On the Road Again

Went into Wilmer terminal south of Dallas on Wednesday after delivering in Ennis about 20 miles south of there. I had to get my annual DOT physical and get my truck serviced before heading home. I had to start out at midnight on the south side of Little Rock, AR to make it to my delivery by 7am. So I had a long day.

My physical went OK. Just had to list my right ear closing up again since I had been to the ENT last July. The fibrous displasia has returned and closed up the ear canal. I have lost my hearing in my right ear now and have to report that. Although regulations say you have to hear a forced whisper from behind you in your best ear, a lot of doctors who give physicals think it reads in both ears. I have come across that before. So it stresses me out every time I have to go through this with one not knowing how he reads the regs. So I argued with him awhile and got through it. Still took 7 hours by the time I got the physical, got back to the terminal, they faxed it to home office in Lincoln, NE to safety. Then they have to review it and call back and say it is OK for me to work. Well, every year safety never calls back. So a half hour wait stretches into 2 1/2 hours. Finally was released by 4pm, truck was serviced and had to go to bed and take a break before I went home since my 14 hour clock had run out at 2pm.

Won our case in court against the roofer on Thursday.

Left home Monday and went to Hawkins, TX north of Tyler to pick up load of water going to Ochelata, OK which is north of Tulsa. Delivered that this morning early and now have a load I picked up in Pryor, OK going to Topeka, KS. I will deliver that in the morning early.