Still windy and cold. Partly sunny. Merrill has slept about all day. Transportation called to say they would be picking him up at 8 AM tomorrow. We got a letter from Vern. They are coming for my birthday. Things looking very grim in the Iraq war Saddam Hussein situation. 400 Fort Drum soldiers going to the gulf again after being there 7 years ago.. Donnie Hanson was over there then. Rick Slate’s 50th birthday. Linda gave him a large gun cabinet.