I make todo lists and schedule each day very carefully wanting to use my time well and to accomplish as much as possible each day. Often something comes up and totally messes up my schedule. When that happens I thank God for the variety that He brings into my life, and the cool challenges that I get to solve. This afternoon my son-in-law from Fairbanks, Alaska texted and wondered if I could drive up to Portland and pick up a pickup that he just bought. They are flying down in September to go on an all family hunting trip to the Steens Mountains with us, and will drive the pickup back home. My son Seth said he would drive me up to get it, so I said OK. Found the place with no problem and checked out the pickup. The guy bought it new in 1973 and is the only owner. Seth agreed to drive it home so I took off in the car headed home while he did all the title stuff and gave him the money. When he started for home the pick up died in the middle of the first intersection. The owner took it back to his shop and after trying to get it running good decided that the gas was bad, the carberator was dirty and the spark plugs needed replacing. Seth called just as I exited the freeway at the Jefferson exit so I turned around to get him. The owner of the pickup brought him as far as Wilsonville but it was still very late when we finally got home. Not much I could have done to have changed much of that situation so I will try to get everything done on my expanded todo tomorrow. You never know, maybe I will.