I'm in Elk City, OK tonight, which is near the OK/TX line. Tomorrow morning I'll head on into TX, cut South in Amarillo, and deliver a fire truck in Lubbock.

Thankfully it seems the severe heat wave of the past week or so has abated and the temps have returned to the "normal" range. It was pretty damn hot until today. Friday it was in the 90s up in WI, which is very high for this time of year. Those poor folks were sweltering.

I'm hoping that they will have a reload lined up for me pretty quickly after delivering so I can get rolling again without too much sitting around. On the flip side, I do need to do laundry so if there is some waiting time at least I can put it to good use.

Business hasn't exactly been booming lately, although it has improved slightly over a month or so ago. Still a long way to go before my income gets close to what it was before the recession hit.

I'm staying in a cheap motel tonight although I can't really afford it. I just wanted to get out of the truck and relax for a bit. I think having been out for six months straight is started to wear on me. Until the income picks up though, I just can't afford to take time off.

Ah well, perhaps a good night's sleep tonight will recharge my batteries. Tomorrow I'll get myself some good Texas BBQ brisket, that always picks me up a bit. Yum, yum.

I've had dinner but feel the need for something sweet. I think I'll check out the snack machine and see what's available in the way of munchies.

Oh, by the way, I am already sick to death of hearing about Michael Jackson. He's dead. Let it go already.