Thirteen days in the Ollie count! With an asterisk! *

* Ollie had a stomach bug the other day and didn't go to work and got in big trouble. She said she didn't know what they were going to do, usually they suspend commissary privileges for a period of time, but they suspend the inmate trust accounts fourteen days prior to the release date. With her being inside the fourteen day release window that wouldn't be an issue.

If they wanted to hold her for a few extra days they would have an irate customer!

I didn't receive a confirmation, but Coach was scheduled for release yesterday. When I texted with Colby he told me the plan called for Coach to go to the lake house with a home health service coming by to work with him and monitor his progress.

In a surprise move, the orthopedic surgeon released Ellen to home instead of the rehab hospital. Trc is supposed to come and get Meme's broken hip toys!

Bets was still responsive, although sedated. They were going to try to take out the ventilator tube again yesterday. I think Robs and Wade went there late yesterday.

Pat has been under Doctor martin's care. For the last month she has had laryngitis, or so they think. They have had her on steroids, but her voice has not returned. So the doctor told her no talking! This week she has faxed Memama each day and I usually receive text messages. They do say another possibility is that her acid reflux has damaged her vocal cords.

I spent the last few days on the farm. I finished shredding cotton stalks on the section. I have repeatedly asked Pepa what his plan is for putting up the land and I have yet to get an answer. He is much more worried about plowing terraces up. He has this wild idea in his head that we will use the two big tractors to plow them. But we don't have two tractor drivers. I see another train wreck like the cultivating last summer.

I don't need help like that!

Yesterday I came home a little early, planning on going to a birthday party at Abuello's prior to going out with the group. Just as I drove into the driveway K.O. called me with a forklift seal issue. I made a quick dash into the house informing Krl of the delay in our evening and got on the road to Anson. K.O. and I have almost gotten this seal thing down to a speed science! Probably thirty minutes for the actual repair, excluding travel time, testing and checking and filling fluid levels.

If I had not gone by the Better Burger on my way home it would have been a quick trip.

I decided to run by and pick up my driving check and to see if the January forklift rental check was there, but while en route I decided to call in an order for supper.

They were covered up! They had a bunch of big orders (I would guess for nurses at the hospital or something) and they were boxing them up in tomato boxes! I would venture to say it wouldn't have taken any longer if I had waited to order when I walked through the door!

Long story short, it was after nine when Krl and I walked in Southern Nights. Big "group" crowd last evening. Actually they have been working at combining two groups. There were eighteen of our group, and probably seven or eight of the other.

Two group members have birthdays this weekend, so there was cake for treats!

I had thought the group was going to be fragmented last evening. There was a small contingent that wanted to go to Firehouse where Jake Hooker was playing ($15 cover at the door) while the larger contingent wanted to go to Southern Nights and hear Cody Crouch ($5 cover). For whatever reasons, everyone ended up at SN.

I'm not sure what was going on when we left but there were three cop cars in the parking lot!

I am trying to make a plan for getting driver paperwork from Loop. I really don't want to make the drive if it gets cold and wet! Probably between seven and fourteen days and the gin job will be history for this year!

The gin at Roscoe got through yesterday. 70,379 bales.

Have a day. Two in row and we will call it a weekend!

FATHER, thank YOU for all YOUR blessings!