I awoke a few minutes ago because Annie Dog needed to go outside. I had gone to bed early, feeling really tired. I think I was in the middle of a bad dream when she woke me. Anyhow, I'm just feeling rather uneasy about life. I guess I should say, I'm worried.

Like many Americans, JR and I are really feeling a financial squeeze right now. I simply don't know how I will pay this month's bills. Partly, it is our fault that he took 3 weeks off for hunting season, but he did build fence, cut wood, and work with the cattle during that time, too. Besides, he hadn't been home for over a month.

Now, he is back on the road and the economy is really slow. There just aren't that many good paying loads out there and he ends up with a lot of down time. I keep hoping it will improve. I have to stay positive because to think anything else and I would just loose it.

I know many of you are in the same situation and just barely making ends meet. I also know that I won't starve and I'm not sleeping in a Hobo camp under the bridge. So things could be a lot worse.

I need to think positive and to remember that as a child of God, He will take care of me. Some of you may not have such faith, but for me, that faith is the core of my existence.

Okay, I'm gonna try to go back to bed and go back to sleep.

Annie :o)