Important update to our piece on depression..
Was up until about 3:45am last night. I was watching an old movie about 3 soldiers returning home after World War II. I don't know why but my eyes opened about 9:30am and I just decided to get out of the bunk and clean. The last week was extremely busy and I was in "throw" mode. The night before I had to really crunch the gears to get moving and was existing on T/A triple caffeine coffee, chocolate mini-donuts and blasting a "live" Charlie Daniels CD. I'm a very organized person, but the inside of the truck looked like a "typical" teenagers room. I should be on the way back to Florida for the holiday, but instead got stuck here because the lumber company stopped unloading (85 miles north of here) 3pm on Friday. So rather than clean my garage, I'm here "re" organizing the interior of my truck. I was going to break out the new Pentax, but never got around to it. Since I don't fuel at Petro, I had no shower points, but paid the $15 dollars anyhow. I got back $5 for returning the ancient towels to the old grumpy lady behind the store counter. The water came out of the shower head so hard, it hurt. I tried readjusting it and the head came off. The result was a nice strong stream of water without the sting. So much for today - now I've done this before and I'm doing it again - this is important - please read our 5/28 blog piece on depression. And to update what we said - I'm going to recommend a new book that was reviewed in the June 19th issue of USA Today. It's called "The Seven T's" by the singer/songwriter Judy Collins. It's about depression, suicide and coping. The review by Nanci Hellmich says "In 1992, her (Collins) only child, Clark Taylor, got into his car in his garage, placed a hose from the exhaust through the car window, started the engine, rolled up the windows and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. He was 33 and married with a 4-year old daughter. Before his death, Clark had relapsed into alcohol after seven years of sobriety." It is so important for drivers OTR to understand the signs of depression and how to deal with it. The first and most important step is to get professional help for yourself or someone who you feel might be suffering from depression.
Was up until about 3:45am last night. I was watching an old movie about 3 soldiers returning home after World War II. I don't know why but my eyes opened about 9:30am and I just decided to get out of the bunk and clean. The last week was extremely busy and I was in "throw" mode. The night before I had to really crunch the gears to get moving and was existing on T/A triple caffeine coffee, chocolate mini-donuts and blasting a "live" Charlie Daniels CD. I'm a very organized person, but the inside of the truck looked like a "typical" teenagers room. I should be on the way back to Florida for the holiday, but instead got stuck here because the lumber company stopped unloading (85 miles north of here) 3pm on Friday. So rather than clean my garage, I'm here "re" organizing the interior of my truck. I was going to break out the new Pentax, but never got around to it. Since I don't fuel at Petro, I had no shower points, but paid the $15 dollars anyhow. I got back $5 for returning the ancient towels to the old grumpy lady behind the store counter. The water came out of the shower head so hard, it hurt. I tried readjusting it and the head came off. The result was a nice strong stream of water without the sting. So much for today - now I've done this before and I'm doing it again - this is important - please read our 5/28 blog piece on depression. And to update what we said - I'm going to recommend a new book that was reviewed in the June 19th issue of USA Today. It's called "The Seven T's" by the singer/songwriter Judy Collins. It's about depression, suicide and coping. The review by Nanci Hellmich says "In 1992, her (Collins) only child, Clark Taylor, got into his car in his garage, placed a hose from the exhaust through the car window, started the engine, rolled up the windows and died of carbon monoxide poisoning. He was 33 and married with a 4-year old daughter. Before his death, Clark had relapsed into alcohol after seven years of sobriety." It is so important for drivers OTR to understand the signs of depression and how to deal with it. The first and most important step is to get professional help for yourself or someone who you feel might be suffering from depression.
