Good Night From II

Effingham, IL at the Petro. Pulled into Edwardsville and could not believe all of the trailers that where just dropped behind rows, with a lot of open spaces. Was talking to he man at the t-call window and he would not believe it either when I did a yard check very early this morning.

 

searcy ar at loves. got truck out of shop 4 hrs later(11:30) and zoomed.over here to the wamart dc to drop the trailer and getting an mt. set pta for 0700 tomorrow

 

It sounds like you are pushing yourself way too hard. You need to slow down a bit and relax.
Add more time to your loads via the mac 9 so you can have a little longer break between driving shifts.

Swift people are like any other, they don't want to hear it.
It is your job to make sure you can stay safe and well rested, so use the system to your own advantage and use your time more wisely.

 

I have to have my morning coffee, but I can do totally without meatball subs.
I haven't had one in nearly 59 years...

I also don't mind the hit on the 70, since I don't like to work that hard in the first place.
Even so, and I don't understand how, I've managed to cross over into Platinum territory a couple times this past month.

 

A big part of the problem is that I haven't taken time out of the truck since Easter. Even my cat is starting to have issues with it. Time to get to Nashville for a break.

 

Yes, it sounds like you need a break.
We have to take care of ourselves out here. No one will do it for us.

 

As hard as I'm willing to run, that's just nucking futs ...

 

EASTER!?! Holy mackeral Batman!!
I'd be going nuts if I stayed in the truck that long. 5 weeks is my limit when the weathers good with 3-4 weeks in winter.

Ya ya need to stop and smell the roses once in a while.

 

I could not stay for that long in a truck, when otr 1 month was my limit so I can see my wife and kids. When I got on dedicated I got used to the once a week but recently got used to being home a few nights a week.
I got a friend who runs a plant trying to talk me into doing an electrical engineer apprenticeship with his company once they start hiring soon and I might think about it, its a ton more money than I can get now even during the training, overtime plus home every single night with mostly a normal schedule.

Was at the beach for my anniversary this weekend and when I was outside drinking and smoking our next door neighbor at the hotel came out who was in the area working in the oil fields and he tried to recruit me over to his company saying I could make a lot more driving some of his trucks plus get OT, seems opportunities have been coming at me lately.