Up A Creek.....

Well it was one of those days again today. It started out really good and ended with a bang, and a plop. I left out of Western Pa., and was heading to Augusta, Ga. with a nice light load, hopped on US 19 down in West Virginia and came up to a stop light that changed just as I was rolling up to it, so I dropped my gear and BANG, sounded just like I blew a tire. Got off on the shoulder to get out and see which one went kapow and couldn't find it. Scratched my head a couple times wondering "WTF" (if you don't know what that means, I'm not telling ya)..... Called the boss, he guessed pretty damn good, said it must of been the turbo, and was thinking one of the hoses blew, I couldnt find any holes in the hoses but whatever the problem the truck didn't have any power, and the turbo gage stood still at zero. The boss says to turn around and go back to one of the truck stops and have them look at it, which I did, turns out it wasn't a hose at all, it was the whole damn turbo thingie that went KAPOW. Great, terrific, not what the boss wanted to hear and not what I wanted to hear, but that was what we were told. Sooo after all that excitement I had to pee, and I was thankful that I had my porta potty with me, so I crawl into the bunk so I can do my thing, and it's pitch black and I hear something hit the potty and thought to myself "WTF?" .... got my little flash light out and peered through the hole in the potty and what do I see laying at the bottom ...... my cell phone ! Oh now thats lovely, I know I talk alot of shit but thats pushing it a little far dontcha think? Whats even nicer is when the cell phone rings and the steeler fight song plays from my porta potty and vibrates across the floor, gonna be hard to top this, huh? What really saddens me is that the phone was brand new, still had the new cellphone smell (well not anymore!). Soooo I had to get another phone, they asked me if I wanted insurance on it, and I thought to myself "do you really think this will ever happen again?"..... I declined the insurance, and hopefully this phone will last a little longer.

If crime doesn't pay, my job must be a crime *wink*

Life is a highway

Well here it is..... my new ride !

Well I started another chapter in life, this time I'm going at it alone. I signed on with an Owner Operator out of Ohio and took the seat behind the wheel of this large car. It's a Kenworth, something I am not used to driving, it has a 550 Cat under the HUGE hood, it has a 260 inch wheel base, 13 speed, and over 2 million miles are on it !! (she needs a little TLC) The owner of it has taken good care of it and it shows. It does however need a paint job, and hopefully it will get one come spring/summer. This past week was the week from hell, everything went wrong, EVERYTHING! But I hung in there with both arms and will continue to hang in there. The guys I work with are a hoot, I like them alot, and they are a bunch of riots. Gonna keep this one short, it was a long week, and I owe the sleep bank, nitey nite!

Bang

I've been doing this for two days now, wondering just what the heck has happened, my partner, who is no longer my partner got off the truck, and now I'm out here in this big bad world all by my lonesome. I don't even want to get into what happened, I'm just going to keep that to myself but will continue on with my usual dippy blogging. Today was groundhog day, Phil saw his shadow, he looked a little sleepy when they plucked him from his nice little hole. So I was talking to Mom and she says "if Phil hibernates all winter, when does he poop".... This is my mother people, now you know where I get -it- from ! She said maybe that will take my mind off everything, nope that didn't do it, but I'll continue to search for something that does. I'm in Breezewood, Pa., I'm on my way back to New Joisey, I fit right in over there, I tawk like a northeastern, and I have 'big' hair, not as big as it has been, but it still has some POOF to it! Anyways, things are going to be changing with me once again, right now alot is up in the air, so once things are more settled, I'll have more to say. But for right now, I'm just going to 'shuddup'. Go back to sleep Phil, see ya in 6 weeks.

There they were, right smack on-top of the billboard, like they were advertising what they were doing, what were they doing you ask...? They were DOING IT !!! 2 Hawks were making whoopie !! Well folks, its been about a week and we have ran about 5800 miles this week. At the moment we're in Seville, Ohio, and we're on our way to New Jersey to drop the load that we're pulling. We left Florida, went to Jersey, then to way upstate New York, then out to southern California, and the load we have is going up to Connecticut but we'll drop it in Jersey. The weather has been very cooperative we didn't have anything that caused delays. Jim and I are still working on our "system", getting used to one another, figuring out what we like or don't like, etc. It's not easy being in a box all the time with someone, think of it as being stuck in your bathroom with someone for days at a time.... are you still gonna like them come the end of the week? Cant seem to get them birds out of my head, so tonight we're gonna have some Chicken ! If ya can't beat 'em, eat 'em. Damn, I still got it. I crack myself up sometimes. Okay peeps it's time to say tootles, don't cry, I'll be back !!

Out with the old, in with the new..........

Well well well, it's time to ring in another year, and it's also time to update this blog page. It's soon going to be 2008 and I figured it was time to put a few words together and let ya's know what I've been up to. After taking some time off and hanging out near home, it's time to head back to work. I found a new partner and I think things will work out very nicely for us. We're going to drive at a company called LandSpan, and eventually we will hopefully go to work back at the company that I was driving at (hauling the ammo). As time goes by, I will fill you in more on Jim (the partners name). It was nice to be home for Christmas, it seems like I've missed so many of them, I forget who all I have to buy for. I got to spend some time with my dogs too, I sure do miss them little buggers. Well, I will keep this short, Happy New Year everyone, and I'll be seeing ya soon. TOOTS!!

Look Out! Look Out !

What a week it has been! It started after leaving China Lake, Ca., while traveling through Tennessee, some ding-a-ling driving a brand new Dodge pick up truck ran right into the back of me at a stoplight. I get out to see what the hell was going on and there is some dork standing there in a sonic uniform laughing.... he says "your truck is fine, mine was dented", and I say to him "umm, ok for future reference, the big truck will always win"..... he seemed proud of himself, his bumper was all mangled and so was his hood, and ontop of that I do not even think he noticed the big orange "EXPLOSIVE" placard on the trailer. Well after that things got better, got the chance to stop by my Aunt & Uncles house in Waldorf, Md, and also got to visit with my cousin and her family (I haven't seen them in 4 years!). After leaving Waldorf and heading into Patuxent River, Md., things got gloomy again, came time to unload the trailer only to find out that one of the bands wrapped around the ammo came loose and ammo cans were rolling around in the back of the trailer.... There was nothing I could do about it, I'm not allowed in the trailer when it's being loaded, it wasn't my fault it came loose, but *I* could of went to the moon (for free!) because of this error, but LUCKILY nothing happened. Then some more luck seemed to happen, while waiting in McAlester, Oklahoma for the next load I had some time for fun, so I went to the Indian Casino and doubled my money (Smile). Then after that things got crazy, while driving out of Oklahoma and into Texas, the weather started scarring me some, the sky was very dark, alot of lightining was going on all around me, then hail came, and then the hail really came, so heavy it covered the roadway. I knew there had to be a tornado around, the question was, "do I stop or do I keep going?"... I decided to keep going, and there it was, about a mile ahead of me, it came right across Interstate 40, there were 3 of them,... I was amazed, and scared shitless at the same time. This is what it looked like....




































(If you click on the pictures, they will enlarge)

I'm hoping the Easter Bunny is gonna bring me some new undies for Easter! Too damn close for comfort !

Well now this is a very welcoming sign ! It's vacation time, and I'm ready ! Will be in vegas tomorrow sometime, a day early, but I'm certainly not going to complain about that! Oh what fun it's gonna be, nascar racing, motorcycle ride, sightseeing, POKER! What more could a girl ask for? Last night was a full moon (it was also a lunar eclipse) so I got out of the truck and did my little indian dance with my purse and chanted to the full moon, now all we have to do is wait & see if it works! Of course I looked like to total retard standing there surrounded by trucks, 30 degrees, no jacket, holding my purse up in the air and yelling at the top of my lungs "BRING ME LUCK, FILL 'ER UP", but there have been stranger things that have happened in truckstops. Right now I'm sitting outside of Yuma's proving grounds, I'm here with 6 other trucks waiting in line for sun up to come... it's gonna be a long night. The past couple weeks have been good, got the company's bonus, got some real good runs in, stayed out of the weather for the most part (cept for going from Tornado warnings to blizzard conditions in a matter of an hour), the truck is running good, there's really nothing to complain about. Ok folks, this is the end, I'm posting this and I'll try to post again while up in Vegas, if you dont hear from me, don't worry, I probally hit the big jackpot and I'm still driving around the country (this time tho, it'll be in a Motorhome). Goodnight John Boy!

This is what it's like driving across Illinois.....



For those of you who have no idea what to do, click on the big arrow (sometimes, you have to click twice) in the middle of the picture, a quick movie will load, and you will be smiling when it's over.... Enjoy !!

Thinking.....

I'm thinking!! I really dont have a whole lot of anything to type at this moment. I'm in Eau Claire, Wisconsin at the moment, it's cold (hoovering right around zero) atleast it's not snowing! Had some bad weather to drive in this past week, but it's expected this time of the year. Nascar will start next weekend (yippee!), Vacation comes in about a month (double yippee!), did my taxes, found out I owe this year (no yippee!). Let's see, where have I been..... Last you heard from me, I was in Chattanooga watching Roy's shoes getting chewed up by some cat.... Left there and went to Kentucky, then out to Tooele (you'd think I'd take up residence there since I'm there so much!), then over to Missery (missouri for those that have no sense of humor), then down to Oklahoma, then up Iowa, then up some more to Minnesota, then over to Virginia, then back to Iowa, then over to Indiana, then back up to Minnesota! Up, down, over, up, down, up, down, up..... Starting to sound like I'm having some kind of sex, huh? YEAH RIGHT! I see your mind is in the gutter once again. Ok peeps, this is all I have, I know it's not been my best work, hopefully things will change and the next post will knock your socks off! .....

Chooo-Choooo

Pardon me Roy, is that the cat that chewed your new shoes? A little modification to "Chattanooga Choo Choo"! This is a picture of the steepest passenger railway in the world (72.7% grade) it's located on Lookout Mountain, in Chattanooga. Chattanooga is where I'm spending this weekend... Why Chattanooga? Cause I know where the wal-mart is ! Okay, Okay, I used to live here a while ago, and I always thought it was nice down here, the mountains, lakes, but I never liked the humidity, it gets pretty sticky here in the summer. Anyways, I will leave here in the morning and head to Graham, Kentucky... From there I'll head out west to Tooele, Utah. Hoping the weather won't be an issue, but it's looking like it might be.

Back -N- Forth....

Well here is how the past week went, started it in Indiana, went to Tracy, Ca., then over to Hawthorne, Nv., then a stop in Ft. Smith, Ar., from there up to Picatinny, N.J., then over to Carteret, N.J., and now on the way to the windy city (Chicago). From there I'll go to southern Iowa to load on Tuseday and head to Yuma, Az.. Back -N- Forth has been the latest travel. Turned in over 6000 miles this past week, so that was a good week, and a busy one, which left me with little time for me to get into trouble.

2007.....

<--- THIS is NO FUN ! White knukle driving stinks! Ran into this stuff out in Nebraska and Wyoming, saw lots of cars and trucks in the ditch, saw lots of dumb people driving way to fast for conditions, thought I was seeing my knuckles break through my skin. (sigh of relief). Sitting out in Tooele, Utah right now, will leave here in the morning and head to Tracy, California. Hopefully Donner won't be an issue (I know, that's asking for alot!) Seems everyone back home is sick with something or another, and I'm just all busted up that I can't be there to catch what's going around.

Well with the end of the year comes some facts and figures - The truck now has 130,000 more miles on it than it had last January, I had zero accidets (knocking on wood), zero driving violations (hours of service, tickets, etc), I passed all inspections that I had, I'm a year older, and my ass still has hail damage! It was a pretty good year! (Minus the hail damage).

Sure hope whoever reads this has a great new year, and who knows, maybe I'll come to your neighborhood this coming year! TOOTS!

So I was driving to work the other day and this...

Happens everyday, sometimes 4 and 5 times a day. I'd have to pinch myself if it didn't happen! Never a dull moment in my office! And the view.... the view changes constantly, one minute I'm looking at the hillsides and the next I'm seeing a man playing with his.... well, the same thing thats in that truck that pulls out infront of me. Well they say Christmas is going to happen on Monday, it's a fact.... whether we like it or not. I guess since that load was delivered on time this a.m. the world is still going to keep turning. (Your probally saying "what the hell is she talking about").... My dispatcher gave me top secret information yesterday, and that was, if the load I had did NOT get to it's destination on time, the world is going to stop turning. So you know what that means, not only did the load make it, but now I know what makes the world turn! And I'm not telling! Happy Holidays !!!

Oh just some stuff....

I thought I was gonna pee my pants when I saw this guy wearing this T-Shirt. Too Dang funny! Well anyways, tonight I'm just outside of Louisville, Kentucky. Went and played some poker yesterday down at the riverboat casino. I was there for about 8 hours (a true work day!) and when I got up to leave I had 13 less dollars than when I sat down.... That's not too awfully bad, my stack went up and down, up and down, then my eyes got tired and it was time to say bub bye, and at that time my stack was down (shrug). Will be leaving here in the a.m. and will head south to Wytheville, Virginia and load there Monday, then I'll be off to Wisconsin and Minnesota, after that it will be time to take time off for Christmas. It's not feeling like Xmas at all, it's too warm, and I'm too far away from home. So thats about it, hope everyone has a great Holiday (dont want to offend anybody, so I say "holiday", not Christmas, not Hanukkah, not Kwanza).... This just pisses me off though, if you dont like Merry Christmas, get over it, don't let it cripple your life.. sheesh.

Hast La' BUB BYE!

Donner Summit...

Well we traveled over Donner Pass this week, actually we went over it twice in the same day (Friday). You never know what the weather will be like up there, and we certainly we not expecting the weather that we ran into up there. It was a balmy 60 degrees, there was some snow on the ground, but it was melting quickly. This used to be my favorite road in America, mainly because the scenery is just beautiful, but I haven't been over this route in a while now, and I was quite suprised when we got to the foothills. There must of been a wildfire in this area and so many of the hills are now naked, no trees, nothing but torched hillsides. And then the road itself has become so rough, you can tell where the chains are on for traveling because the road is just all chewed up. I felt like I was getting a dose of shaken baby syndrom and almost made me wish I was in New Jersey.

Hey Ma ! !

(WOOF) Hey Ma, what is up with Grandma and Grandpap trying to feed us FAT FREE Ice Cream?? (haaaack). Hope your being safe out there Ma, don't worry about us, Roscoe is being his usual dorky self, and of course I'm being a good girl like always. Hey, bring us some dingos! Love ya!! Sweetie

A mouth full of BLOG....

Well here I am once again, on the blog wagon, thought I'd say hello from Oneida, New York. Will spend the rest of my night here and then load in the morning and head for Travis Air Force Base (out in California). Had a fun travel up here to N.Y., was filled with cold and lake effect snow. Had to stop traveling for about 6 hours at one point because the snow was winning. The truck looks terrible, all covered in salt and road spray, I just hate it when it looks all dirty like that (sigh).

Did you know a average cow poops 100 POUNDS of crap a day? Thats alot of pooh! Maybe I should start eating more grass so I can poop off 100 lbs.. hmmm.

That would explain the smell.....

Well here I am once again, blogging away. I wonder if this becomes addicting? Anyways, it turns out there were not 300 women getting their hair permed last night, instead it was a tanker leaking some haz-mat... made for an interesting night! Cops, haz-mat crews, ambulances, truckers (of course) were everywhere, they were evacuating the truck stop, I got so excited I went to bed. Today while traveling thru Missery (Missouri) it's just beautiful out there, everything is all iced over, there are glass trees everywhere, such a kodak moment! We are now my least favorite state (Illinois) and there is just nothing pretty about this state! I spent most of today working on setting up this blog page, I'm about all blogged out! Gotta give it a test run and see how it works, Ta ta for now....

My very first Blog....

I'm a blogger virgin, this is just a test to see if I can actually do anything with a "blog".... Never did I think the day would come where I'd jump on the Blog Wagon.... What is this world coming to? Something smells funny outside, it kinda smells like 300 women just got a perm... hmmmm