Lou is back on the road. Thursday she gave a book review to the Sweetwater Book Club. She reviewed THE NIGHT JOURNEY by Elizabeth Crook that is based in New Mexico around Las Vegas and includes three generations. One of the characters is a woman history prof that Lou could relate to. The women in the audience liked the review, but we didn't sell any of Lou's books.

Friday we got up early to drive to Denton for a Board of Regents meeting. It lasted all day and we opted to spend the night at the Raddison. Lou thinks our soft mattress at home may not be good for her back. At the Raddison we slept on a Sleep Number bed for the first time. Lou says we don't need that bed. While Lou was in her meetings I used the high speed TWU internet connection in the Library to get a lot of work done. Thursday night I chaired a Finance Committee meeting and took minutes for the Administrative Council. So Friday I wrote my Livestock Weekly column that I always submit by email, wrote the Finance minutes and emailed them, wrote the AC minutes and emailed them, wrote the Kiwanis meeting notice and after eating lunch came back and sent a news release on the Kiwanis Carnival in Cross Plains. Then I checked in the hotel and Lou woke me from my nap with a cell phone call to come back for the reception at the new Theater at TWU.

Lou says her back is feeling a little better. She feels beat up from the back surgery and thinks they beat up her front during the operation. The surgery injection points are small and healing very well. She walked twice Wednesday and Thursday but couldn't walk very far. She doesn't have the energy she would like to have. Today her appetite returned and hopefully her energy level and strength will begin to return next week.

We came back through Weatherford where our son and daughter-in-law gave us advice on a new mattress and we will probably get a new one in the next week or so. We are thinking of a more firm top than we have now. Lou really liked the mattress on the bed at Mark's house.