I had to laugh at myself yesterday morning. So today, I will admit it. I am an eternal optimist.

While I was slipping my boots on, I had to check my lotto numbers, just to be sure I had to go to work! Ha!

Yesterday was a frustrating day. Lots of waiting, and I'm not a good waiter.

The last couple of days I have gone by my Mom and Dad's on my way to the farm. I start the coffee pot and bring in their paper. The first day no one was up, yesterday Pepa was sitting in his chair. I think my Mom almost takes offense that she wasn't up to fix coffee.

I think I start the coffee so they can't say they could get a dog to retrieve their newspaper and replace me!

When I left there yesterday morning I made a circle through town and talked with Jason. He informed me the spray rig was at this house and it was waiting on me. Our plan was to run by the section to hit a couple of streaks I didn't spray last time I sprayed there. Not that I didn't try to spray them then, there was a miscommunication between my brain and technology on board the sprayer.

We had decided to begin spraying this application at Wastella and work our way back across to Roscoe. I went by the barn to top the fuel tank and my chemical brew. I was very surprised to learn that we had chemical on hand to mix only one batch. For weeks we had discussed the need, and shopping had been taking place and a value buy located, but the chemical had never materialized in Roscoe. I was also surprised to learn that due to a fuel pump issue I couldn't fuel.

In less than two hours, I was dead in the water, waiting. I went back to the barn. Took the nurse tank to town and got a load of water, took the back up fuel tank to town and got some diesel, went to Wastella, fueled the sprayer, back to the barn, parked fuel tank, unhitched water tank pickup, unloaded surfactant empties, unloaded chemical tote.

Oh, and I fed and watered the barn cats!

It was already after five, and when I called to check on our chemical it was still two hours away.

I went home. Of course I can't do anything simple. I had a parts store customer who called me (he calls on my cell phone) wanting me to bring him some items from the parts store. Crazy thing was he had to go to a truck with a problem yesterday and went within two hundred yards of the parts store. But I had the items in my pickup at Wastella.

Best laid plans.

I sat in my chair last night and went to sleep. Sometime after midnight I stumbled to bed. I woke this morning with my pulse racing and short of breath. Another sleep episode. It had been a while since the last one!

So, today I have chemical, I have water, I have fuel. But there is no way I can spray everything that needs spraying today. That means I will probably get to spray Saturday.

I have been needing a Saturday off when it isn't raining.

Oh well.

Have a day!

FATHER, YOU are in control. Work in me and through me, YOUR plan.
I continue to lift Rebecca for your gifts of healing. Peace. Perfect peace.