Dang nab it! Today was one of those days where I had no clue where I was going or what I was doing! I picked up an empty trailer after my drop yesterday that was to be loaded first thing in the morning. Guess what......oh come on now and guess! That is right, BAD TIRES! Off to that wonderful TA that was so kind to fill my cooler with steak and fixings, which they did again and got me out of the shop on the strike of my 14! I was up and on the road at 6 AM!
We were just 5 blocks from our pick up when I was notified that my 7 AM (it was 8:30 now) was cancelled but I had another load waiting from the same location. I parked the truck in the turning lane of this little town so I could call the client to only find out...........there was already two trucks there! Within minutes of the phone call, another message came through telling me that that order was cancelled and I was to head to east an additional 88 miles to pick up a live load that was suppose to be done at 7 AM! Dang nab it!
I was excited to see that it was heading to Texas but I got message stating it was going to Memphis and then a few minutes later, it was going to Nashville! I was so flustered that I did not finish reading the rest of the trip info as I had to circle my way out of town to my new destination.
I picked up the load in Portland, IN......and was loaded at 12:30! Gads again! Off I run, no breakfast break, a nice lunch break while waiting on this load (got my bangs cut too), and we are running south as this load is due at 4 AM tomorrow....ain't gonna happen.
I was about 4 hours from Nashville when I received a message stating my due time was......right now! I am like.......TRIPLE GADS! I called my dispatcher to find out all is good and continue. We stopped at 4:30 for dinner and I responded I could not be at the drop at 4 PM as I am four hours away.
Next message: Did you pick up that SECOND LOAD?
WHAT???????? What second load???? A load at FedEx, and they are waiting for me!
When I was getting attacked with all those messages, I didn't realize that there was more to this trip and that second load was 90 miles behind me. I am running out of GADS here! I turned that truck around, arrived at 7:00, was loaded at 7:15, and parked at the truck stop at 8:00......the end of my 14. Deep breath.....eyes burn, head hurts, and I will be five hours late to drop this load but the client and dispatch is happy. Me.......so damn glad to call it a day! Good night!
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