Wide eyed.

That is me.

I seem to have a really weird sleeping pattern going. One night is fitful and short, the next night I sleep like a rock.

Sunday night I was awake by midnight, never to find the elusive sleep the remainder of the night. Monday night someone must have turned my switch off. I think I was asleep before my head hit the pillow. Last night, it was a short night. I sleep only briefly before I woke and looked at the clock. It was a little after ten. Three more times I napped before I was done shortly after one.

Of course it doesn't help when I am laying with my eyes closed and I sense someone looking at me. When I open my eyes, Phoo Doo is about six inches from my face staring at me. It seems sleep is elusive for her as well. Of course if I will pet her or rub her belly, she will sleep until I stop.

I am trying to decide if I was dreaming or if it really happened last night. I can remember hearing a racket and the bedroom door opening, but no one was there. I was wondering if Krl had gotten up and fallen, but when I checked she was in bed.

Maybe I am losing my mind.

We were planning on sending the little wild man to the new seasonal work yesterday, but with the weather forecast being what it is, the gin manager changed his mind about going twenty-four hours.

I made the most of it. We borrowed Jason's step deck and loaded the forklift going to K.O.'s work. Then we loaded the day cab truck that has had problems and we made a circle, first the truck at the shop and then the forklift at Anson.

Krl was able to book the driver a load for today.

The other driver can't help himself. If you give him a "window", he will work on the back half of it, allowing no time for any problem. Yesterday it caught up with him. He off loaded in Sweetwater and was to reload in Seminole. He should have been in Seminole by one, but arrived about three and they refused to load him. This is a cotton gin which has warehousing and since the new ginning season has started, they have restricted their loading times. In the past if you signed in by four they would load your. Not any more.

Yesterday this driver's work ethic bit him in the butt.

We are hoping that when the little wild man driver is in Laredo Pete will have us a check to send with him. Pete, our contact has talked with Krl every day trying to figure the loads out. He is at wits end with the girls in their office.

The other customer who is extremely delinquent is not even trying. This is the one who has lied about checks and amounts and then becomes furious when you can't get a hold of her and go around her. Krl threatened to file on the woman's bond for the remaining balance.

I think we need to report their pay history on the load boards we subscribe to.

On the derelict side, I have been trying to get hold of our forklift dealer/repair shop we used out of Midland. I am needing a couple of items and I can't get this man to call me back. For several years, I would send my forklifts to his shop as soon as the seasonal work was completed to be checked out and any repairs made. Then I would allow him to put them in his rental fleet, splitting the rental monies 60/40. It worked well for a few years, then when I picked up machines to return to the seasonal work he told me he could not pay me, even though he owed me $4400. Since then he has opened another location and closed the Midland store, even though he still lives and works there. He terminated all his workers, even his son, and now this man is a walking one man band. He may think I am trying to collect money even though I have left messages telling him I need parts. Of course this neglect in the past could be a reason for the downsizing. For two years I have not paid for one single part I have gotten from him. His son tells me what we have used would not pay the interest on the rental money owed us.

Wouldn't you know it. My early morning MASH has just gone off (4 to 5 in the morning on TVLand) and I have one hour before I need to be getting ready for the parts store and I am getting sleepy.

Darn the luck.

Have a day!

FATHER, I could use a lot of help today.