I'm baaaaaack!!!!!!!!

If we get a climate after the election that is friendly to business owners I may look into getting a truck again.

If not...well...Costa Rica is supposed to be really nice....

 

Another trip planner thinks this truck is secretly a TARDIS.

Got a load this morning 0900 to travel 95 miles to Hamilton MS to pick up a load going to Cleveland area, due tomorrow morning 0700. That's about 800 miles total. In one driving shift.

Dispatch told me to get it there by noon and I should be all right.

Fine.

Then the first 200 miles was side and country roads. After that, Nashville rush hour happened. For dessert, I-65 north bound got shut down by a construction project for over an hour.

So here I lie in my Fruit of the Looms, having shut down about 90 minutes and 90 miles sooner than I planned because of the delays, anxiously awaiting morning when I get to tell my dispatcher that I'll be lucky to get the load to receiver by 1630.

I'm tired. I'm going to sleep.

 

The good: 640 miles yesterday and 645 scheduled for today. 630 scheduled for tomorrow.

The bad: bouncing off my recap. Only picking up 8 hours tonight. Planners can't read and dispatcher not helping. Gonna have to break the news in the morning since nobody there today.

The ugly: --Well, my face. I'm just going to have to accept the fact. I am attractively impaired. I'm a differently appealing American. I have a great personality.

The plan: Run my hours out today and call in first thing in the morning to break the news. I've gotten #### before for this type of thing, even though I'm not the one doing the dispatching.

My endurance and patience for this type of nonsense got all used up over at Celadon. I'll accept responsibility for my screw ups, but not for somebody else's.

I may be experiencing leftover paranoia from trying to make it work at Celadon. Will update in a day or two.

NOTE TO SELF: When making the call, do not use video. Remember the ugly.

 

It has been a battle of wills every time I try to get a reset or time off.

 

Nope. All smiles and happy happy when I'm busting my nuts off but when I need something (which isn't often) its push push push and maybe he'll forget what he wanted to do.

My medical card expired because of this and I had to sit for two days.

Now I'm getting 62mph dispatches (truck does 65 max). I don't need this along with my other headaches.