The OTR loneliness

That's an old picture now and had to go ....... i looked too nice!

 

I leave for orientation with USA on the 3rd and just starting dating someone seriously about two months ago. We have discussed this at length and I think the key is conversation whenever possible.

 

i think so too! i know a driver of 25 years; he and his wife talk about 15-20 times a day, sometimes just for a couple minutes, this is how they take part in each others lifes and know what's going on.

 

its funny you mention a parakeet because i seriously whistle and say #### a parrot does. and i'm not even OTR. imagine if i went OTR how crazy i'd be hahaha

 

It's not quite as much the solitude that really gets me but the boredom.

 

Where is all the "it's a lifestyle" enthusiasts?

 

more like a No-Life style.

 

That must be the perfect expression, a No-Life-Style!

Strange situation, almost like an addiction...adrenaline running thru the system, i am alone, it's not a "nice situation" but i still like it, life outside can crumble away and once hooked it can be hard to get out....you'll need a network of family and friends out there to leave it, and you definitely need a plan for that.
-- Just some of my "sometimes thoughts & feelings"...

 

I'm quite reclusive and anti-social, so trucking was a good fit for me. You walk into a terminal and most, if not all the drivers are ######## about their job, shipper, receiver, ETC...I don't want to hear it. Truck stops are the same.....########, whining, my wife left me, sell you this, bumming that, politics....don't want to hear that either. I keep in touch with my family on a constant basis, and all is well. I've been OTR for a little less than a year.

 

Truck driving is not for everybody. Much less for those with family ties, young kids, or the social types. I love solitude!!! Was raised in solitude, no brothers or sisters, I have no family, no home and really no real friends. So, solitude is pretty normal for me. I don't miss anybody, don't miss any place since I left "my old country" 18 years ago and became a legal immigrant...
So, here I am, at a truck stop in Colorado, waiting to deliver my load tomorrow morning. This is where I will spend my Christmas.... and that's fine with me.