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

Update...

So after my 2 days spent in Dallas. I drove down to the delivery point and spent the night. I had a Noon appointment but rolled in there around 8AM thinking i might be able to get out early. And the answer is... a big NOPE. So i sat there and talked to the workers on the dock all morning. They got me unloaded and I asked for another load. I thought it might be a little considering there was 3 other Con-way trucks there but I got a load right away. Drove down to Houston and picked that load up and headed out. This is a good load 830 miles deliver 8AM on the 7th. So by the time i got loaded up and took off it was late afternoon. I was all ready tiered, i guess i didn't sleep to well the night before. I did a little over 200 miles pulled in a truck stop to get me a cup of coffee and then just ended up shutting it down for the night. Realistically I should have done some more miles last night but I was just to tiered. I have drove a couple times when I probably shouldn't have been and it isn't a good idea. I have yet to have a late load, but it isn't worth killing yourself over or more importantly anyone else. So I took my ten hour and headed out. Did 352 miles took a 15min cookie break and then another 215. It was raining all day from LA to GA. Right before GA the CB lite up and everyone was talking about a tornado hitting on I-20 mm 193-205. OK let me find a mile maker... 189? OK no problem. I ask where the next truck stop?... 185 is the last one? OK... so I just past the last exit and you are telling me i am headed right into a tornado? OK so I quickly arrange the interior of the truck for white knuckle drive mode. Radio off, CB on low, seat back up, arm rests up, both hands on the wheel. The rain was unbelievable, 4 wheelers are pulling off onto the shoulder and the proverbial "shit was hitting the fan". It wasn't as bad as it could of been. Such as the wooze and his load spread out over a 2 mile area, but it did suck. As soon as you got threw it, it was nice on the other side. The rain stopped the roads were wet but no uncharted rivers like earlier. So it was exciting. So right now I am outside of Atlanta maybe 80 miles i guess. All i have to do now is get my ass out of bed around 5am and get rolling. I deliver only 60 miles away but with traffic and about 40 of that on county roads I want to make sure I get there is time. I should get a load fairly quickly tomorrow being right out side Atlanta. Plus Herb (our president of Con-way) said that we just got a few big contracts that just became active so miles will improve!!!!! So, hopefully they will find it in their heart to send a few bucks out of those million dollar contracts the woozes way.

Rollin' again.

So yesterday I didn't do to much. Dropped the trailer and headed over to the flyin' J and grab a meal. Then bought some movies from some chick in an SUV. And that's all I have been doing today is watching those. The new Adam Sandler movie was really good, and I normally don't like his stuff. Other than that I got the truck washed and they did a really nice job. Even dropped the extra $8.50 to get the motor done, which the company won't pay me back for, but that's OK, i guess. Now I am going to spend the rest of the day alternating between movie watching and cleaning the inside of the truck. the exciting life... I might headed out tonight and get to my delivery point. I have a Noon appointment but am hope they will take me early. I guess we will find out.

Made it to TX!!!!!

Now this is more like it. 79 Degrees, low humidity and a slight cool breeze. I just got into our Dallas Terminal. The delivery point is only 160 miles away and I don't have to be there until the 5th at noon. There is a lot of drivers down here looking for loads so it looks like I am going to have to wait and take this one in myself. At least I got down here quick enough that I will get layover pay for sitting so long. Now I just have to find something fun to do while hanging out. I am not really sure why i am in such a good mood. it must be the weather. Because with all the sitting around I have been doing lately not making any coin, another 2 days of it would normally piss me off, but I'm kinda not pissed off. Not happy about it, but not pissed either. Maybe this load helped also, because at least I got to stretch out a little and run some miles. I did about 500 miles both yesterday and today. Tx is a fun state to drive in. I actually have bug guts on the windshield, which hasn't happened in a long time and proud to say whacked a bumble bee during lunch that was trying to stow away in the truck. Normally I would appreciate any sort of company out here on the road, but Pooh Bear is allergic to bee stings so unfortunately Mr. bee had to die. I am just that kinda guy that would risk his well being for a stuffed companion. Well that's all for now.