Completely lost track of days.  Last entry I wrote "Thursday morning". It was actually Friday morning. Down to Brownsville pick up and empty and straight back up, no detention pay this time.  Which is fine, I didn't want to wait down there.  I am dispatched to a plant in Kentucky tomorrow and wanted at least a few hours at home tonight to visit with everyone and enjoy - not being in the truck.   

The plant is about 565 miles from here.  I've never been to this plant, btw.  Apparently they normally get the product we haul via rail cars.  I would venture to guess rail cars are held up somewhere and won't be there in time enough to supply their needs.  Another driver at the yard today told me that you take the truck in there, drop the trailer and then have to leave the plant.  3 to 5 hours to off load. Which is quite a bit of time but it's whatever to me. I'm just concerned about the weather.

Anyway,  I was talking to my mother today. My oldest brother got the booster show and now is deathly sick.  This is from the booster, not from getting Covid itself. I keep hearing about how safe the vaccine is and I keep seeing how badly it's affecting members of my family.  My middle brother refuses to take it - and he's a paramedic.  I've been of the mindset not to take it regardless of what my family believes - or anyone else for that matter.  But, we are labeled traitors, people that want to kill others and other such nonsense by politicians from the President on down if we dare oppose the woke culture. 

Fortunately, I don't give a damn what any politician thinks, Hollywood elites can go suck a rotten egg, mainstream media can also jump in a lake.  I have yet to have anyone telling me to my face that garbage and if they try to, they aren't going to be having fun doing it.  These people live in bubbles, isolated from reality and from society, surrounded by their ilk, they mouth off their rantings. In love with the sound of their own voices, they mistakenly believe we all love to hear them mouthing off as well.  

Whatever the case, my son still isn't out of the woods, I was thinking he was, but he said "apparently, there are phases to this virus".  I was concerned about my oldest brother, but as normal for him, he isn't giving much details of what he is going through, just that mother said it's not good.  

Then I mentioned I wanted to come to AZ to visit everyone. She said no, that's not a good idea, it's too dangerous right now.  Ugh.  She then went into other stuff, part of which was about things she wanted to discuss about the inheritance we would all be getting after her passing.  I really don't like talking about that.  I am of the thought that whatever she desires, that's what should happen.  But she has totally changed her stance on this situation. Before, it was the idea that she was just dividing everything 3 ways, but it would be up to us to agree on who gets what. 

I dunno what changed her mind about it - she has been of that thought for decades now.  Apparently she has divvied up everything, to the point telling me that her truck will be mine.  Uhh, mother, are you sick? Been told something that we don't know about? Nope, this is just the way she is about this stuff.  I don't really enjoy the thought of my mother's passing, but she is definitely getting up there in age.  She's still in decent health is all I can say.

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Sunday, 6:45 am.  Looks like it snowed over night in areas going up to Calvert City including in Arkansas.  How that plays out on driving and the roads? I have no idea.  It's going to warm up into the high 40's today in that area so hopefully any icing will be gone by the time I get going through there. 

My sign has arrived, btw, in all of it's "will be trespassed" glory.  I need a post to hang it on and time to go out there, dig a hole and put it in the ground.  Unfortunately, I will have enough hours for another trip somewhere, probably no more than a Brownsville type trip, after this trip is over.  What I'll want is an Oklahoma trip, where I can have at least most of a day off plus a full day after that to reset the 70 hour clock.  

Anyway, it's time to get out of here and go face the day.