Here at the jobsite, things continue to progress. I think we are just under eight thousand bales from being halfway. While we are looking forward to this milestone, we realize what a journey it has been to get to this point. We also realize that at 155,890 and every bale after, it will be new and uncharted territory.

I had an e-mail from Pat this morning. She said Hag has been quite the trooper. They are home and he is doing well. He has to go in to have his blood levels checked Monday.

She also gave me some news. It isn't my place to tell WHO, but they are going to have twins!

Neat, neat news! At the Brownwood reunion that will mean three sets of twins and one set of triplets.

Yesterday Krl and I made a quick jaunt to the bank to make the weeks payroll tax deposit. When I was leaving the President of the board hollered at me and told me when he got through with his business he wanted to talk with me. We stepped into the foyer and he told me he had been trying to catch me to talk. He thanked me for turning in my application and resume for the GM position at the compound. He said they were a little surprised when I did. He told me they felt I was in the top four candidates, and it probably wasn't fair to me, but they really didn't want to lose me as a contractor. He went on to tell me they had offered the position to a gentleman but he had asked them to keep it quiet until he had opportunity to tell his board at his current job.

I told the board President I had only turned in the resume because some patrons had asked me to do so, and best of all it didn't cost nothing to enter that rodeo. I also told him I would hate for them to hire some chicken s__t just for want of a better candidate. Oh well, nothing ventured, nothing gained.

Yippee kai yea!

Things are really pretty good here at the compound. My forklift dealer finally brought our machine that was new in October back to the compound. It only took them a week to fix what they should have been able to fix on site. Within minutes of returning our machine and picking up their loaner, a hydraulic seal gave it up. It was in one of the cylinders they had just rebuilt. They had to come back and rebuild the cylinder once again. Turns out they had left the nut on the ram or rod loose.

We had a little fun with a the newest truck driver yesterday. He had called telling me Cricket had a brain fart and took the fuel card from the big truck. This man told me he had to have fuel. I told him to look me up at the compound and I would fuel him on my card. I was on the bale dock helping strap loads (we had three trucks arrive together) when this man drove up. He came to Herbert and I and asked, "Are you D?".

"No", I replied, "I haven't seen him in a couple of weeks.

That was all Herbert needed to run with. He just built from there. In a few minutes the man came back to me and asked "are you D". I told him those were fighting words! Finally we could stand it no more and began laughing.

I know, it doesn't take much to entertain us out here. Dung beetle races and wild goose chases!

Krl and doing GREAT on the driver and truck settlements. I could use a weekend that wasn't too intense.

Have a good day! Happy Birthday Holt and Erica! The big 2. (For Holt, I won't say how many birthdays Erica has celebrated!).

FATHER, thank YOU for the good reports, the good news. I continue to lift Hag up to YOU for your gifts of healing and comfort. Be with the new twins as they form and grow. Bless Holt and Erica on this their birthday and many more to come.