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COLD at 12º tonight.  This morning, after getting off work,  I went out on chicken duty. They are still laying 2-3/day.  I expect that they will stop if it stays this cold.  Great views of the sun in the ice covered trees along the creek and in the fields around the cabin.  Four or five cars were out driving the creek road early looking at the same. It was odd to have traffic out there.  I don't like sharing my private place with strangers.

For breakfast, I fixed home fries, sausage gravy and biscuits along with eggs-to-order.  Evan came over to eat with us.  At noon Colleen, Spencer and I took Parker to the airport for his flight back to NYC.  At Easton, we cruised the aisles at Barnes and Noble and then Trader Joe's; not a normal Sunday for us.  SPS had a chapter book finished before we got home... four more to go.   He's a reader! "Hey, Dad,  those banannas are 19¢, so we could buy 2 for 38¢"; but he froze on his times 5 math quiz last week.  Go figure (pun intended).  "Hey, Dad, will they trade us stuff for the groceries?" No. "Then why do they call it Trader Joe's?"

Parker did a quick 400 mile trip in the TDi yesterday to Huron on the Lake to interview the head of the Ohio Falconry Assn.  He was impresssed by the guy's seriousness and exacting tenacity, as he is handicapped and walks with a cane... sustituting his immobility with the freeflight of a Red Wing Hawk.  I'm not quite sure how or where Park is going to develop the storyline.

This afternoon I went over to Evan's house and helped him correct some electrical outlet problems.  Tomorrow I will troubleshoot a hot smell on the fourth flooor of the Temple.
I may borrow an infrared heat camera from the CFD and go hunting.  I would like to do the same to a certain friend's front room, as I am sure he has a hot wire somewhere in a wall.  I smell it every time I go in there.

Last night around midnight, I was on FB between calls and was SURPRISED when Preston popped up on "chat".  He was in Kyzrkistan on a stopover before entering the combat area of SouthEast A-stan. He and his troops are acclimating to the time changes and altitude.  He has been in touch with his FOB (forward operating base).  It has wifi and when he is not outside the wire on operations, he should be able to communicate with us.  Incidently, today Sayre is online, too. Seems that they have internet to his OP (outpost) now.  So after 7 months of little to no communications, he will be able to reach out and touch some of his loved ones.  Great news, the Army is catching up with the Navy.

A relaxed day today.  Evan has convinced me to try melatonin for promoting normal sleep when not on duty. If it works it may change my insomniacal habits of over forty years. AND effect the times that I post. LOL.  I'm down a pound and the beer consumption halving is still extant.