Pre-Weekend Update

1) The little railroad got two conductor trainees (get it -- TRAINees?) this week and Tom has been showing them the ropes. The good news is that at this point it looks like they will both MAY be able to handle the job and Tom will not have to continue volunteering 60 hours of his time each week.

2) Peter is here for a few days. He had planned a camping trip with one of his good friends from the Dells, but that fell through. Since he had already signed up for time off, he decided to come up anyway and relax for a few days before heading back to work in Chicago.

3) I am bogged down with the novel re-write at the moment. Maybe it's the heat? I don't have much energy -- physical or otherwise -- for doing anything. (I realize the "heat" in Wisconsin is just in the low 80s and nothing much compared to what many of you endure.)

4) Speaking of my writing, it looked like I was going to go an entire month without a single book sale online, but yesterday someone bought copies of a couple of the titles. Not a stellar showing by any measure, but at least it's something.

Happy weekend, everyone!