Yep, another year has come and gone for me. I'm at home for the moment getting ready to leave for another two week run tomorrow. My home time schedule is changing from three weeks out and five days at home to something like two weeks out and three days at home. This is not by choice, but the powers that be don't like my old schedule, so it is changing. Company drivers gotta roll with the punches sometimes. Besides, it will give me more frequency of time at home, and that is a good thing. Three weeks gone is a long time, so I'm ready to mix it up a little.
I passed my HAZMAT test, now I just have to get through the background check and the fingerprinting, which cost something like $85.00, so this will be taken care of after my next paycheck. This should help bring more miles to me, and I think I'm ready to run HAZMAT now. Looking back on my last year on the road, I think it was a smart move not to tackle that until now. It's not like I'm going to be carting toxic waste or anything, but there are very strict rules about this kind of driving around big cities, and I for one really want to keep out of jail. I hear the food is awful, but the health care is fabulous!
Anyhoo, I'm feeling much better than I did last week, so I'm going to try to keep up on the old BLOG better than my last trip out. Miles are picking up, and that can only mean that the first quarter is over YAY!
Be safe out there.
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Good to see you while you were home! And glad you are feeling better. Have you cleaned up all the chicken entrails yet? :)
Good to see you while you were home! And glad you are feeling better. Have you cleaned up all the chicken entrails yet? :)
Safe driving, and many, many miles to you.
Sorry we missed you, but hope for better luck next time. Steaks are in the freezer, and the grill is ready to go, now all we need is you, Linda, and Ann to join us.
Take care,
Mom
Well Happy belated Birthday. Seems we are sporting the same sign. I just had my 56th.
HAZMAT is certainly taken more seriously than it was when I drove. And remembering my feelings back then when asked to haul some obnoxious and/or hazardous matrial, just flipping the sign on the back was not enough. I never had any problems as I drove paranoid and would check the load often, but some guys had nightmares inside their trailers when they finished a run.
I am glad they are taking it so seriously now. It is serious business.
Keep it 'tween the ditches.
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