It's almost 10pm. I'm sitting in my truck at the Louisiana Welcome Center off I20. I waited 5 hours back in Vickburg, MS for a load of 5 coils headed down to Laredo, TX. The final destination is Apodaka, MX (Mexico) and it's too late for me to look up where that is. Frankly I don't really care. I am hot, dirty and could really use a shower. This late, I don't want to deal with finding a parking spot in a truck stop further west in Tallulah. I'll try and grab a shower tomorrow, but realistically it's going to be another "cat" bath with a 1/2 box of baby wipes. Freight last week was "spotty" and I have less than a week to pack in the miles until the next paycheck. In better times I could have finagled a load out of Laredo to Redmond, WA but not anymore. My 14 hours are up and I'm not going leave here until around 8am. Thanks to my weekend Wal-Mart shopping trip I am self-contained - there is plenty of food and drink on board. I don't know how, but there is internet service where I am. It should be available free at every rest area. I've only said that a million times. I'm fading fast. I watched Juno the other night - great movie! No one can understand how I feel right now except another OTR trucker. I'm going to make a PB&J and try to go to bed. The credit for the photo goes to: http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/Sink.htm
Monday, May 05, 2008
More running hard...
It's almost 10pm. I'm sitting in my truck at the Louisiana Welcome Center off I20. I waited 5 hours back in Vickburg, MS for a load of 5 coils headed down to Laredo, TX. The final destination is Apodaka, MX (Mexico) and it's too late for me to look up where that is. Frankly I don't really care. I am hot, dirty and could really use a shower. This late, I don't want to deal with finding a parking spot in a truck stop further west in Tallulah. I'll try and grab a shower tomorrow, but realistically it's going to be another "cat" bath with a 1/2 box of baby wipes. Freight last week was "spotty" and I have less than a week to pack in the miles until the next paycheck. In better times I could have finagled a load out of Laredo to Redmond, WA but not anymore. My 14 hours are up and I'm not going leave here until around 8am. Thanks to my weekend Wal-Mart shopping trip I am self-contained - there is plenty of food and drink on board. I don't know how, but there is internet service where I am. It should be available free at every rest area. I've only said that a million times. I'm fading fast. I watched Juno the other night - great movie! No one can understand how I feel right now except another OTR trucker. I'm going to make a PB&J and try to go to bed. The credit for the photo goes to: http://www.swapmeetdave.com/Humor/Cats/Sink.htm
