We will avoid missing an entire week of blogging with this effort tonight. It may not be much but it is a small victory. The only real explanation is that the idea well ran dry for awhile. Possibly this is due to the advance aging of the noggin. Some of the reasons are due to simply running amok some days and nights. Honestly, the idea well is still a tad low so we will just toss out some nuggets and try to end on a high note.

The flu and other assorted bugs are running rampant among us. Most of the kids who gather in my house on Wednesday or Friday afternoons are home ill. My daughter picked it up sometime last Friday night. She will remain home tomorrow to get back to full power. So far the bug is bypassing the rest of the household. Yet there is a nagging idea that our time is coming. This is not a fun thought. This is why my yard got cut today should the wave decide to take me hostage as well. All that can be done is to keep the hands washed while avoiding too many who are sick.

We have an open date this coming Friday night. Our local team has the week off from games until the district schedule opens up in two weeks. We need the break. From 2004-2007 our kids won over fifty games. We are into our second year of struggling. Our players and coaches have talent but we are still searching for the ingredient to consistently win. High school football in Texas is beyond a serious matter. It ranks higher than deer hunting or what type of pickup truck one drives. My belief is that things will pick up over the next two weeks.

It almost feels like fall here! Well, it feels as much like fall as it can in East Texas. There was actually a north wind blowing today while mowing. My dad's house in Minnesota is getting a full gale force of fall. A frost warning was even issued for their area last night. We will be lucky to see frost by late November. But it is showing signs of fall as much of my mowing now involves mulching fallen leaves. We will turn around to run face first into the holidays before we know it. At the least, there is a momentary break in constant heat here.

We will attempt to be deeply spiritual and insightful tomorrow. My first hope is to wake up tomorrow still symptom free. The school will have to do without my daughter for at least one more day. Maybe we can all move past this soon to enjoy the weather.

Bro. Trey