Brownsville trip en-queue.  \

Taking the day cab, a truck I would have liked to never drive again for multiple reasons.  Earning a paycheck and getting money into the bank to move on with the RV project takes precedence over my personal desires, so I readily volunteered yesterday to go on another run somewhere.

It will mean that tonight I will have to find a hotel to stay at.  That's one of the reasons I really don't like taking that truck. Hotel stays are nice - if you are actually staying there for a while.  Not so nice if it's rushed in, take your 10 hour, and then usually up early and out of there even earlier so you can go hook up to a trailer and prepare for the drive that day.  It isn't optimal, but it's a good paying run so I will not complain about it too much.  

At least there is a "decent" hotel near the yard down there, I don't want to stay at one of the higher quality brands we normally are put into down there, just because I don't want to have to drive too far to get to the yard tomorrow morning. 

As for my sleep, I a in a 3 day funk.  I slept miserably last night, I stayed in bed 11 hours in order to attempt to somehow make up for the lack of sleep last night when I woke up.  My whole sleep cycle has been disrupted from the last trip and I suspect it will be a while before it returns to normal.  

Regardless, this day cab has no refrigerator and very little room. I will be relying on stopping at places to get something to eat versus having a refrigerator stocked with ample food.  I also have to drive clear to Tyler this morning to retrieve my forgotten paperwork out of my truck. I have no choice, the paperwork is due, has been due and I don't get paid until I turn it in.  

I will, however, be doing my usual drive by the property to see if by some miracle, this water install company has actually shown up to do their job. I don't know what the delay is.  Perhaps they had to order the meter or other parts? The man knows what he's doing, if he didn't the city wouldn't be using him.  So, unless he's busy, which was never indicated, there must be a causal reason for the delay in installing.  If he wanted a deposit up front, I would have given him one.  But, that request was never made. So, I have really no idea what's going on and getting a hold of him on the phone is near impossible.

Anyway, my departure time draws night. It's almost 9:00 am, but with having to drive to Tyler, I hvae to give myself an extra hour of drive time.  I really wish I had remembered the paperwork.  It was 3:00 am when I got dropped off at the hotel from the tow truck and I had to climb up into my truck that was on the tow hoist to get everything, it simply slipped my mind.  I even sat in the cab for a minute, trying to remember everything.  My mind was in a fog and I was extremely tired.  

So, pay the price and drive over there, that's all I can do.  At least there's a Carl's Jr. on the way, I'm going to stop and get a lettuce wrapped burger for breakfast/lunch.  

And with that, I must be offa here and out of here.

G'day.