Woo Hoo!

Today's post is a milestone, #1000.

This man is so tired. So tired in fact, I can't sleep!

We have put in so many hours on "our project" that we are flat dab worn out!

BUT, that is behind us now!. We were scheduled to do a show last night and tonight in Sweetwater. K.O. had arranged this while I was still at the jobsite. Who would have thought and who could have known I would have returned only two weeks ago!

K.O. had arranged the equipment rental, and also for me to announce. That meant he had to operate the equipment. So, we were both obligated!

Over the last year we have scrambled to get the equipment "up to speed". It had been dormant for many years. Once that was accomplished we began "improving" the technology. For the last two weeks we thrashed on what we hoped was our last improvement, at least on this version or model of the equipment.

Yesterday we finally rolled the equipment from the shop, fully functional for a test. It performed flawlessly! We began to break it down for transit, loading all the odd and end items that "are required" for support. When everything was ready we looked like gypsies! Three 18 wheelers, a one ton pickup with support trailer, and my pickup, loaded with tools, cooler, and lubricants and various other sundrie items.

I knew that it was going to be a tremendous relief just to be on the road.

That relief was short lived. A short distance from K.O.'s shop, the equipment project experienced a problem and was damaged. Initially K.O. thought it was only cosmetic. From my vantage point I feared the worst. As per usual, I was right. We were lying under it, surveying damage when we discovered a crack a transmission housing and fluid was beginning to puddle.

Dang the luck!

Immediately calls were made and we found another group with a similar piece of equipment who had an open weekend! They agreed to cover for us.

But, I was still obligated to do the announcing. Probably the best thing that the breakdown did was allow me to go by the house and clean up. When I left the house I had only one or two errands, ice for the cooler and batteries for the 2-way radios, before I would gas up and head west.

The show was about an hour late in starting but officials ran a good quick show and we were done just before midnight.

I drove back to Abilene, was probably one of the last customers at Taco Bell, and made it into the house to get some Aleeve and my night time meds. 1:21 the clock read.

Hopefully I can get some rest before tonight's show.

FATHER, rest and renew me!