"Complete Rest"

It's nice when you can call an entire day of wrestling with fallen trees a complete day off. Of course my little tractor and my chain saw helped a lot. We have most of the mess cleaned up. Everything is at least out of the corn field and most of the branches have been trimmed and put on the burn pile. The rest is just straight foward chain-sawing and stacking of the trunks and main branches. We'll plug away at that over the next few days. I'm of course in t drivers seat when it comes to assignments because I own the chain saw.

And yes indeed, no swimming, no running, no cycling and no weighs of any kind today. I'm a little bit antsy right now but I hope the decision proves wise tomorrow. I intend on 150k on my bike followed by 7.5 k in my running shoes. I never did get my bike cleaned properly but I at least got the grease off the drive train and a new coat of oil on the chain.

Speaking of chainsaws, the nice thing about the day was that I made a new friend. I don't mean that I met someone new, I mean I "made" a new friend with my chainsaw. What do you think?



After all yesterday he looked like this...no, no, no...behind Kylie!



He's loyal, steadfast and honest, and he doesn't talk too much. Colby tells me that he looks like a Henry and so that's who he is. Henry William Rooyakkers. He's got kind of a big head which is what inspired the last name.

I wish to dedicate day 282 to Michael Jackson....believe it or not I liked him, and for the most part believed him.

“If you make friends with yourself you will never be alone."---Maxwell Maltz

“Friends are God's way of apologizing to us for our families."---Anon

"Ben, the two of us need look no more
We both found what we were looking for
With a friend to call my own
I'll never be alone
And you, my friend, will see.
You've got a friend in me
You've got a friend in me"---The King of Pop

love
peter