I have been off one day all week long! I don't know if I was just trying to rush my week along or what.

Anyhow, Colb, I know your birthday is the 8th!

Truck and tractor pull tonight at the West Texas Fair. It has been twenty years since they last had a pull. Thank you Tony Mc! If you didn't have a horse he didn't want to talk to you. I bet his unawares had horses printed on them. Well, he is dead and gone and there is a new sheriff in town.

My buddies, K.O. and D.O. stopped in for a visit and ended up selling a show! They have been hard at work this week and I have spent Thursday afternoon and all day Friday helping them. I can't believe how little help the Expo Center is giving.

It will all be O.K. when it is over!

Abilene High lost last night. Their seventeen game winning streak is over. The lost to Florida Cocoa 24-21, but didn't have the services of one of their star players.

Pepa bought a sit in vertical bath tub earlier this week. Thursday he went in to set up double knee replacement. I told him I don't understand, if he bought the tub does he need the knees or if he gets the knees does he need the tub? Maybe sub-consciously he knows he won't do the rehab.

And,

Have you ever thought you had something but ended up disappointed? It can be a possession, a vehicle, a friend of even a family member. Upon closer scrutiny maybe it revealed that it had been damaged and repaired, smoothed over with filler and shined to a lustre.

I knew a person who purchased a stainless steel grill that a time of purchase was gorgeous. Shiny and pristine. But after a brief while the stainless steel began to rust. It was flawed. It just took some time for the flaw to become visible.

The same can be said for friends and or family. Sometimes you think you know a person and then "true colors" are revealed. Sometimes the most perfect appearance hides the most horrendous flaw.

The really sad part is that most times an individual believes they are safe when in essence they are nothing but hypocrites trying to act out a role.

I suppose that is one thing I can appreciate my grandfather for. He taught me that it is better not to put on airs and pretend, but better to be real and try to live it.

My day today. Haircut. Pre-game. A little home work. Do the show. Come home and unwind!

Have a day!

FATHER, help me to know the difference between on the surface and in my heart. I pray for a blessed day. I lift up Joe for YOUR gifts of healing. I lift Up Jimmy's family for YOUR gifts of comfort in their loss. Work YOUR plan in me. May my day bring glory to YOU!