Friday - afternoon

I have had a sore throat and headache for several days, it's not crazy bad so I haven't really said anything about it - I picked up something on the trip or I"m just that worn out, could be either or a combo of both.

I"m starting to feel better today, the sore throat is dying down and I slept quite a lot last night.  

My employer was wanting me to come back to work tomorrow.  No thanks. I didn't say that, I just relied on not feeling well - which definitely isn't a lie at all - for not doing it. This started yesterday now I've had 2 phone calls about it today.  I finally agreed to do a Sunday Arkansas run - the other part of this was that they were wanting me to do an Ennis run.

No clue why, I didn't ask and I have no idea what's up with my manager. He gets sick a lot but perhaps he's on vacation.  I know he's been stepping back from active dispatch duties but he is still doing the schedule for everyone.  I mean, what else is there for him to do if not scheduling? Manager stuff, I get it lol.  

Anyway we settled on the Sunday run but my truck isn't finished yet and allegedly not done until Monday.  You see, my manager would never ask me to do this ridiculous stuff trying to get a truck that is 2-1/2 hours away by car, he'd just go to plan B, C or D. He always has back up plans and I don't know why this dispatcher doesn't do the same.  

Well, we agreed on a Sunday run but I then asked how I'm getting to El Dorado to get the substitute truck? Well don't you have a friend that can bring you up here? LOL!  I replied no in the absolute definitive.  Yes, my friend took me to Shreveport to drop off the truck but she isn't going to drive me clear up to El Dorado  for a sub truck, that's 2-1/2 hours!  She was offering money and such and I just said no, she won't do it and besides, she has plans tomorrow.  I wouldn't ask her to do that much as it stands. She likes to drive but she just go done driving the entire trip we went on (and yes, I offered to help but she said she was fine). 

My statement that I can't get a ride up there put her into a conundrum, apparently she assumed I could just "find a way" there.  It isn't down the street and around the corner. I can't even imagine someone asking another person to do that without a plan on how to get that person there.  I really dislike when my manager isn't available, this is the kind of nonsense that ensues.  

So now, she said well I don't know, I"ll have to figure something out.  Yes, please do and that was the end of that.  They must be hurting for drivers - I would have thought they would have pulled someone off OTR to cover for me.  I have been driving 6 days a week, surely my manager had figured out how to cover it? Not like this was a last minute vacation request, I put that request in many months ago.  

See, even if I get a ride somehow up there, there is still dropping that truck off up there and getting back down here. They have never asked me to do this before, just weird.  

Changing the subject, I am still dealing with this insurance middleman.