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CHANGING TIMES

We are back in the groove for the morning paper. The LA Times is hitting the deck out front around 330-400 AM as it has since we started 'taking' it.

The last 4-6 weeks have been tough though. Some mornings the paper would be as late as 6. I had to rearrange my morning routine! Nothing is harder than change.

I don't know what happened. I think there was a problem with the old guy who started not showing and we had amateurs doing our route.

Everything changed a week ago. I was out front with Franklin (looking for a coyote, actually). With a roar, a car came down the drive, a guy got out, and brought me the paper where I stood inside the gate. Wow. Doorway service.

Then for a couple of days, the paper showed up right at the doorway. Now it is back in the middle of the driveway. That is OK. I don't much care where it is as long as it is. The good news is that it has arrived earlier every day and now is at its old dependable time.

New, regular guy has learned the route.

It is amazing how one little thing like this could throw me off. I hate to admit it. But, there it is. I am orderly. Routine. I like things to be where and when they are supposed to be. Random doesn't work for me very well.