On the road again

Here I am "on the road again". As the famous saying goes "Bah, humbug". I got to spend 5 lovely days with my wife and I totally enjoyed it, but all good things must come to an end. Even the truck didn't want to leave the house this morning because it really didn't want to crank.

They called me bright and early this morning with a dispatch as the wife and I had sat down to breakfast. What surprised my DM was that my wife had answered the phone, it caught him totally by surprise.

I am not staying out another 3 months like that before I go home. That I will leave to you super drivers since I am just a slowpoke and I don't get my work done like you super drivers you really can't call me one. I am an ordinary guy without the fancy trappings or the need to honk my own horn about all the fancy things that I can and this suits me just fine.

A little complaint here, you ask someone to explain something to you so that you can understand it better and they just blow you off. I can understand how the new drivers feel, they don't just blow the new drivers off they blow everybody off because they have superior knowledge about everything and really want to let everyone else know it. Of course when you don't explain something to someone else that usually means you don't know anything about it either and don't want to show your ignorance. A little common courtesy goes a long way because you aren't the ultimate authority on anything.

Sorry about that little tirade but I had to let it out. Oh, well here I am again because they let me escape. I think I have my craziness under control again but you never know. They sent me to Belen, NM to load going to Cincinnati, OH for a Monday morning delivery. Now this is a broker load and they are normally right to the limit on weight. Imagine my surprise when I found out that the load only weighed 12,000 with a full trailer. It sure makes the fuel go further when you have a light load. Right now I am sitting in Amarillo, TX trying to take my break but my biological clock is running different after being home and I am having to adjust again. That is the only problem that I really have when I go home, I have to adjust to the schedule at home (which takes me a couple of days) then I have to readjust to the schedule on the road (again a couple of days to adjust)

enough for the night. Adios, mis amigos vaya con Dios. Hasta luego.

Category Posted: General