Lots going on.

We are finishing the Richmond contract seed contract today. We will send one more load, just to be safe that we have met the tonnage.

We will finish the Pyco contract either today or tomorrow, then it will be just be business as usual, with everything going to the oil mill.

All total these contract loads amounted to 360 loads.

I know my driver butts are dragging.

Bale trucks had their problems yesterday. Mainly wheel seals. We had a steadily growing backlog of bales by nightfall but all the drivers made one more swipe at them and we made it through the night. Now my day guys have come in and we areback on track.

I have one truck switched from seed to bales because I had one bale driver who needed to go in to have his medications renewed.

I have awakened today with lots of flu like symptoms. I have had the snots, now I have the headache, the cough, and what I am guessing is a low grade fever. Dang the luck! Actually one of the benefits we have always had out here is we see very few people, so our exposure is limited. Our trip to town could be the culprit or it could be that the bug that has been circling in the plant finally found me.

A little more sharing. In my book I am currently reading about relationships. It says that often times we sacrifice ourselves for others, believing that this makes us a good person. They say this is wrong! To sacrifice your self can only come from lack, meaning there is not enough of yourself to go around, so you are putting yourself last. This leads to resentment. Simply stated, your job is you! When you make you and feeling good a priority, this will radiate and touch everyone close to you.

Unless you fill yourself up there is nothing to give. When you tend to you and your own joy there is a natural overflow.

So, giving should not be from sacrifice, it should be from excess.

Hhmm. I've got lots to figure out!

Weather here this morning is crisp. Early on it was clear, but fog slowly came in.

Last evening my nightshift forklift operator came to me telling me he had a family emergency. An Aunt had been killed in a car accident. He knew that much, and they were trying to find out if his Uncle was with her. My man, his Dad and an Uncle who work inside the plant, and another Uncle who drives a module truck were all leaving last night to go to Houston.

That meant Santos became the one and only man on the ground for my nightshift. Santos is usually a seed loader, although he is learning to operate a forklift. Last night it was time for him to show his stuff.

I went out about two thirty or three this morning and checked on him and he was getting it done, no problem.

I am bringing my floater employee in this morning and letting him work a half day, then he will go home to return this evening to work the nightshift. This man use to be one of my primary forklift operators so that will be no problem!

I had hired an employee on the eighth of February. His name is Fernando and he has been an excellent employee, learning the forklift very quickly. Best part is he speaks a little english! Actually the best part is he is not named Jose. I have had three Jose's this year and if you packaged all of them together they wouldn't make a wart on a forklift operator's backside! Fernando will go to the other end of the complex to help load seed until Herberto returns!

I had hired a guy named Alberto to fill the fill the sixth slot, but he only lasted for a day. I gave him paperwork to fill out and he never returned it. I called him Alberto VO 5. He sent a man by to get his check and I told the man I needed the paperwork. I don't even remember what Alberto's last name was. Yesterday the man who came by told me Alberto had left because he wanted to be paid cash. That may be the story. He wanted cash because he had no papers. Not on my watch!

I shared birthday cake with my day shift yesterday. They all liked Memama's Italian Cream Cake. In fact one of them asked me if I had more.

I may have created a monster!

Hey have a day!

FATHER, I ask that you heal me. Make me well.