Sunday - late
I got up at 5:25 am, got showered, got out of there. Made my lunch last night for I knew I was going to be driving all day long so wanted to take enough food to last the day.
I wasn't wrong about driving all day long. Well, it's more a mix of driving and making stops, but it was over 500 miles so yes, I did some driving today.
Gurdon delivery was painless. No one showed up before me, the security guards got to the scales quick, the offload was relatively short, we're all good there. 240 miles down to the washout, a bit of a wait. I called in advance but they weren't answering their phone. The dude eventually showed up, got the tanker cleaned out, off to Lufkin. That was a 40 minute wait to even start loading. I don't know why, I didn't ask. I began to wonder if I was going to even make it home today- I have waited many hours there on certain occasions in the past to get the tank filled up.
Got it done and I hustled out of there. I don't want to get home so late that I don't have any down time for it's time to go to bed. I didn't even stop for fuel, which I normally do at one of the Love's in Lufkin. I have plenty of fuel, I can stop at the Love's in Domino tomorrow morning on the way up to the plant to offload.
That was my day. 12-1/2 hours of that garbage. It reminded me of the days driving for the previous company and many, many 14 hour days, in fact, mostly all 14 hour days if not longer. I don't miss that at all and would have a very hard time returning to that kind of lifestyle where you're out all the time, missing home, missing the people you hold dear, your pets, your bed, face to face conversations - all of that happens to you when you're on the road all the time and it can get pretty depressing. Some people like being alone all the time, I used to be that way while driving but the older I got, the more I wanted off the road and spend more time at home.
The flip side is I did a whole run in one day and that's a nice chunk of change for one day's work.
Whatever the case, I'm home, burned out, tired, exhausted, relaxing and highly likely going to bed early tonight. I slept ok last night but yesterday was a very long day and it wore me out. The kids too. One of them wanted to know where I was at all day long, lol. Couple today with yesterday and yes, the only reason I am awake is as mentioned above: down time before bed. And it's not that late, 8:00 pm.
The other driver going up there tomorrow is going to be there at 11. We discussed this, he doesn't want to go up early, I will get up at my usual early time of around 5:30 and be up there around 9.
Anything else today? Nope. No calls for lots tho I did get an elongated messenger conversation from someone claiming they are moving here and want to park at my park. The problem? The guy works in Shreveport. It's 35-40 mile drive each way, there are closer parks and I told him that.
I have nothing else. I am going to bed.
