Good Morning. I hope everyone is in a great frame of mind today. I am, as usual.

Soon, how you doin? Hope you got a great nights sleep, and are ready to take on the world. I hope you enjoyed your morning email from a tired old man. I'm ready, so chat me up.

Soon, I just sent you another email. Where are you this morning?

Getting worried again. Hope you didn't get smashed by a garbage truck.

Good morning Tired! I just got through reading my emails. Thank you, you don't know how much I look forward to getting them.

I'm late this morning, I had I'd say about an hours worth of sleep last night. The baby is sick, he has an awful cold or a sinus infection or something. He didn't sleep at all las night. His nose was stopped up and couldn't breathe and was awake all night just about. I feel horrible today. I'm so tired...Tired. He has a fever too, but it's nothing major. I just hate it when he feels bad, and hate it even more when he doesn't sleep, because then I don't sleep.

For supper last night I had an italian meatball sandwich. I can't fix polk either, well I could. I guess. If you don't cook that stuff right it can poison you, and since my dad is a very experienced polk cooker, I just let him handle it.

I'll send you an email when I get time today and try to answer all your questions you asked in your email. You mentioned Pigeon Forge, that's about an hour and 1/2 from my house.

I'm glad you're ok, but sorry that Jubal is sick. Keep a close eye on him, because at that age it can turn to something worse in a heartbeat.

I'm so sorry that you didn't sleep any and that you feel like sh##. If you don't feel like chatting much today, I will understand.

Italian meatball sub sounds pretty good. Better than beans like I had. I know with polk, that you have to boil it and then drain off the toxins, but that's about all I know.

If you feel up to it, I'd like to know about Pigeon Forge.

Hope you start feeling better. My humor don't work to well when someone feels bad.

Your humor work fine with me whether I feel good or not. I will need your humor today to help me wake up this morning. You had beans? Soup beans? That's one of my favorite meals, soup beans, cornbread, some turnip greens (or polk) and if I don't have someone I plan on smooching for a couple days, a big [censored] onion. If I have plans of smooching, then a pickle will do.

Do you like pickled okra?

I just got through watching "The Delicious Dish" so I feel much better now. Good times.

I got to thinking, you might as well plan on making a move here in the future anyway. Cause when I grow up and win the lottery and get my big [censored] farm, you are gonna have to design me lots of houses for my animals, and since those irrigation systems are so time consuming, I'll probably need atleast ten of them. And you will probably have to design me a house too. Think you can handle all that? The pay will be good as well, with free room and board.

I still say you type too slow.

I hope I can make you laugh today. Hasn't been a problem so far. I had pinto beans and cornbread, neither was too good though. I usually do love beans, cornbread, fried potatoes, and corn. I can take or leave the greens. Onion is ok if it's sweet, but a pickle is great. I love pickled okra, or any kind of okra for that matter.

Good times! Just keep watching it!

All right, if I'm going to have to do all this work for you, I might as well just move. Be warned though, you know how storms affect me, so can you handle it?

Someone was in my office again. Had to chunk the stapler, but they got the message.

Who's the slow typist now, Toots?

I do believe that I can handle it, but before we try that...we might want to seek that counseling from "Hey Mon", just for preparation ofcourse.

I have had way too much coffee this morning. I made it too strong, when I poured it in my handy little to-go coffee mug, it came out like syrup. But, mmmmm, it's so good.

How many brothers/sister do you have? Older or younger? Live close by?

Here I go again with all the questions. Sorry.

I like questions.

I agree that full mental recovery is going to be required before we begin design on the house, barns, pool, hot tub, grilling center, etc. But that recovery can only begin after pre-qualifing at St. Louis and Charleston, so put that down. The main focus of the therapy is recognition and expression of basic emotional needs. I'll describe this in an email.

I had a cup this morning, but mine went to other way. It was office coffee, and someone went light on the bean or heavy on the water.

I am the oldest of 3 boys. It's odd how as three brothers, we fit the traditional roles. Have you ever watched Bonanza or The Big Valley, old westerns with 3 boys. The oldest is always the smartest, the middle is usually the fighter, and the youngest is the charmer. That's exactly how we are. I don't know why, but the stereotype worked this time. Anyway, the middle brother/wife/3 yo daughter live about 5 minutes from my house. He's a teacher/coach and his wife is a principal. My baby brother/wife/5 yo daughter live about and hour away and they are both principals. My dad and step-mom are both teachers.

My mother and stepfather also live about an hour away. He is a doctor and she works for him. Sam, who you know, is in the security business, and I'm a civil engineer. That's enough about me. How about you?

Ok Soon, it's lightning and thundering now, under a heavy, black sky. Where are you at? I need you here!

Maybe you can talk me through this one, since Sam is at home.

I just sent you an email and it might be good to just delete it before you read it.

Don't you get smart with me mister, it aint nuthin for me to whoop a mans [censored]!

You mean they actually played that song on the radio? How funny. I'm going to see if one of the guys in the band would like to do a blugrass version of it.

I am the youngest of four children. And there is quite a bit of age difference in us. My youngest brother is eight years older than I, I love him with all of my heart but he has stayed in trouble for most of his life. He has broken my parents heart and he is a very mixed up person. He is bipolar/manic depressive. He has four children, three girls (22,13 and 4) and one boy (17). Enough about him cause I don't want you thinking that my family is crazy.

My middle brother who is twelve years older than I, is the quiet one of us. He is very laid back and works very hard. He is a guard for Y-12 security complex in Oak Ridge (You know what that is right?). He is married and has one daughter, 12. The wife is an RN. He is very straight laced, but doesn't take it to extremes. He goes to church, but still drinks a beer every now and again. Always saved every penny he had which has paid off, he and his family live in a beautfiul home and everything is paid for.

My oldest brother is sixteen years older than I. He is married and has two boys (21 and 23). He is a guard at Brushy Mountain State Penn, his wife used to be a secretary at an elementary school but she hurt her back real bad and is not able to work. She has had like seven back surgeries or so. My oldest brother, drinks...and other stuff. But he is very wise, I take a lot of advice from him. He's a very good man and works very hard. He's a die hard deer hunter. And on any given evening you can catch him and some buddies drinking beer and playing horseshoes in the back yard.

My birthday is Feb 06, 1974 by the way.

Storming there? Aw shucks! It is supposed to rain here today, it is raining now I think. Storms are supposed to be bad tomorrow and Sat. (tornadoes, hail, the whole works). Going to check email now, I have to read it before I delete it though...sorry.

I love to play horseshoes. I'm not too good, but it's fun. Do you play?

Yeah, they played that song on the Bob and Tom Show on one of the local stations. The Bob and Tom Show is a nationally syndicated show, so you could probably find it, if you wanted. They have comedians on in the morning and a lot of those guys have musical comedy. It's pretty funny sometimes.

What's for lunch today. Didn't eat breakfast and I'm already hungry.

There's no email there!!!! Are you sure you didn't get me mixed up with someone else? You got me all excited for nothing, SHAME ON YOU,

Nah, it went to you. Maybe it's a little slow in getting posted. You never did give me the scoop on Pigeon Forge. You know, things to do, things to avoid, etc.

Have you checked on Jubal? Just curious how he's doing?

I have played horseshoes before, but I'm horrible at it. I guess a better word to describe me playing horseshoes would be, dangerous.

I have heard of the Bob and Tom Show, the asst. mgr here just moved down here from Ohio and he used to listen to it all the time up there. He says they are hilarious. I checked out their site and I was gonna have to fill out a bunch of stuff, answer a lot of questions and I was lazy that day and didn't want to do all that typing. We can't get them on the radio here.

I don't know what I'm having for lunch. I just grabbed a box and didn't see what it was.

I have not checked on Jube. I usually wait until I'm eating lunch. I'm sure he's fine or mom would have called me by now.

Pigeon Forge, according to my mom, Branson and Pigeon Forge are a lot a like. There is a lot of shopping, but it's mainly junk shops. You know, like the ones they have at the beach where they sell the shirts that say "Tired visited Jamaica and all he brought back for me was this stinkin shirt". There is Dollywood, it used to be Silver Dollar City years ago, but Dolly Parton bought it and now it's Dollywood. There's a water park, Splash Country. Dixie Stampede, a dinner show...but you have to eat with your fingers, and the theme of the show is north vs. south type stuff. It's pretty there, but Gatlinburg is more beautiful. There is some shopping there, but the mountains are beautiful. If they like hiking, it's the place to go.

Townsend is nice too, Cades Cove is beautiful. It's one big circle next to the Smokies and you can view all kinds of wildlife and visit the old homes, grist mill and churches. It's just a big circle you drive in.