Long day.
I woke up before the alarm went off - that happens pretty regularly - at 3:48 am, alarm set for 4:00 am. Not feeling very good, at all. I could have slept another 3 hours. But, I got up, got the day going and left the house, dogs in tow and dropped them off at the other house.
James has been watching them at our house for the last 2 runs - but that was by his request. He likes my doggies lol. Pretty much everyone loves Addler excepting people that are terrified of dogs and then see this gargantuan monster coming at them. Or just staring at them. My Shepherd is also very lovable, she has a very nice disposition. Very loyal, doesn't much care when strangers come around, she gets skittish. I dunno if that's a Shepherd trait or probably more to do with how everyone before me treated her.
Over to Maria's - remember that Kim, another lady tenant there - told me that Maria is going to move with her to Arizona not long ago, but to keep it a secret that she told me. Well, so far, Maria has said nothing about it. And buying more stuff for the house - she got a stimulus check and her food stamp payments have doubled since the coronavirus took effect. She hasn't been asking me for anything lately, which is a welcome relief. Won't last forever, I suppose. I still offer anyway, that's my nature.
Dropped the dogs off and off to work. The "license restricted" driver had just pulled in from all night driving, from where else - Brownsville. That's all he is doing. His paychecks must be pretty nice. He is being forced, however, to go home and deal with his license. I can only surmise other drivers are bitching about him getting all these sweet runs. The loaner driver - was hooked up to a trailer that only goes to brownsville and yet another new driver - a manager's buddy - also headed to - where else - but Brownsville.
Yup, that stuff doesn't set well with me. I guess I can't really complain, I won't get any detention pay on my current run but it's 1,300 miles round trip plus stop pay and other pay they give me, it still pays decent, as long as I can make it back tomorrow it's all fine. I had 20 minutes to spare making it here today - the plant scale house held me up for a long time waiting on paperwork. I was bound and determined to get here, tho, I don't want a 3 day trip made out of a 2 day trip. And this is the other Decatur run, where 2 rednecks unload the truck, hilarious to listen to these guys, but they know what they're doing.
Once I finally got on the road, tho, I experienced no delays and I took the route going through Lousiana on I-20 versus the other route going up through Arkansas, over to Memphis and back over to Alabama. That route is ridiculous. It's 50 miles less driving, yes, but you don't save any time what with all the road construction going on in Memphis and the endless towns slowing you down. I'm not the biggest fan of Interstate driving, but in this case, the Interstate is the only way to go.
Well that's enough lol. I got done here with over 12 hours to wait until the morning to offload and go back to Longview. But early bedtime is looking better and better. I can get up earlier than I normally would on this run, get out my Keurig coffee machine and brew my own, fresh, hot, delicious coffee! And yes, I have heavy whipping cream in my refrigerator to whiten it up.
G'nite : )
