Good evening from somewhere in Nebraska!

I am beat!  I have been running hard for the past two days and it caught up with me.  I drove only 7 hours today…..but did work additional 2.5 hours, 45 minutes of that was waiting in line for fuel in Cheyenne!  All the truckers decided to buy gas at the same time, go figure.

I am having issues trying to get online so this update might be a day or two late.  I am on my way to Omaha to pick up my license plate and then off to St. Louis.  I was not able to catch up with Lorene the other morning because of driving over my hours and starting my day before I gained my hours.  So…….lesson learned.  If you get a log violation, continue driving until your decided stop.  I could have sat with Lorene for two hours instead of the truck stop in Ontario!

And I will tell you, the drive through Wyoming was beautiful and boring……depending on the location.  I saw elk, antelope, deer, and one dead badger!

Another kitty in a truck!

Click on the picture for details......he is hauling tree stumps!

I am only HUMAN!

Did I spell that right?  I am 4 hrs away from my drop and done for the night.  I could write more but......I am human and need to watch one my favorite shows or at least one of them when I can.  Be bored.......as that is it.  Good day! And down under, good night!

Read with glee......and count the typos!

I am parked in Baker City, Oregon for the night!  I was a bad woman and went over my 14 hours by 30 minutes because I missed the dang exit.  I am currently using the hotel's internet across the street and the speed is slow so I decided to type directly to you, my virtual truckers, instead of using my secretary to screen all my typos!

We are on our way to Chenneye (?) to drop a load of truck parks at the company  yard.  We were surpose to be there tomorrow evening but between the lack of communication between fleet and maintenance, I was delayed an hour or two chasing a trailer that disappeared because a vendor decided to burn that trailer and hide the fact!  Yuppers, I was sent to pick up a trailer that had a sticky substance on the floor and take it to the truck yard and wash it.  But the client, contacted our sub contractor for repairs.  The boy that arrived decided that a blow torch would melt that sticky away........FIRE!  They took off with the trailer for repairs without telling Fleet because of their screw up.  From what the staff told me.....it was a nice black hole!

I almost lost my bindi today!  I was washing my face this morning and noticed the piercing was just a tad out of place.......totally!  I was able to push it back into place, called my piercer for ideas and I will be wearing a bandaid on the ole forhead for at least two weeks except to party of course (per my piercer's instructions).  The lack of fat/meat tissue under the piercing is making it a slow process to heal with just skin.  Go figure!

Since we are in trouble for driving 30 minutes past our time........enjoy those 30 minutes to sleep in.  I need to figure out when I will be in Jerome in the morning so I can catch up with lil sis Lorene. Good night all!

Home time is now....road time!

Good morning virtual truckers!  I should be getting ready for my surgery today but due to the insurance company delay on paperwork, the surgery has not yet been approved.  They have up to 15 days to review the paperwork and decide if the surgery is cosmetic, pre-existing or even required.   Break a leg and instant assistance.  Plan a procedure and you better be prepared to wait.  Due to the fact that I will only be home for 3 days every 3 weeks, trying to schedule surgery once approved is going to be frustrating!

I was not prepared for the delay in surgery so I was not prepared to quickly return to work.  I spent last night cooking and freezing my meals on wheels while washing laundry.  Today will be cleaning the trailer and packing.  I will not take all my clothes like I did my last trip but pack what I have been wearing the past few weeks.  Most truck stops have laundry facilities if needed.  Then we will head south and spend the night at Valery’s so I will be near the truck to start my day at 6 AM tomorrow.

I did catch up with Jim at the Red Robin for dinner.  Brian could not attend as he was given a load to Texas that morning.  I don’t think Brian is quite ready to quit as he appeared eager to be back on the road, even if it meant not dining with Jim and I.  Jim is doing well; he is back to a normal life where it is somewhat predictable and more controllable.  He hated the unknown, not knowing from one load to the next, from one day to another, where he was going or what he would be hauling.  He hating backing the trailers and I think he hated the truck too as the HVAC broke down when he needed it the most.  We will still stay in contact as a good friendship has been building between the three of us.

Trucking driving is not meant for everyone!  The first year of driving is financially and emotionally draining.  You are taken out of your natural environment and placed in situations where you wonder what in the hell have you gotten yourself into!  You will have heart pounding experiences, moments of gut wrenching depression and the reality check of just how much you miss your loved ones and home.  You work 14 hours a day, 7 days a week, and have little to show for it.  But if you can make that first year, you will see financial gain and hopefully a career with a company where you are a name, not a number.

That being said, I better let my fleet manager know that I will be ready to roll tomorrow.  See you all in the yard at 6 AM!

And thank you Matt for fixing my laptop so I can continue to bore you all as we drive down the interstate!

And Lisa, I haven't heard from you in Skype...shoot me an email :)