Welcome to the Boneyard with Steve Robertson. As always, I am your good friend and host Steve Robertson here on the Maroon Friday edition of the yard.

All the days kind of run together in the summer, don't they? I guess for you guys, you know, Monday to Friday 9 to 5, maybe Friday is a huge day for you. It all kind of runs together for us. But I am happy to have a little downtime. Working on the book, a lot.

Got a handful of chapters left or 15 chapters in.

I'll be honest, what yesterday was a tough one on your good friend that host.

It's a tough one.

One of the most difficult events in my life.

Sober or in the throes of addiction. Very difficult,

but we talked about it. That's part of it, man. It's transparency. We all go through life, man.

Nobody gets out alive. There's always some ups and downs, always adversity. Always something.

One thing my dad told me years ago, when I went into multi-store management,

my dad used to work for the federal government, Farmers Home Administration,

when we talked about that before, Freddie Robertson was his name,

kind of a legend in these parts.

Did a lot for Mississippi farmers.

And so nevertheless, Daddy used to tell me said you know

here's the deal you need to cherish those days when there's not a lot of people needing something

from you because there's always chaos in business and there's chaos in life when you have those days

when you don't have a lot going on they're few few and far between. They'd learn to appreciate them.

And so I have reached that point in my life several years ago that when there's not a lot

going on, you've got to be grateful.

So I'm grateful.

We don't have any camps to cover.

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