Millis OTR journal

I hate running in the south because of that ####. However, what I've learned is that sometimes 30-40 miles makes a huge difference.

When I last came up through Alabama with a paper load, I had planned on stopping at that Flying J just north of Birmingham on 65. Got there at 6. Lot was full and people were already inventing parking spots. Went 40 miles or so up the road to the Dodge City Petro and the lot wasn't even half full.

 

Yeah I’m right in Columbia that has to be it. Doesn’t help things at all that there has to be 20 dropped trailers sitting in the lot. Lost a tire today thankfully wasn’t a blow out had it changed by loves at the flying J

 

Yeah I'm starting to sort of subconsciously make note of places that appear to be (officially or otherwise) okay with drivers dropping trailers or leaving their trucks there while they go home and avoiding those places on the weekends because they're more likely to be full. The thing that causes me more stress than anything else out here is worrying about finding s place to park, especially if I'm going somewhere new. Or if it's somewhere that I already know has parking issues.

 

It usually takes me an hour before I'm ready to roll, so when I can sort or gradually get myself into a groove where I'm up at 3 and rolling by 4 or up at 4 and rolling by 5 I can get things done and be ready to park before most of the truck stops start filling up. It can still be challenging to find a place to take a piss break but nowhere near as bad as it is at 2 am.

This is another one of those things where my life is dramatically different than it was back at my last job. In those days I usually didn't get up until 9 or 9:30 in the morning and was up until midnight or 1 am unless someone called me with a problem. When I was going to the school, I was getting up at 4:30 and that seemed so stupidly early. I hadn't had those hours since way back in the early 90s when K worked as a guard. But to me it's easier to get up early than it is to stress all evening about where I'm gonna park.

 

Well according to google it should have been a very easy back. Real life though it turned into a gauntlet of parked trucks a full dock a possible blind side back aborted for a little off roading behind building for a tight sight side back. Mission accomplished.

 

Ew.

 

So after doing the delivery right away get a pick up about 15 minutes away. Did an amazing back not one pull up. Shocking disbelief. Then get a message lol that this load isn’t for me. So sitting here all confused in dock not sure if i should just disconnect from trailer like I was originally supposed to or if they are going to have me deadhead out.