How do you otr drivers sit away from home for your reset?

I've got my laptop and phone etc...
just what's made this weekend bad is cash is on short supply, been a rough year financially for me. but typically I'm not that active of a person and I'm stuck in Texas it's hot as well you know down here. it's mostly just getting comfortable to chill in here but I may have found a solution, hopefully get soon.
maybe next time I get stuck I'll find something interesting, but not a golfer though

 

I will try for a hotel with a pool. Watch some tv, swim, Uber for groceries.

 

Some of us are born to trash around and don't need luxuries to keep us content.
Never had a tv in the truck. Just prefer a laptop, cb radio, ham radio to communicate with people worldwide.
I met a couple of drivers that had all that plus a radio to listen to aircraft communications.
To top that off, I keep books; the classics.
I don't need or want human interaction.

 

I used to get a room, do my grocery shopping, cooking and laundry during a reset.

 

If I had a couple days and I could find a place to drop the trailer, I’d bobtail to a state park and stay in the campground ,

 

Unlimited data on my phone, Amazon Fire stick and a few DVD box sets.

I don't know how anyone can be bored in this modern era...unless you have no interests in anything.

 

I agree.
When I started driving in 1988 cell phones were a prop on Star Trek, GPS was still a classified military secret , and Al Gore had not invented the internet yet.

i could browse bringatrailer and justacarguy and eBay all day ….

 

When I came from NZ in 2004 I had a house and small mortgage there, but had borrowed money to get here, and was way behind the ball when I finally started driving. All I wanted to do was run 11 hours drive, 10 hours or less down, and - on paper logs, averaged 2900 miles a week for over a year on the first year.

The only thing that slowed me down was dispatch - I got 'Up on the One" by rescheduling my appointments and chomping at the bit for the next load. I literally ate tuna and crackers, and Chef Boyardee for the first 4 months. Lost 40 lbs. A sit down Flying J meal twice a week was a treat - whether a breakfast omelette or a steak dinner.

Any time I had to sit for 34, the trash can became a water vessel, and rags, a bottle of Armorall, a little Dirt Devil vacuum cleaner - I'd spend the time cleaning the company truck. It was spotless. Between catching up on sleep, cleaning and tidying the truck, laundry and a shower, I was fully occupied during any down time.

I've become lazier now - but with a 120"ICT sleeper, the last thing I really want to do at home is clean and tinker. So that's what I still do out on the road. It's hardly as clean as I used to keep a smaller truck, but no matter the weather, there's always something to be done.

 

Tubitv and quart/pint of ice cream.

 

Hmmmm.....well there's beer, if you drink enough of that, then a lot of time will pass easily. I have a tablet with Hulu live TV on it so entertainment is covered, football season is here so that makes it even better, college or pro doesn't matter. I clean up the inside of my truck every weekend, detail it and all. Some weekends I even polish my wheels. That's a good workout and it's time consuming. 34 hrs really ain't that enough time to die from boredom in my estimation.