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After realizing that I had been on the road for about 2 weeks, i decided it was a good time to take advantage of my situation and head home for a few days.

Once more trucking adventures occur, I will be posting again.

A day of rest

Sleep is such a wonderful sensation. Sometimes the act of sleeping is enough to make someone forget what is going on. Such is the way for me when I sleep. The difficult part is waking up suddenly to a sound, real or imagined, and having it jar me to wakefulness. That has happened the last couple of nights because I am taking a prescription every 8 hours. The alarm that is set goes off in the 3am time frame, which at its best, is a confusing time by its own right. Looking around and wondering where I am and what's going on is quite scary until I can realize where I am,

Today is a day of rest before going the last 2 hours to my training site. After sitting down and talking with my new "Boss", the job is actually looking better and better. There is still that hanging apprehension that I feel known as that "Other Shoe". Whether it exists and whether it will fall, I believe, is totally up to me and how *I* play this game. For it is a game now, one that has high stakes. If I don't play it right or well, I risk the well being of myself and my family, however if I am able to understand this game and bring it into a realm that I feel I can control and manipulate properly so i have the advantage, the possibility of making some good money is there.

For now, I will not think on it. Today is a day of rest and unwinding my brain. I had a few Guinness last night when I came in, which helped me relax a bit and absorb the ideas and happenings of the last few days. Today I will meet some new people that I will joke and laugh with. From there, who knows...

On the way to training..

After a nice trip from Florida to Virginia, I was able to get a good night's sleep. Once I got up to start my day, I signed my contractor contract and got my keys for the van and headed out to Pittsburgh to visit with a friend for the rest of the weekend.
The drive was a total of 9 hours long due to a couple of immediate bathroom rest stops that could not wait. I know, tmi but that's reality. When I got there, finding the driveway turned out to be a challenge.  No street lights and Google maps wasn't that accurate for the driveway opening but after driving up and down the street a couple times, I was able to find it.
Now, I am glad I have Sunday to myself because after 2 beers I'm quite slathered. Not sure when I turned into a cheap date. Well, either way, I have 24 plus hours to sober up. This will be a nice break.