One thing the GM has told me for all the years I've been here is, "Everything is subject to change!"

And they have changed. Plans were for us to do a change in destination for bales and seed today.

Yesterday we received a call telling us that the bale warehouse will not be ready until maybe tomorrow. And, .............. We shipped five loads of seed to Richmond yesterday.

Spontaneous!

Adaptive.

Out of our minds!

All the above.

So, today we will begin looking for that rhythm of how things will flow.

Actually, it is a good thing the bale warehouse is not ready, because we aren't ready either. January 3rd we began the move to Lubbock with our bales and at that time we were told they were looking at Lovington, New Mexico as the next destination. I gave Rick a heads up and asked him to see what it would require to run into New Mexico. As of yesterday we are still awaiting IFTA stickers, registration on the initial five trucks r-tags is complete, just waiting for the money, and hopefully all the necessary signage is ready in waiting.

I am so not looking forward to this transition.

But I am working on my attitude.

Normally when we are home, I will read a book a week. I have been known to sit down and read a new Grisham release cover to cover in one sitting. Out here I get to read very little. So far it has been a little over three months and I have read three books. I started my latest one this week. It is a book that Trc gave me for Christmas called The Secret. I am thinking it is going to be one of those self help, pick you up by your boot straps kind of book. But I will reserve final judgement. The book says the secret is attraction. If you think negative thoughts, you attract negative things, if you think positive thoughts, you attract positive things. Any how, I am working on the positive. I guess I am doing a self study in practicality.

It is wintry out here! Thankfully we haven't had any sleet or ice because it would freeze pretty quickly. Of course tomorrow is supposed to be the worst day.

Krl did a great save late yesterday and threw together some taco soup and cornbread! That is my favorite thing about cold weather, the soups and stews. Before I got in for the night I took a bowl of soup and some cornbread over to Greg, another contractor here in the trailer park. I knew he had had a hard day and he is out here alone. He called while I was in the shower and told Krl we made his day!

We awoke this morning to having no water here at the compound. Zero, zilch. And that is a bad thing at a cotton gin. Actually it occurred sometime after midnight. I have seen them shut the plant down if they have a water pump malfunction or the water freezes. Turns out this morning it was electrical on the supply line side of the meter.

I am juggling truck drivers this morning. My old standby that has been with me for fourteen years called asking to be off. His wife had been in an auto accident recently and has not bounced back, and he told me this Lubbock run is wearing him out.

I am trying to get a read on the pulse of the plant. This past Sunday we flipped the crews and the ginner who runs hardest is now on the night shift. We did have a blast from the past the other day though. Barco, the day ginner went to the doctor and Frank the "plant super" took his place. That meant we had two pedal to the metal ginners! I can tell the difference from who is on what shift by the back log or lack of back log loads on the dock.

Well, I have nothing more of substance to report.

Have yourself a day!

FATHER, we seem to be struggling again.