Poor night for the plant.

They had a fire during the night and lost about four hours. Technically they had two fires but what actually happened was they didn't get all the fire out from the first one before they resumed ginning. That made the second fire a sure thing.

What to do what to do. That is the question. The main thing is to just get away from here for a little while and relax. So far this year we have not had a day that we were not rushing and trying to get back to the jobsite. That is one of the reasons I made the trip to town earlier in the week, to take some of the load off our Sunday. Secondly, some of the stops we needed to make are not open on weekends. Today it is all about us!

Reidman stayed another night in Roscoe with Memama and Pepa. Rian and his family had spent the night Friday night with them. Add E and his family in the mix and they had a house full. I bet they had fun. Reid's Mom went to ACU for a womens conference and Rian had planned on taking the boys home to Lubbock. Reid was having such a good time he wanted to stay. Rian said Reid and Holt got to watch their cousins load their show pigs and they thought that was pretty neat. (That might be a Christmas idea). My last report had Pat taking Reid to the field and he was riding a cotton stripper with Hag. I told Rian that Reid might decide to move to Roscoe. That is one of the neat things about a rural setting on the farm. There is always a lot going on. And that is right up Reid's alley!

Our crews flip tonight. Day crew comes in on night shift, guys who got off this morning are off until in the morning.

The GM told me earlier that he didn't think we would prepare a Thanksgiving meal this year. He said he didn't think his wife was up to putting it together. I don't know what he is thinking. She didn't help last year. In fact she only helped one year. Last year we bought everything for the meal and prepared it, then the plant reimbursed us. I even made a list of how much of everything we prepared. I guess I had better look for my list. I can remember 7 turkeys, and 8 gallons of whole kernel corn, and six gallons of mashed potatoes.

What the GM doesn't realize is, the meal is going to happen with or without him. Krl and I have always fed our guys and any others who wandered in. We never turned anyone away. In fact the GM came to me two years ago and asked if we could join forces and feed everyone. His employees were grumbling that he didn't think as much of them as I thought of my people. That had nothing to do with it, we were displaced along with many others and just thought it would be something everyone would enjoy.

It is a lot of work! By the way, we are still taking volunteers to help.

This next week we will begin cooking cornbread for dressing. It would be so nice if we had an industrial strength kitchen. Wednesday night just prior to Thanksgiving Day will find the board room filled with seven broaster roasters and about eleven at night we will put the birds on the fire. Thanksgiving morning will find several of us in the back de-boning the meat while Krl is preparing sixty pounds of dressing. It is not an elaborate meal, but it is good and filling and there are lots of smiles and laughter.

We have two hours off for Thanksgiving.

Have a day!

FATHER rest us well. Rest us quickly.