Just about the time I am getting caught up, another Friday and the cycle begins again!

But I'm not complaining.

I'm really feeling much better about things. I am finally getting all my templates built and that will make for much easier settlements and record keeping. I was able to key and spread loads yesterday so I am much closer to where I need to be beginning the new settlement cycle.

I find my trucks running habitually behind, and that bothers me. Late yesterday I called in and told Trick to call in my night drivers a little early and to tell them I needed three loads from each of them. This morning I am finding one did the three while the other has only done one. Add to this that one day driver was only able to do one load yesterday because the night driver was late getting in with the truck they share, and we were chasing our tail all day long.

Today we have a reprieve. Seed block, so specialty trucks will be coming in. That is O.K., maybe I can divert my trucks to catch up roles. Bad news is, through the weekend we have absolutely no help!

I am so thankful for the positive attitude my on the ground people have this year. They are so upbeat. It doesn't seem to phase them what goes wrong, they just continue forward doing what they know they are supposed to do. I appreciate that.

As of last night when I was in the office we were tagging modules in at a record rate. We have only processed sixteen thousand five hundred bales but we were between sixty and seventy thousand bales tagged in to be processed. That would put this year into fourth place all time! Yikes! I was talking to one producer and he told me he had one place (640 acres) that yielded three hundred fifty bales more than on '05. If this is true across the board this would mean we are looking at 189,997. Double yikes!

Yesterday on Yahoo sports and also in an AP story they had an interview with Kirby. He was talking about this year as a whole, the loss of Fred and TJ, and what role sports play in the total picture. I was impressed and proud. Today they are supposed to announce if Kirby or Kyle will start tomorrow. Kirby was very real in his assessment that if he started it would just be until Kyle was healthy. If the other Hurricane players have matured as much as Kirby, they may be a force to recon with next year.

I caught a quick quote this morning that I liked. It said, "When things are bleakest, plant a tree in your heart and someday a bird will come to sing".

Have a day!

FATHER, thank YOU for YOUR love.