Millis OTR journal

Update: I passed my CDL A tests. It is official. I go out with my trainer on the 19th. Thanks guys for all your help and support on here.

 

Congrats man! Like SJ said, it's a huge accomplishment! Now you get to start rolling and make some good money.

 

Thanks for talking to me on that crappy day, SJ. Just want to clarify that I in no way think the fiasco was Millis's fault. When I informed the dispatcher, he was genuinely surprised and reacted pretty quickly in getting me back to the terminal. The CFO of Millis took a couple hours out of his day, to help me out and get me further down the road. So I do thank those 2 and whomever else at Millis was involved in getting me home. I also thank the 2 Wisconsin ladies who came through for me that day. Plus a huge thank you for my wife. She left work immediately that day, to come pick me up. As for whose fault it was, well, I am not going to say.

But anyway, I got my truck last Thursday, delivered a load, in a blizzard. So at this point I have a grand total of 4 hours behind the wheel all by myself.

 

Since no one else seems to be posting. Here is a quick PSA. My brother in law who I knew for over 20 years was like Iron Man. The man never got sick always did whatever needed to get done. He was a great husband to my sister and an incredible father to his and others children.
Well on December 23 he was complaining of severe back pain. My sister insisted he go to the ER after about 2 hours a doctor came in and informed him he had cancer. Apparently he had cancer for over a year. A tumor on his spine. Well of course the decision was made to fight it. First thing was to get him healthy enough for radiation treatment. After about a week he received his first and only radiation treatment.
Following the first radiation treatment he started getting worse. It was discovered he had a tumors in his stomach, liver and kidneys. At that point no one was willing to give up but we all knew the odds were stacked against him.
For about 3 weeks the battle was to get him healthy enough to start chemo. Any bit of good news was always followed by something terrible. On January 23 he suffered a stroke and it was discovered that the cancer had reached his brain. At that point the doctors told us all they can do is keep him comfortable.

So the PSA is if you have a nagging injury or a pain that just doesn’t seem to go away, don’t try to tough it out, go and see a DR. My brother in law started out with stomach cancer which according to doctors is cureable if caught in the early stages.

 

There's so many of these old hands that are complete technophobes. It wouldn't surprise me if a good percentage of them didn't have a smartphone. Luddites crack me up. As somebody that made a good living working with computers for two decades I know first-hand how quickly one can ruin your day when things go south. But the utter hatred I see and hear out there for GPSes, smart phones, and even credit cards is pretty ridiculous and amusing. None of these things are bad when USED PROPERLY.

Credit card phobia is my favorite. People are scared to death they're gonna get their credit card number stolen. I've had mine stolen and it ain't that big of a deal to get straightened out. They're one of the best cash flow management tools out there.

 

Yeah my mom is terrified of using her credit card online. So it’s kinda funny when she asks me to use my credit card for her online purchases.