A couple of days ago I went to NJ to pick up a load of Arm & Hammer backing soda. The load was not ready, this was the second time it was not ready; another truck had tried to get it the previous day. Next I'm told it will be 24 hours before it is ready! So having nothing else to do and no coin in my pocket (yes its paraphrased Mobey Dick) I thus proceeded to wait. Went back the next morning it was finally done. Got the load and let dispatch know how long it would take to get it to its destination...well the receiver was unwilling to wait that long so I had to drop the load at a terminal only 234 miles away, ripped off of the other 1000 miles for the trip! ( a team truck with two drivers took it the rest of the way) Then I have to sit for another day waiting on a load. I finally get one; guess where? Yep , Arm & Hammer again, just a different facility. This one I get tomorrow morning and take to a suburb of Chicago. Its not as far but its headed in the right direction-west. I am still trying to get home to Perris, CA. I have been out 8 going on 9 weeks now.
That's quite long enough. By the time I actually get home it will be between 9 and 10 weeks out! Never again!
I am trying to get my wife to figure out if she wants to stay in so cal near her relatives or go back to Phoenix, AZ where we lived for 10 yrs. I think I know the answer, and its fine by me; move back to Phoenix. I was there 2 years before I met her and in those 12 yrs Ive come to call Phoenix home. I miss it more than any other place Ive lived, and a lived in a few different states over the years. Well its late and I need to get some sleep.
So as always remember the road less traveled always has the most interesting scenery.
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