No, Jesus did not come walking by and the local Jehovah's did not come a knock'n. BEEP. The Qualcom was a call'n me. A holiday greeting? No. A trip? Yesssss! Pick-up tomorrow morning in Valley NE, 75 miles from here going to Live Oak TX. And it's a preloaded trailer. Excellent! Delivery 9/4. 9/4? What a minute? That's next Thursday. Next Thursday? Are they kidding? That gives me 6 days to drive 1300 miles! No way. And where the heck is Live Oak? Sounds familiar. EL-5. Due North of San Anton. What a minute? What about Gustov? Shit. If I can deliver it Tuesday morning, it will make next Friday's paycheck. I can deliver it and then get blown away by the hurricane. Just my luck. Whatever. I'll confirm the preplan. At least I'm not stuck here all weekend. BEEP. You have got to be kidding. 7 stops! 7 stops! So, they want me to drive the 75 miles from here in Lincoln to Valley - pick up a preloaded trailer with 7 stops - then drive back 75 miles right to where I am in Lincoln to deliver the first two stops which are here in Lincoln. R-eye-t. Then to Liberal KS, then to Oklahoma City, OK, then to Shawnee, OK, then to Kenendale, TX and then to Live Oak, TX. I'm speechless. What's a matter, Roadway couldn't handle it? When is Gustav supposed to hit the Gulf? Monday, Tuesday maybe? And into or over to Texas? Monday, Tuesday? Well folks it's going to be an interesting week. And tomorrow afternoon, I'll be back right here "stuck" for the weekend. Can you say "local" job, pleeease! The map is from the National Weather Service at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
Friday, August 29, 2008
Breaking news - I've been saved!
No, Jesus did not come walking by and the local Jehovah's did not come a knock'n. BEEP. The Qualcom was a call'n me. A holiday greeting? No. A trip? Yesssss! Pick-up tomorrow morning in Valley NE, 75 miles from here going to Live Oak TX. And it's a preloaded trailer. Excellent! Delivery 9/4. 9/4? What a minute? That's next Thursday. Next Thursday? Are they kidding? That gives me 6 days to drive 1300 miles! No way. And where the heck is Live Oak? Sounds familiar. EL-5. Due North of San Anton. What a minute? What about Gustov? Shit. If I can deliver it Tuesday morning, it will make next Friday's paycheck. I can deliver it and then get blown away by the hurricane. Just my luck. Whatever. I'll confirm the preplan. At least I'm not stuck here all weekend. BEEP. You have got to be kidding. 7 stops! 7 stops! So, they want me to drive the 75 miles from here in Lincoln to Valley - pick up a preloaded trailer with 7 stops - then drive back 75 miles right to where I am in Lincoln to deliver the first two stops which are here in Lincoln. R-eye-t. Then to Liberal KS, then to Oklahoma City, OK, then to Shawnee, OK, then to Kenendale, TX and then to Live Oak, TX. I'm speechless. What's a matter, Roadway couldn't handle it? When is Gustav supposed to hit the Gulf? Monday, Tuesday maybe? And into or over to Texas? Monday, Tuesday? Well folks it's going to be an interesting week. And tomorrow afternoon, I'll be back right here "stuck" for the weekend. Can you say "local" job, pleeease! The map is from the National Weather Service at http://www.nws.noaa.gov/
