I don't particularly like the shift change, but if I can make it one more night it may be a moot point.

They had a tremendous run last shift. In fact if they match it tonight, we will once again be caught up to the harvest. Meaning we could have off until possibly Tuesday.

Sweet!

I could be home Saturday afternoon!

I have things I need to do before next weekend, and this would be a grand opportunity!

Already I have been putting plans in place to be off next Thursday, Friday, and Saturday, possibly traveling back here Sunday afternoon. It means I will probably put one extra truck into the mix while I am gone. Hopefully, they could wind things up next weekend, but I think that is a wet dream.

I visited with Chris yesterday. The annual customer appreciation tool sale went well, although there were some glitches. It seems the NAPA rep who was supposed to do the computer prep work failed to do, so every ticket had to be voided and rerun. Chris said they fed about eighty burgers at noon. He was laughing saying the Mr. Chick went to Retta Mae's Thursday for lunch and the waitress told him that Wednesday she only made nine dollars in tips thanks to the feed down the street.

I talked with Pat this morning. Hopefully she is home for an extended stay. It has been five months since she was there more than a week. She took Steph and Chloe home Tuesday.

I have been talking with K.O. trying to develop a game plan for next weekend. Hopefully we have a new player coming on board that wants to train and learn the weight transfer machine. It would be nice to have a hired gun to operate it. I had committed to announce the show but begged off after the problems we had on Friday at Fairfield. I think I m more effective on the ground than in the booth.

The module hauler here thought it was humorous a few weeks ago when DOT was giving us fits. Today the shoe is on the other foot.

I had noticed he was is a foul mood today. He only arrived back yesterday from two and a half weeks at home in Oklahoma. This morning DOT had put two of his trucks out of service near Laredo for being over weight and no Texas registration (they run Oklahoma tags). I think he was looking for a DOT attorney in the phone books.

Just now his trucks have returned to the yard. As they parked, the owner was walking across the yard with several sheets of citations for each truck. I don't know what he did to get them to let his trucks return here with their loads.

Oh well, if you are going to be in this business, eventually your time is going to come.

So, don't make plans for the weekend dear, leave the porch light on!

And with that said, have a day!

FATHER, thanks for allowing us to expand ourselves through new horizons.