Orion, guard me through the night

I woke before the sun rose this morning and took a shower, shaved and dressed before Cindy. After walking the dog, I left for Rome and an eviction hearing set for nine this morning. The dark angel was riding through Northwest Georgia today and it was very wintery. The air was as clear as ice and the skies were baby blue. I was wearing a suit and topcoat and carrying a sweater and heavy coat and gloves.

Today was foreclosure day in Georgia and I had thirty five cryouts from Perry to Columbus to Dalton and to Homer. That about covered most of North Georgia. After calling the calendar in Magistrate Court in Floyd County, the judge ordered me to mediate the eviction with the post-foreclosure tenant. After discussing the matter with her and the mediator, I realized it was after ten o'clock and I had foreclosures to cryout, so I gave them an ultimatum and we settled the matter in enough time for me to head out into the sunshine with several characters from Rome for my first foreclosure. Afterward, I drove up to Calhoun for round two, Dalton for round three, and then on to Jasper, Canton, Cartersville and Cedartown.

Amazingly, I got through by three o'clock and headed down the long way, I think through Carrollton and Newnan to Griffin. This evening I had to drive to a closing near Gray (east of Macon) and come back home by nine to go buy a hamburger and fries for my supper. Thankfully, I had enough time to eat some navy bean soup before I left for Gray.

Well, it is time to call it a night. Tomorrow will be a day of rest, of sorts. It is supposed to get back down to twenty tonight. We'll see. I do enjoy the look of December in Georgia. All the leaves on the ground. The pines with their green needles. Everything so clean and clear. Blue skies. And now, at night, I can see Orion with his scabbard and his spear. Sentinel of the Winter sky.