Week gone by

Well this whole week has been rough. I have been working and working through a cold/flu whatever. Unlike anyone else I can't stop when I get sick, unless I am about dead. I can't take meds anyone else can take for colds either. It is illegal to even have them on the truck. If you get in an accident and you have anything on the truck for colds that even cause drowsiness in a field mouse you are toast and off to jail. I get to take something akin to Claritin D non drowsy formula and hope for the best. It is 24 hr deal and ain't near enough. Rarely get a good nights sleep for all the drainage etc.

Plus it has gotten cold up here dog gone it. Went from Texas up to Indianapolis with a load of insulation. Then picked up there waiting 6 hours for them to get the load ready. Then when it was ready found the pin on the trailer tandems was broken so had to take it to our shop in Indy. That took the rest of the day into the night. Had to leave there first thing in the morning to make the delivery appointment over in NW Illinois at a Wal Mart DC in Sterling by 3:30pm. Once that was off they gave me a load to pick up that night at another Wal Mart DC in Spring Valley, IL. The heavy rains had set in and had to go 65 miles on 2 lane roads in northern Illinois in a driving rain and make it in one hour with a 61 mph truck. I fudged it but made it. Got the load and went to bed. Feeling super miserable now with the cold wet weather.

This load was going to another Wal Mart DC in Ottawa, KS just outside Kansas City. Made that delivery Friday afternoon and then got a load out of Kansas City, KS this morning going to northeast corner of Tennessee for Monday. Starting to feel some better and the drainage is slowing down. A little time to recuperate I hope.

Listened to the Vols almost beat Bama today, oh so close. Don't believe they could have blocked that without being off side. Must be them baseball umps reffing college football too. Texas is whupping Missouri. I came through Columbia, MO where they played the game tonight this afternoon about 3pm. Traffic was bad and real bad accident right at the exit for the stadium. Had the whole freeway shut down, glad it was on the other side of the road.