Oh yeah, everything was going just peachy when I last left you. Friday morning even started off okay. I left west Georgia upon the expiration of my 10-hr break and arrived in Norcross half an hour early for my 5am appointment. Pretty good, eh?
Well, I knew the load would take at least a few hours to unload. Heck, maybe even four, or five at the most. I ate breakfast and caught up on the morning's news before deciding I might as well sleep. Afterall, sleep always seems like a good option at 5am. So I slept for a couple hours, waking when they started to unload me and the truck began to bounce around.
Being that it took two hours simply to begin the unloading process, getting out of there in three hours was obviously not going to happen. And I was right - it took nine hours. I was 15 miles (yeah, I checked) from home at 5am and all I had to do was unload, pick-up a load 8 miles away, and then go home, but you know, Murphy hates me. And to prove it (as if further evidence was needed), I hit Friday's early rush hour traffic when I finally did get on the way home. Son of a...
For the sake of historical reference, here's what I've been up to the past couple days: I was off Saturday and Sunday and left Monday evening to go to Cherokee. After delivering in Cherokee Monday night, I picked up my next load Tuesday afternoon and began heading back to Georgia. I was halfway to Birmingham when I got a message to swap loads with another driver and go back to Cherokee. So I delivered in Cherokee...again. And picked-up in Cherokee...again. I'm now sitting outside the receiver in Lewisville, TX and am set to deliver at 6am. Hooray.
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