT, we do what we gotta do. Probably the thing I will miss most is home. Don't get me wrong, we have about as nice a setup as you could hope for in a travel trailer. Forty foot long, double slide-outs, full compliment of appliances.

But it is not home. I like being able to run to and from the store in five minutes, not a two hour drive. I like the convenience of calling for fast food delivery. I like having an almost unlimited choice to choose from.

I'll admit it. I am spoiled.

My itinerary today. Go WEST young man! Regardless of Krl's headache I have to go to the jobsite. Seven Monday morning is going to come pretty early even if I am there. We are scheduled to run the plant for a while Monday. How much we won't know until Monday gets here. I am sure we will process everything we have on hand. I am optimistic that we will be able to return home at some point during the week or next weekend. In the not too distant future we won't have that option, especially when the plant comes on line around the clock.

So once again, I bid you adieu!

Have a day!

FATHER, don't give up on me yet!