I think I have gremlins in my apartment. Before I went to bed last night, I wrote a list of stuff to do today. When I woke up this morning, the list had all kinds of shit on it. I could have sworn it was supposed to say, "Sit on ass and drink beer all day." Apparently not. I think the little green bastards rewrote it while I slept.
We got hit with around 6-8" of snow last night, so it was a little nasty out today. The good thing was that there was apparently enough snow to convince most people to stay home. Going to the mall around here, a week and a half before Christmas, forget about it. Today though it wasn't bad at all. I didn't knock out the whole list today, but I'll only have a couple of things to do tomorrow. Obviously the most important will be to get my truck over to Kenworth so I can get out of town by Tuesday.
Don't fret, good friends, I have now made my way to the couch and the frosty cold refreshment is flowing generously. Can the 'Skins pull off another miracle? One game at a time boys, one game at a time.
Sunday, December 16, 2007
Saturday, December 15, 2007
12/15/07
Dear Southwest,
I know our relationship hasn't always been the greatest. I know I've called you "useless" and a "Godforsaken wasteland." It wasn't me talking. It was the fact that my mother never loved me. I know I thought your drab red and brown landscape was ugly. Really I just need to learn to appreciate your lack of beauty. I know I prefer places that seem a little more civilized, but I need to learn to appreciate the things about you that say "no man belongs here."
So what do you say, Southwest? When I go back to work in a few days, do you think maybe we ought to give this thing another try? Michigan is freaking cold.
I made the overnight run up here and dropped my loaded trailer at the terminal, then proceeded to come home and drink heartily until I fell asleep. Ahhh, that's better. Pizza's on the way, the day has just begun, the snow doesn't look too heavy, and there's more beer in the fridge. Sometimes it's the little things, right?
I know our relationship hasn't always been the greatest. I know I've called you "useless" and a "Godforsaken wasteland." It wasn't me talking. It was the fact that my mother never loved me. I know I thought your drab red and brown landscape was ugly. Really I just need to learn to appreciate your lack of beauty. I know I prefer places that seem a little more civilized, but I need to learn to appreciate the things about you that say "no man belongs here."
So what do you say, Southwest? When I go back to work in a few days, do you think maybe we ought to give this thing another try? Michigan is freaking cold.
I made the overnight run up here and dropped my loaded trailer at the terminal, then proceeded to come home and drink heartily until I fell asleep. Ahhh, that's better. Pizza's on the way, the day has just begun, the snow doesn't look too heavy, and there's more beer in the fridge. Sometimes it's the little things, right?
Friday, December 14, 2007
12/14/07
Well, how did we do today? I ain't getting to Taylor by 3am. I can tell you that much. I called in and, predictably, "No problem." Since tomorrow is going to count as a day off anyway, I'm going to go ahead and head up there at midnight. I'm just more than three hours away right now.
On the roads, it was a typical weekend day. Light traffic, no delays, uncrowded fuel stop. Man, I wish every day were like a weekend out here. They say there's more snow coming through, but I think I'll stay ahead of it this time around. I did find a little issue as I was checking the truck over a little while ago. In addition to the leaking steering fluid, now I have a little fuel leak. I guess there's something to be said for timing. If that had to come up, it might as well come up when I'm on my way to the shop.
I managed to exchange a couple of messages with a buddy of mine earlier tonight. It looks like he'll be doing a show in Detroit this weekend, so anyone around there might want to head down to Jacoby's on Saturday night. Ty Stone won't let you down. Always a good time.
On the roads, it was a typical weekend day. Light traffic, no delays, uncrowded fuel stop. Man, I wish every day were like a weekend out here. They say there's more snow coming through, but I think I'll stay ahead of it this time around. I did find a little issue as I was checking the truck over a little while ago. In addition to the leaking steering fluid, now I have a little fuel leak. I guess there's something to be said for timing. If that had to come up, it might as well come up when I'm on my way to the shop.
I managed to exchange a couple of messages with a buddy of mine earlier tonight. It looks like he'll be doing a show in Detroit this weekend, so anyone around there might want to head down to Jacoby's on Saturday night. Ty Stone won't let you down. Always a good time.
Thursday, December 13, 2007
12/13/07
I don't know what's wrong with me. Usually a long day on the road involves me getting bored or hungry or just generally distracted, so I get off the road and screw up my schedule. Then I end up running hard to finish off the trip. These last two days have flown by and I've stayed on the road. That's actually the case for pretty much the whole last week. Crazy. I'm starting to seem like a real truck driver or something.
The plan was originally to split my remaining hours between today and tomorrow morning. After I got to the nine hour mark today though, it seemed like I had hardly driven at all so I just kept going. I put in a full eleven and knocked out 700 miles, so it was a very productive day. Tomorrow morning I'll run until my hours are out, then have time for an eight hour break to extend my 14 before I finish off after midnight. Dumb schedule? Yep. Illogical way to prevent tired drivers? Yep. Typical of a government mandate? Yep. Another day in the trucking business? Yep.
Oklahoma, damn! I've never seen so many busted trees in my life. I got a pretty good AM signal out of Tulsa so I was listening to the stories of the general misery those people are suffering. Power failures, people using stoves for heat and getting carbon monoxide poisoning, improvised heating devices causing house fires, hard-wired smoke detectors not working due to the power outage, smoke inhalation deaths, traffic deaths. Sheesh! The roads were clean and dry today and the traffic flowed freely. That was a very big deal for me, considering the timeline I'm on.
So I guess I'll fire up a cigar and watch another movie. I get wicked fast download speeds at home so I need to get some of these off of my hard drive before I get there.
The plan was originally to split my remaining hours between today and tomorrow morning. After I got to the nine hour mark today though, it seemed like I had hardly driven at all so I just kept going. I put in a full eleven and knocked out 700 miles, so it was a very productive day. Tomorrow morning I'll run until my hours are out, then have time for an eight hour break to extend my 14 before I finish off after midnight. Dumb schedule? Yep. Illogical way to prevent tired drivers? Yep. Typical of a government mandate? Yep. Another day in the trucking business? Yep.
Oklahoma, damn! I've never seen so many busted trees in my life. I got a pretty good AM signal out of Tulsa so I was listening to the stories of the general misery those people are suffering. Power failures, people using stoves for heat and getting carbon monoxide poisoning, improvised heating devices causing house fires, hard-wired smoke detectors not working due to the power outage, smoke inhalation deaths, traffic deaths. Sheesh! The roads were clean and dry today and the traffic flowed freely. That was a very big deal for me, considering the timeline I'm on.
So I guess I'll fire up a cigar and watch another movie. I get wicked fast download speeds at home so I need to get some of these off of my hard drive before I get there.
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