Feeling Better About Things

Yet again, another week has passed since I've had any time to write. Currently we're sitting in Missouri at a Flying J, waiting for the morons in Omaha to send us a load. It's been like this all week, actually. We get a load delivered and then sit for hours, or even overnight, before they decide to give us another one. We delivered yesterday at 10pm, and here it is, 230pm and were still sitting. The farthest we've moved is across the parking lot here to get a better space.

On a brighter note, as I'm here watching drivers try to park and generally fail miserably, since Greg is going home for 6 days around Thanksgiving, I'm going to go home with him, and then Thanksgiving morning, he'll drive me to the airport near his home and I'll be getting on an airplane to Boston, so I can spend my Thanksgiving with MY family, not his. Not that they're bad or unenjoyable people, I just prefer my own people. I also haven't seen New England since October 12. 6 1/2 weeks is WAY too long to be gone.

If all goes well, I should have somewhere around 20-30 hours of training left to log when I get back in the truck after the holiday. With any luck, I can be in a terminal the following weekend, and be in line for a truck on the morning of Dec 6. I've been told that Werner's account with Dollar General in the New England area is severely hurting for drivers right now, so there's a good chance I could get on that dedicated account. I'd be home every weekend and get exercise unloading the rolling carts from the trailer into the stores, too. Now if I can just finish up my hours and get a truck, I'll be all set.

So as I've seen more of this land we call America, I've come to start taking notes on some of the more interesting or thought-provoking things you find. One of the most interesting is the fact that our government finds in necessary to tell anyone passing through Oklahoma on a specific section of highway that if one was to exit here, they could find the ammunition factory where they make all the bullets our country is using to declare it's supremacy. I'm serious, there's a HUGE sign just before the exit - US MILITARY AMMUNITION MANUFACTURING FACILTY

Texas is an interesting place. The state is so large that they feel no road should be posted any less than 65mph. A 2-lane such a Rt 5 thought Vermont, or Rt 4 though New Hampshire would be posted at 65. It takes quite a bit to get used to going that fast.

We were in SE Kansas the other day. We passed a church with a large sign board out front. Apparently someone there has a good sense of humor, as the message read -
HONK IF YOU LOVE JESUS.
KEEP TEXTING IF YOU WANT TO MEET HIM

And last night as we were coming through Missouri. The MODOT has a clever employee, as well. Someone put up a message reading
PICKUPS ROCK
THEY ALSO ROLL
BUCKLE UP