Friday night.

made it just short of 700 miles, would have gone further but there were no truck parking areas available that were within range of the 55 minutes i had left on the drive clock.  my gps is showing 489 miles left to go to El Dorado at 6 hours and 59 minutes.  however, those are usually some pretty optimistic drive times.  i would add an hour to that and call it accurate.  

8 hours to get there and 2-1/2 hours to get home.  call it 3 hours for the same-said reason.  that taps me out tomorrow with a full 11 hour driving day.  will it actually happen that way? i have no clue, i'm just hoping.  This truck will drive as fast as i want it to. on 75 mph interstates i was going around 73 today.  

i'm at a mom/pop truck stop, there was a parking area 10 miles further down the road, but what is 10 miles? especially when you are weighing between a place with a store and bathroom and a place with - nothing.  

the inverter in this thing doesn't work and this old laptop battery doesn't last long, so type fast and get off of the thing quick.  

i was checking my checking account this morning and surprise, a 2grand paycheck had been deposited.  i have no idea what the gross pay was, but 2 grand is a welcome sight in there.  that literally wipes the pressure right off of me for paying bills, especially the power bill coming up which i was, honestly, sweating.  i knew when i agreed to this hellish ordeal 2-1/2 months ago that by the end of september, i would be draining out my bank accounts for paying everything, but especially that high dollar electric bill.

my prediction was right on the money.  Got into october and here i am, not completely broke without that paycheck but certainly wondering about making it through the month.  i don't have to worry. not only this paycheck but next will be healthy as well with this 2,400 plus mile trip on the books.  

my cow pasture time on the hill this morning talking to people on the phone was hilarious.  i like to make fun of cows, lol. i make noises at them and they look all stop what they are doing and look up.  i make more noises. the calf i spoke about in the last post wasn't none too happy and it's mama was talking to me.  she wasn't particularly concerned but she was making noises back to my noises lol.  i am easily entertained.  i always have been. 

driving a pink truck with barbie as a company id, lmao.  it's hilarious to me, especially with these other trucks pulling up to look in to see the babe driving. i have to wonder if they think i'm gay lol.  it doesn't bother me near as much as people think it should lmao. 

i can tell ya one thing, i felt better today than i have in - 3 weeks.  i slept well last night and it paid off.  i could have driven many more hours if it were legal to do so.  i can only hope that i get as good a sleep tonight as i did last night.  

well, it's after 11 pm, it's time to wind this down and i might want to make a post in the morning, this thing has gone from 54% to  36% in maybe 15 minutes time. it's a priority to get a new laptop, transfer files, destroy this thing and dump it in the trash.  

g'nite

 On my iPhone sitting at IHOP for breakfast/lunch. 

I ended having to stop at a parking area with no facilities last night and no internet access. Although that sounds sucky, reality was I spent 9 hours in bed. Got some decent sleep even next to a highway. 

Not an Interstate but a 2 lane highway shortcut. Well, I really needed to call the new manager for guidance. I need to go home, frankly, how do you want to work this? 

So I walked up a dirt road to get higher elevation and hope for a signal. A calf was wandering down the road with its mama on the other side of the fence. There were no gates to shoo the calf back into or o would have put it into pasture. That highway not far away. 

At the top of the hill I had good reception. Asked the manager, he said bring the trailer to the yard and then bobtail home. 

After that, checked my account. Definitely got my first paycheck, desperately needed money. 

Lunch is over. I gotta get rolling. 

G’day.