I hate this time change. I am also not shocked or surprised that new studies show that there are no savings with daylight savings time.

It has been an interesting week so far. Sunday my bale haulers were behind. Monday they were more behind. By days end they had caught up, but it required seven trucks to do it. They pulled fifteen loads total. Last night was supposed to be better but Carlos, one of my hard runners, had pickup trouble in Houston Monday and has yet to come back (he had a child support hearing Monday morning). It would be a shame if we fitted enough equipment in place where he didn't have a spot any more.

I had talked with him yesterday and he told me the fuel pump had gone out on his pickup truck. He was trying to find a pickup to rent and pull his truck home. Of course he would have been better served of he had just rented a pickup or SUV and kept the other information to himself, gone to U-Haul, got a tow dollie and headed toward Abilene! The only place willing to rent him a pickup was Enterprise, but they don't do one way rentals. I asked Carlos to call me and keep me informed of his situation. I have not heard from him since that conversation. Pepa said he called him and Carlos told him he was unable to rent a vehicle and he was going to have to have his truck fixed in Houston!

It seems about a week ago I had given Carlos' brother-in-law the same "call me" speech. Apparently we have a failure to communicate. I did charge "Bubba" a hundred dollar stupid tax for failure to communicate, of course that probably just covered everything he stole. (Maybe).

3068 modules to be ginned! That is what we lack. Sources tell me Inadale finished Monday, Roscoe will finish Wednesday, Producer's in Colorado City will finish this week, and Loraine Coop will finish sometime this week. The only other gin I know of is Anson and they are targeting April 1.

I talked with K.O. the other day and he told me they lacked a little less than three hundred modules at Anson. I told him "Three days!" "Huh?", he replied. I told him, " Three hundred modules would take us three days." "I don't want to hear it", he replied. It will take them three weeks!

I think we are looking at 40 days. That is counting Easter and maintenance Sundays. that makes us get done April 20th. That's two days before my day on the board. Who knows, a little trouble I might win the jackpot. I would sacrifice it to get done!

I have one employee wanting off this Saturday to go to a Quincinyetta (I have no idea how to spell it). One of his relatives is turning 16 down in the valley. This is the same employee who I talked with about his time off. He has had more family emergencies, more funerals, more travel problems than all my other employees combined. He has been warned, he is here at his shift Sunday night or don't come back. I was shocked that Santos and Julio were willing to cover for him. I guess they are just that ready to have some time away from him.

Reid begins T-ball tonight. For Rian, the adventure begins. He said they have been working on Reid's hitting. It seems Reid has a big problem with dropping the bat. Rian says it is really funny! I told Rian that it would be after the first game before they would know "what" they had to have to be in style! I told him a bat, a custom batting helmet, a signature glove, some sort of warm up jacket, and of course an embroidered bag to carry all this in. Rian begged to differ. He went to Academy and bought cleats and a clearance glove along with a bat and four balls (two for the house and two for the league). He said all the parents decided to buy britches, belt and stockings from Play It Again Sports (a resale shop in Lubbock). Obviously some of these parents have been through this before!

Oh, by the way, Reid's team is the Grasshoppers!

Well, I have some computer work to do. Anything to keep my mind off everything that is going on around here.

Krl and I have really been homesick lately. She said that all four hound girls have contracted cabin fever too!

Have a day!

OH FATHER, see us through the remainder of this season. Deliver us home!