family question

Being home every other weekend is not an unreasonable request for him to make...dispatchers/load planners are human too. Some might dispute that...but if he builds a good relationship with his direct contact and meets as well as exceeds their expectations they will work with him.

OTR isn't that great after awhile when you have a family...especially when you have a little boy that I am sure he loves very much.

 

My wife drinks.....LOL

Seriously,it will be hard on both of you....
If your a independent kind of person,you will do fine.....
Just don't bombard him with everything the minute he walks in the door...
We don't like that and need a few minutes to decompress.....
For your 3 year old,get a big poster sized map of the US and he can track daddy with push pins or maybe find one that you can use markers on...
My 22 year old still talks about plotting all my travels when she was little.
She still can't read a road map,but she sure knows her states...

 

Hang tough, in the end the you both embarked on this path to better provided for your family. As hard as it is I am sure some things will get easier $$. Once he gets his time in everything will fall in to place. The hardest thing to do is be supportive of him when he is on the road, know that even the little things that you present to him as problems may seem bigger when your on the other side of the country.

 

My other half is a soon-to-be trucker. What ways to you use to keep in touch? How long did you talk about it before you/he decided on trucking?

Sympathies on missing him. Hope he has home-time soon.

 

I am hoping to take pictures of our daily lives and make a "slideshow of the day" for him.

Hoping he will take the time to do that too. We figured out how skype works. We both have cell phones. He has been home with our kids for a while and they are going to miss him. They need to talk to him alot. I picked out a big wall map from national geographic that lists ALOT of cities and all the truck routes so kids can track his travels. I am hoping to google earth places he goes so the kids can "see" where daddy is.


I know it is so hard to "be strong" but I hope you find some way to make it work (I hope I do too...lol)

 

Hello, HillJill. Just to let you know, we have an area that is sort of reserved for the ladies. I took a chance on getting shot, and poked my head in there, long enough to post a link to this thread. Perhaps some of our gals who have gone through what you are going through, can help you out a bit.

Good luck to you and your family. It isn't an easy life, and yet there are many folks who thrive on it. Both the ones on the road, and the ones staying at home.