Yesterday afternoon I received an email from Will Wenholz, my winter boss who explained that if we (D.C., Ja and I) decided to go to Vancouver and work the Olympics instead of train for HAPA in Phoenix, that the company would be less than pleased. The language was very strongly worded and caused me a little anxiety and mixed emotions about the response of a company that I have felt very devoted to. As you know it does not take long for anxiety long to turn to anger and I found my feathers were ruffled yesterday afternoon. So I have some soul searching to do and make a decision what I want to do.

I love training new drivers and I feel a good trainer with a positive attitude is a great benefit to the company and to the student or potential employee. I know it made a great difference to me having a great trainer and I try to pass that on to my students. But, it is not the part of the job that you make any real money working since it any wages are wiped out by your living away from home expenses and travel expenses. Until this coming season, I have the past 6 years as a trainer without Sandy. This will be the first year that Sandy is to accompany me during training and I am looking forward to it. So Thursday will be the day I decide which way I am going this year, be it Vancouver or Phoenix.

This morning I drove Sandy to the dentist office in Fort Worth and she had her first checkup and professional cleaning in several years. She has not had dental insurance, so she does her own cleaning and dental maintenance here at the house and her teeth look great. The dental hygienist took all the required x-rays and gum checks to find that Sandy was going to require a little more work than originally thought. Three hours and $400.00 later, she returned to the car, not able to eat any hard or crunchy items for 24 hours and consumed four Advil to help her cope with the pain. She loves dentists almost as much as I do. :)

J Dub received a letter from the Nebraska unemployment office advising him that his appeal on the ruling of not paying him unemployment benefits from Werner Trucking had been overturned and he will be paid all the back pay he is due. This is great news since he borrowed some money from Sandy and I until he found employment. He has obtained a job driving school buses and seems to really enjoy it. We hope he can make enough money to support himself, and save a little to pay his way back to Alaska this summer where he will be going to drive tour buses again.

A big cold front is coming toward Texas Thursday and we spent the afternoon preparing the outside of the house for this impending storm. Where is this global warming Al Gore is talking about. The Bering Sea froze more two years ago than it has in decades, so what is going on with mother nature?

Also today, I received my order of Julia Child's "Mastering the Art of French Cooking". Sandy I watched the movie Julie and Julia a few weeks ago and I ordered the books, so we can begin to cook some of the meals they showed in the movie. Wish me luck,,,we may need it. :) Have a good day and talk to you soon.