8 am.    Up and ready to go but no trip yet.  They sent us one to Bowling Green, KY but that’s only 300 miles and with no trip after that scheduled we figured we would be sitting in Bowling Green all day so he turned that one down.  Waiting for next one.  Hope it’s a goodie.   Only 2 days left until payday and not many miles this week since we were off with the kids and then sat in the cabbage patch all day Sunday.   

They have a truck on the lot here that looks like it’s done a roll over.  Yikes! 

10:30.   Got trip to Frankfort, Indiana.   Picking up a load of Peter Pan peanut butter in Sylvester, Georgia.   First we have to get fuel, the tractor and trailer washed and a wash out.   Then drive three hours south to go north again.  

3:30.  Got to ConAgra which distributes for Peter Pan.   It’s a live load so now we wait.   There are several other trucks here so I don’t think it will be quick. 

6:30.  Finally done.  We have 35,000 pounds of peanut butter.  Yummy!    Took a while but now we should be able to get around Atlanta without dealing with a lot of traffic.  

Sylvester, Georgia was a really neat place.  Lots of farm area and a little town.   Cute little park.  Just a fountain and a train engine. 

11:45 pm.   Stopped for the night in Calhoun, Georgia.   The rain is really coming down and blowing the truck around.  Time to stop and let the storm pass and stop fighting it. Greg seems pretty tuckered out.  

Getting in so late means we won’t get started until about 9ish in the morning.   

Goodnight y’all. 

DG:  Not so fast there Missy. I ain’t yet said my peace. Or is it piece?  Funny, never thought of that until now. 

We are snug as bugs in rugs and it’s a good thing cause it is a pouring the rain outside. Wind a blowin too. Gonna sleep good tonight. Rain on a truck roof is almost as comforting as rain on a tin roof. Almost the same thing. 

I took, we took a nap while they were loading the trailer. This place made you disconnect from your trailer while they loaded it so we couldn’t feel the rocking of the forklifts going in and out of the trailer. Sometimes, depending on how aggressive the loaders are, the rocking can be quite soothing. Then there are times when you think they are going to come through the trailer right into the cab. 

I’ve been contemplating getting a job with CAT Scales as a maintenance man ever since I saw their ad on the mirror of the barber shop at Iowa 80. Coincidentally we had a husband and wife crew pull up beside us at a fuel stop so I took the opportunity to ask them some questions about the job and how they liked it. They both liked it very much and said it was a great company to work for. They are on the road for about 10 weeks at a time, the whole time staying in hotels at company expense, receiving a very liberal per diem, and usually finishing a days work around 1:00pm. After the 10 weeks they get to go home for a couple of weeks before going back out on the road. I asked about doing repairs in cold weather and they said the company tries to keep you in the south during the winter then going north in the summer. Sounds like my kind of company. Going to apply on line and get more information.  

Okay, application submitted. Let’s see what happens. 

Pray for us. We need some guidance. God bless.