DATELINE: MAX MEADOWS, VA, 7:15 p.m. EDT
Miles Today: 557
(Yesterday's total was 406...I forgot to note that in yesterday's posting.)
Well it's been another long day with another short night coming up. I've noticed that since I got my new Fleet Manager a few months back that my load assignments tend to have very little "wiggle room" for relaxation time. The time between pickup and delivery appointments tends to be just enough to drive the mileage at a 50 MPH average plus necessary 10-hour break period(s). This current load fits that bill; I have to get rolling again tomorrow morning just about as soon as I complete my 10-hours after stopping tonight.
Tonight I'm at a Love's Travel Center down here in southern VA, and I have about 100 miles or so to go to get to tomorrow morning's 7:00 delivery. So I'll get up early enough (3:30) to grab a shower and shave (gotta look presentable for those customers) before hitting the road between 4:00 and 4:30.
The upside of these tight schedules is I get to rack up the paying miles. The downside is those 10 hours don't leave much time for other activities if I want to get a good night's sleep. If I do sleep 8 hours, that leaves about 1 hour on each side to squeeze in among the following:
- Dinner
- Blogging
- Exercise (usually neglected because of the time crunch)
- Showering and shaving
- Poker
- Breakfast (if I don't just resort to munching Pop Tarts as I drive in the morning).
Therefore I generally have to keep these posts shorter, less in-depth and insightful, and less prosaically proficient than I'd like.
Anyway, that's enough to catch you up-to-date for today, as I am quite tired and ready to make preparations for bedtime. Thanks for coming back to the fold and looking in today. Keep in touch, and keep on truckin'.
P.S., A 5-state day today. I coulda' driven another 35-ish miles into NC to hit the 6-state mark, but I need a shower & shave in the morning and I can do that for free here with a shower credit from having filled up my truck's tanks. Ain't no such places in the area I woulda' had to stop in NC.
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Welcome back, Reluctant. The kids have two questions that they've been itching to ask:
1) What's the truth about truckers, gallon jugs, and rest stops?
2) If you pass a school bus or station wagon full of kids giving the honk-your-horn signal, what do you do?
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