Illness has come

We arose to the coughing of the wife. Actually, we heard it Sunday night. I haven't been sleeping well so I awakened at 5:30, slipped out of bed and came to clean off my desk somewhat. I let Evelyn sleep until around 8:00. She felt better so she went to exercise. I met her at the town meeting, came home for an early lunch, and left for the information booth at the RGV Stock Show. We gathered surveys until 3:00. We also heard a talk about the western chuck wagon and how important coffee was to them. They loved it but used it to help purify their water. Cowboys carried a wallet (saddlebag) that had coffee in it. The chuckwagon carried cured bacon, not beef, beans, flour, and rice. The cattle were driven to Abilene from circa 1865 to 1890 because the railroad ran through there. We ate some overpriced junk food for dinner and then came home so Evelyn could go to bed. I stayed up until 9:00 so I could possibly sleep through the night. I was so sleepy that I went to bed before finishing this blog entry. :-)