ON THE COLD ROAD AGAIN !!!

I'm baaccckkkk!   After having been off work for almost 4 months I have found my way back to blogging.  It has taken this week to get back in the swing of things and trying to remember what to do in all the paperwork.  UGH !!  I've had a taste of what retirement might be like and have decided that I'm not quite ready for that just yet.  Of course having eye problems didn't help the situation.  That is all taken care of now and life is almost back to normal.  YAY!  I read 6 books in the first 4 weeks after the second cataract surgery. 

We left home Wednesday noon, picked up a load that took us to New Jersey for Thursday morning.  Just where we wanted to go, especially after the storm.  We saw some of the damage, a lot of power outages and business closings.  The gas stations that were opened had lines miles long waiting for fuel.  You'd think they were giving the gas for free.

After that delivery we went to Pennsylvania for a load going to Central Ohio.  We had a conflict at the shipper and by the time we got it resolved they went to lunch.  Of all the nerve!  So, there we sit for over 2 hours, start to finish, before leaving.  When we finally arrived at our delivery we had another wait.  When Ron checked in they couldn't give us a time for unloading.  After a 2 hour nap we checked back.  I think they forgot we were sitting there because I noticed that a couple of trucks that came in after us were gone.  By the time we got the freight off we had been there 3 hours.  Time now is 1:55 a.m.   We have another load pick up in just 6 hours with a 2 hour driving time to get there.  So much for a good night's sleep!

We got to our Friday pick up, loaded and were on our way in less than an hour.  Hooray!  We left central Ohio for Niagara Falls, NY.  So far all the weather has been fair to chilly & damp.  On our way to the Falls we received a load for Monday picking up only 21 miles away and heading to Mississippi.  Halleluia, hopefully warmer weather.  A most welcome relief since I woke up to snow falling rather steadily this morning.  Thank goodness it didn't stick.  After a breakfast of hot oatmeal, toast and 3 cups of decaf I'm still trying to warm up.

We have a hearty chicken casserole/soup in the crock pot for tonight.  I hope it does the trick.  Until next time . . . . . . .