Where is the Wooze

Man talk about a long time... Lets see what has happened in say the last 2 years? Well I am still working at that local job I took. I like it for the most part. The stresses of a local job are totally different then that of being over the road. The main difference is you see your dispatcher almost everyday, face to face. That is not a good situation for me to be in really. Because when you never talk to your boss you cant really say anything stupid. But when they are right there it gives me way to many opportunities for emotional outbreaks of heated stupidity. Plus every morning the other drivers are there bitching about the pain in the ass stuff at work. Many of these things I wouldn't have thought up on my own but once they are brought to my attention I say to myself. "Ya your right, that is kinda sucky" and then am pissed about it for the whole day. But in reality it wouldn't have been any concern if i wasn't told in the first place. So i started going to work about a half hour after everyone else or before to avoid the gossip. Unappreciated by my boss I might add for she never really knew what time I was going to show up. I have learned a lot at this job and have been trained in multiple departments. So for the most part I do like the job. I work a lot of hours when I want and less when I don't for the most part. Being back in Buffalo full time was a pretty big adjustment at first. Being in Idaho for awhile and then over the road most of my socialization was done over the phone or email and even that was fairly infrequent. But now with most weekends off and evenings it is hard to fill the time up with constructive things. But i manage. I really like being close to my family. My sister is building her family and it is great to be apart of that. By the way I was asked to be the god father of my new nephew!!! So that will be really cool. MY niece is just great and try to send as much time as i can visiting. So that's about it. I wanted to write more but it is hard to organize all these thoughts and events from 2 years time. So till next time.
Wooze

Reading over the old posts makes me road sick...lol

OK so it looks like life on the open road is pretty much over for the Wooze. This local gig is working out fairly good. Right now things are really slow but they should pick up here soon. I might have to get a weekend job just cause I am so bored and the extra coin would help. I not really used to having a life other than sitting in a truck so the days off are for the most part boring. I am thinking about attempting to build myself a chopper motorcycle. I have been in the process of trying to figure out details. Like cost, cause i am basically poor. And all the things it is going to take to register it and the steps I have to take. I think I got most of it figured out, to a point. I got a few good companies that offer frames at a reasonable price. So after a little more effort I think I am going to make the plunge. Hopefully I can get it done by spring. I guess I just might keep this blog and switch it over to blog about the build. Cause lets be honest no one wants to hear a daily account of a local drivers day. It is just the same thing over and over again.

Workin'

Things have been going great at the new job. It takes a little getting used to doing this local driving thing. But I got the hang of it for the most part. And it is nice to have weekends off. Last weekend I flew out to NC to play paintball with some friends. It was such a good time. I can't say i am the best at it and have the bruises to prove it. I haven't had that much crazy out of control fun in years. There is something about a weekend out of town trip that just makes you cut loose. Friday was just a drunken mess and then Saturday played paintball for 5 hrs.
This weekend I was going to go to the cabin but decided to stay in Buffalo and see the sites here. Probably going to go to the Blues travelers Show tonight and then the art fest tomorrow. Fun times fun time.... Life is good again my friends... Life is good!

New Job....

Things are going good at the new job. Road along with a couple of other drivers for the past 4 days. Mainly to learn to run the computer system and paper work end of things. It is simple but takes awhile so it slows ya down a lot. I guess that's just all part of it. Next week I will be getting my own route and go at it alone. I guess the thing i am concerned about the most is learning the route. You only visit each customer about every 2 weeks so there is a lot of customers to learn and how to get to them the most efficient way. But i guess that just takes time and experience.
As far as any news about Con-way truck load... I just heard from a friend of mine that he just got fired from there. It is a bad deal, I think, anyhow. He was backing into a dock and came at it a little off, ended up rolling his trailer wheels off the pavement and onto the grass. Made a couple of ruts in the mud. The company brought him in a fired him for it called it a accident. Now if that isn't crazy I don't know what is. I really don't know what is going on over there. But i guess it don't matter at this point. Everyone that I knew over there isn't there any more. Either got fired or left in the past few months. It is just to bad to see a great company like CFI get absorbed and thrown away with the buy out. But them days are over. And now with the new job i have better things to look forward to.

Local guy :(

Well I decided on this local gig... I think. I went and took the wiz quiz on Tuesday and am now just waiting to hear back. The one thing that has worked out great being out of work is i have been going to the gym everyday. Definitely been seeing results so that is a good thing. I might even be in better shape now, then when i started trucking. I guess that is the thing I am looking forward to the most with this local gig is being able to go to the gym after work. Hopefully I'll hear back today or tomorrow. That's all i have for now.
Wooze

The Wooze will return...

Well i apologize for the lack of Wooze news. I had a little incident in GA and as a result am not working with Con-way anymore. Needless to say it is a little disappointing, but anyone that knows trucking knows how this shit works. So after a few days partying in Atlanta with a friend I jumped on a plane and came home to Buffalo. Where i continued to sulk over the situation while I wait for my lawyer in Atlanta to take care of my ticket for me. Everything was taken care of and am now looking for work. I am torn between having a home life and missing the road. I have a decision to make now. Take a local job running propane around the Buffalo NY area, or hit the road once again. Originally i thought I was ready to give up the road for awhile, But when a company called me and wants me to run for them, i did get excited about the idea. But i guess I can always run over-the-road and I guess it wouldn't hurt to have a little local experience on the resume. Plus when you add in the whole family and girlfriend situation it further complicates things. But on the other hand the money is better running over the road. So I went from having little options to 2 good ones. I think I am leaning toward to local deal. I know it is sad for an OTR to go local. I am pretty sure an angel losses it wings every time a OTR turns day runner...LOL So I think it is going to be the local gig for me. At least until winter. But just saying that makes me sentimental for the big roads... I don't know