​Today was kind of weird with a short day that somehow got past me with little done. I had 24 stops with a good spread well connected with the usual funk that is Thursday (a payroll delivery and several streets the system couldn’t find), but somehow time just slipped away. I help a family member with a series of stops that took just too long (OK that’s not fair of me), and when I got home, I did some work that was long past due (a couple of spreadsheets for work). Then it was dinner and that usual thing, and then it was 6 PM (EST), and I got nothing done. I’m off the next four days (and really most days) giving me time to work on the story while. Also working on a place where I can go to work with less interruptions (mom and her dog ((Maggie)) spend most of the evening barking at each other (and I’m not kidding), and yes I know, what a useless human being but there is a reason that I might go into another time, but not now.
 
 The next part is going to be a flashback to the day the ranch fell leading into a character from another story coming into this one and the eventual assault to save Maria and her children. Will Wendy remember Jorge from the truck chase? Will she connect them to all the violence? Will they be able to save Maria? Will I stop asking questions? And will there be more to come?................  Yes.
 
Thank you for your time.
 
Now excuse me while I go check on the L on my forehead

Warning: an I don’t know what message alert
 
Today was one of those “I don’t know what” kind of day this was like. I had 27 packages that worked out to 24 stops with two missing and one stop getting two packages. The day started early with my first stop at 6:40 am (EST) with the last stop by 10:30 am (also EST) with only the snow and the early departure getting in the way (and now for the BUT). But it was dark and cloudy the entire day with clouds and fog with icy roads and driveways slowing me down……... and there’s more snow on the way. The first woolly bear I see dies.
 
I posted the first part of chapter 12 just before I posted this message. I can’t say when the next part will be coming without knowing what tomorrow will be like (Stops + Weather = Time). If I can, I’ll work on it tomorrow, but if not, then I’ll have more time this weekend to work on the story with more to come……...
 
Thank you for your time.
 
And I was joking about the Woolly Bear. 

​A short whiny pained message alert
 
The way of deliveries is the way of pain. This was a painful kind of day. The snow and cold temperatures made it slick, and I proved that by slipping and falling in two driveways and one street. Today was the all too typical Tuesday with more packages then I could take making two trips necessary. I had 60 packages going to 56 stops across Medina. I finished and got home after 6 pm (EST). My back is an aching, throbbing sore (even typing this is painful). Because of all the time spent driving around, I didn’t have any time to work on the story, and with the little done yesterday, I don’t have enough to post (and what I do have needs some help). Tomorrow I have some family things to do so I won’t be making two trips giving me time to work on the story with more to come……….
 
Thank you for your time.

​Warning: a tiny message about a delay
 
This should have been a good day with plenty of sun and not much else. I had a good route timed out well. My head is throbbing, and I don’t see it getting better any time soon, so I’m (darn it) going to take a break from the story and return to it tomorrow (depending on what’s happening with the route). This is proving to be a bad cold season. Chapter 12 will start soon, but I don’t want to fight through the pain making my crappy writing even worse, but there will be more to come……….
 
Thank you for your time and sorry about the delay
 

​A Short message with nothing to say
 
I spent this morning working on the last part of chapter eleven and how it bleeds into chapter twelve. Part of my goal with the next couple of chapters is to go back and find all those characters the dropped out of the story and bring them back. I think because of all my stop and starting with this story I lost some story-lines as well as a few characters, and I hope to bring them back as well as the flashbacks to the ranch and the lead-up to the final days of David. My goal for this story is to wrap it up and when (or if) I come back it will be a new story. The next chapter starts with a funeral and a trip to California with more to come………
 
Thank you for your time.
 
I don’t know what this week will bring but no matter what I will keep working.

​A short, tiny, micro, I mean very small message alert
 
When I woke up this morning, I realized I didn’t do the final edit on part three and looking at it (and listening to it using Microsoft Word) I found a few clunky mistakes (more than usual). I fixed the problems I found and updated that part. I also posted the fourth part in the story, and I plan on posting the last part of the chapter on Sunday (assuming I finish it). My head is starting to split apart (not literally) making the continuation of the story come to an end for today, and I am going to bed to watch a little TV and try and get better. I plan on getting up early and finishing the chapter with more to come……...
 
Thank you for your time.
 

It’s hard to say what kind of day this was, but I think I’ll try. The cough is getting worse with back spasms happening on every third coughing fit. And there’s the phlegm a clear to nasty yellow-green that is just nice to cough up. I’m (darn it) off this weekend, and I hope to stay inside with the predicted snow coming along. I’m (double darn it) talking next Friday and Monday off for a family issue and just to get away from the car. The drive today was nice with a good route (kind of backward from my usual Friday) with 35 packages which is a nice load for January. I had to replace my two front tires with some bad wear, but it didn’t take hardly any time at all.
 
I posted the next part of the story earlier today, and I will have something for Saturday as well as the end of the chapter. In my drive today, I worked out the story and found (get over your self mike) how this story is going to end. Although end might not be the best word, maybe just an end to this particular tale or so on. The story is going to get rough, and not everyone is going to make it to the next “Wendy” Story. If I manage to type everything down, I came up with today then chapter twelve will start the ramp up with chapter thirteen as a climax and fourteen as an aftermath meaning fourteen will be the end(ish), but as always there will be more to come………
 
Thank you for your time. 

Warning: Extremely short message alert
 
So, the Ohio winter is back with 1 to 4 inches of snow and the bad roads that come with it. I know I should have been ready for it (mind, body, and car), but I just wasn’t. I was happy that I had only 29 packages, but it took all day to deliver with the weather in the way. tomorrow is going to suck
 
With the weather and this never-ending cough, I didn’t get very far with the story tonight. I plan on trying to keep going to have either the next part or the rest of the chapter by Friday but if not then Saturday at the most. Even if tomorrow is a light day the weather and the problems with the car will slow me down but with all that there will be more to come…….
 
Thank you for your time. 

​Warning: Short bitching about the weather message
 
Today kind of sucked…... No, it actually sucked. The wrong weather forecast turned out to be right with ice and snow on the roads. The snow slows things down making a hard delivery day that much harder and yes, I know I live in Ohio and its winter, but the Weather Channel app didn’t predict snow until it was snowing which isn’t very useful (a window works just as well as the app). From the look of things, I’m (darn it) working a double Thursday but my regular day on Friday. I just don’t know……
 
I posted the next part of chapter 11 earlier today, and I’m working on part three for either Thursday or Friday depending on what’s happening tomorrow. Today’s part goes back to the war with a new hitch. The story will keep going until I see how it will end (even with the next story in the works) with more to come……...
 
Thank you for your time.

Today was much longer than I thought and that’s not counting the tornado. Our wild mild winter weather has changed yet again with hail, rain, sun, wind and a tornado (somewhere in NEO). I witnessed the song Have You Ever Seen the Rain from Creedence Clearwater Revival with the rain coming down with the sun shining. And there was a rainbow (see picture above from Montville Township, Medina Ohio). I had 64 packages in my route with 34 of them being food (Blue Apron, Plated, etc.). I ended up taking 52 packages on two trips with the first being nothing but food. I somehow drive around the harshest bands of weather with one area having piles of hail in the roads and on the grass. Somewhere up north of m route saw an F1 tornado which is unusual for this time of the year. Two different news sources are predicting two different weather patterns meaning it is either going to snow up to an inch or not much snow at all, either way, it will be cold again (which is usual for January in Ohio).
 
Making two trips cost me the time to work on the story. I plan on working on it tonight and hopefully have something for Wednesday (I should). I don’t want to rush and make this story even harder to read. The story is somewhere around 55,000+ words, but I don’t see an ending any time soon with too many storylines unfinished (I need to continue with the flashbacks to finish that tie in). With more time this week (weather willing), I should have more to come………
 
Thank you for your time. 
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