Moulton, AL - Six days to go

I'll be heading home again in less than a week, but work seems adamant about keeping me busy as possible in the meantime. For the first time since that accident back in March, I'm running up against the seventy hour limit. I should have just enough time to make it to Memphis this afternoon, if all goes well, but it's going to be uncomfortably close. Ultimately this load is going to Laredo, TX, though we're not exactly sure when it's due; ops said, "Some dum-dum probably set it up wrong" and it's being looked into now.

I should be in Laredo by Sunday afternoon and won't likely have time to go anywhere else after that. Since I'm supposed to be home Wednesday it wouldn't surprise me if they tried to send me straight there after this run. Obviously it's too early to do more than speculate but it strikes me as a reasonable guess.

Gary, IN - Down for a weekend

I feel somewhat guilty for not updating here more often, but it just doesn't seem like much has happened to warrant a post. I had to take a 34 hour restart in a customer's parking lot due to a total lack of freight in New England; even the Kimberly Clark plant half a mile from where I sat had nothing to offer us. They finally found a run for me to pick up, but I caught the beginning of NYC's rush hour going to get it, complete with loads of people making pointless lane changes and bums begging for money at nearly every ramp.

Given that I still need to do Spring Training and have to wait on a new EZPass transponder to arrive, ops just decided to push me out until at least Monday afternoon. Depending on how freight is I may not get a load right away, of course; that's just the earliest they'll show me as available. Hopefully I'll get some decent mileage in the second half of the month; things are getting rather shaky around here...