Newbie.... blah blah blah....yadda yadda yadda

I made it home. Off till Friday.
Interesting week.
Drove all night. Almost couldn't make it. Foggy out. Freezing too.
I'm overtired. Trying to relax so I can get to sleep.

 

I'm still in shock. The 180 degree difference from old to new company. Almost too good to be true.
BTW: The second to last run I did with the old company. I came through a scale in Kansas. Just outside Liberal. Officer Barkley was working the weigh scale desk. Had two officers, one on each side. He had to be the happiest looking doggie in the world. Practicing his administrative skills.

 

My Co-driver always gives me a hassle when it's time to leave. So this time I outsmarted her. Not leaving till tomorrow. Maybe even later. Due to the winter storm coming in. So... I packed up a bunch of stuff in the truck tonight. She's going around, trying to avoid me. A game she plays. Then I relax a little. She comes up to me. Got her confused. Definitely. Beating her at her own game.

 

The load the company got me to head out from home. It's at the landfill. I went over and had it loaded today. 22 tons of news paper. I went in that place for 7 years. They remembered me. I kinda got to play the big shot. Never thought I'd ever drive in there again.

The boys at the LTL terminal here, kept complimenting me on my truck. She's beautiful!

 

I’m really suffering out here.

 

BTW.... Had A1C checked while on hometime. Came up 6.0. Last one was 6.1.
How good can I do if I quit smoking?

 

My Co-driver is really suffering too!

 

Big nice change with new company.
Dispatch asked me where I want to go? East, West, or South?
I reluctantly said: South sounds good?
I is headed for Dallas. Yippie!

 

Falling in love with this Peterbilt.
Spent the infamously cold night in Chicago. Last night was -28 when I went to sleep in MN. This truck pulled through like a real champ.