Millis OTR journal

You are a baaaaad man, brother.

 

Hey y'all. Greetings from Memphis. Not much to talk about today, pretty uneventful. After my 10 was up, I off-duty drove back to the yard and hooked up to my load. The other driver was there and had spent the night. He left the bills in the nose with a note saying the load was strapped, and the trailer was sealed. As soon as I finished my Qualcomm entries, he started pulling out. I honked at him 3 or 4 times and then jumped out of my truck to try and wave him down, but he kept going. I figured he'd want a couple of my straps. I feel bad that his are on my trailer, but hey, I tried. Hopefully he isn't pissed. I had a pretty easy drive down here, arrived at the final an hour ago. I made all the appropriate entries in my log, then did my post trip. So, my 10 has started and I'll be able to leave at 3am. Haven't been assigned to a dock yet but my appointment isn't for 2 more hours. So, I'm gonna crash until they call me. Sleep will be spotty, but I do well with cat naps anyhow. I'm keeping this post short, I need to grab sleep here as I'm able to do so. Hope you guys are all doing well. Be safe out there, talk at ya tomorrow. Peace.

 

Crap! Just got called to a dock in the middle of an awesome dream lol.

 

Sup y'all. Hello from West Henrietta NY. Might as well be Rochester. I'm about 15-20 minutes from my final, just relaxin' and getting a few things done before going to bed. I was originally planning on going to the final tonight and sleeping there. But, there isn't any advantage to that because of the delivery time for my reload. Why sleep in a parking lot of there is no payoff? Instead of doing that to myself I opted to come to this truck stop for the night. Might as well be comfortable. It's a pay lot but it's super cheap. The store isn't fantastic but the people here are really nice regardless of the reviews on Trucker Path. This is my 4th or 5th time here, and I'll continue to visit as long as it remains in operation. It's old school, and I dig that. Like Roady's, my favorite chain. I call them the outlaw chain lol. My unload/reload appointment is for 9am which means I'll get a ton of sleep tonight. My delivery time for my reload is 10am Tuesday. It's possible, I suppose, that it could be a tight timeline depending on how fast they move in the morning, and traffic afterwards. They aren't super speedy here but they are definitely efficient with scheduling. I can afford to run later than normal in regards to parking because there are a couple spots on the way that are never full no matter what day or time you roll in. Those places have saved my tail multiple times. Not anything to write home about, but they don't need to be when you're parking in a pinch. My final for my reload is in Moraine OH and not far from Trenton. I'm gonna be pushing for some wrench time, because my AC needs recharged and my washer fluid pump stopped working a couple days ago. Hopefully neither will take long but I can't imagine that they would. Both are pretty easy fixes on a car, even if you do it yourself. Hell, if I had the pump I WOULD do it myself. Why bother the shop guys if you don't have to. Alright Truckerland, that's about it for the day. I'm gonna scan in a couple bills and grab some shuteye. Hope you guys had a good day. Keep the rubber side down, and be safe out there. Peace y'all.

 

Where you guys at? I'm used to the chatter and you guys are being really quiet! @Suspect Zero how's life in your truck? @Chad H how was your first week of school? Everything good? @Diablolover2 how is hubby doing? Make some noise!

 

Oh...and I left out my favorite moderator @MACK E-6

 

Same to you! Enjoy that sleep