Fortuna's Wheel

I got up and took the dog out this morning, noticed the amount of rainfall (sparse)and made myself a breakfast of cantaloupe, country ham and biscuits. When I took a shower, I awakened Cindy and ended up moving the sprinkler and turning it on, then driving over to the Shell Station and buying whole milk for Cindy's coffee and a newspaper.

I got to the office pretty early. I removed the Griffin paper from the doorknob and unlocked the various locks on the door. I have been waiting on my client to arrive so that I might escort her to City Court this morning. She was supposed to meet me here at 8:30, but so far, no show.

I noticed that John Rauch died yesterday. He was a Georgia quarterback and coached the Oakland Raiders to the second Super Bowl. According to the brief biography on line, he wasn't a highly regarded high school football player, but came to Georgia in 1947 and lead Georgia to three straight bowl games. Georgia had a very high winning percentage when he was their starting quarterback. A lot of southern schools were recruiting football players from Pennsylvania and other northern states back then. Rauch came from Philadelphia. I wonder what these guys thought when they first came south in those days.

The cost of unleaded regular gas in Griffin has gone over 4.00 a gallon. This, despite the fact that you can still drive to McDonough and buy it for 3.87 or Macon for 3.72. The effect of local competition is limited in effect. Ordinarily, you would expect the ability to buy gasoline in McDonough for 3.87 would force prices in the surrounding areas lower, to some extent. But we are still about .19 higher.

Checks keep dribbling in. I am expecting several over the next few days. I got a new closing for Tuesday. That will be good. Another one closes the following Friday.

I just received a call from another lender with another loan by the end of the month. Fun. Are things turning around? Or is the business cycle turning toward me.

I am stuck on Fortuna's wheel. The blood has rushed to my head and I nearly passed out. But right now, it seems to be swinging head's up so that I am seeing things a little more clearly. I need to listen to some Carl Orff.