He Loves Me, He Loves Me Not

Not much happening today besides driving. We are in Gary, Indiana for the night as we called the company that we were to deliver to and asked if they would take us early and of course they wouldn't so we are waiting til morning to unload. We did get a call from our dispatcher and told Josh he was doing a kick ass job. I guess that is professional talk for guys. I think more of the point was to call and tell us he doesn't have a new load for us for tomorrow. It's Chicago, surely there is something out there. I am just amazed at the load we have now which all it is a load of pallets. I realize pallets are used everywhere and very helpful to unload and load a truck but was it really necessary to have a load of only pallets go all the way from New Jersey to Chicago? I guess it isn't any of my business we get paid the same no matter what we are hauling.

Since not much happened on the trucking front I guess now is a time for my musings. Topic today is trucking partners. When we were telling people that we were going trucking together all the people asked Josh if he was really sure he wanted to do that, and if he ever has rode with me in the truck before. I realize there may be some men out there that would be horrified to have their wife with them 24/7 but I am really thinking that Josh is not one of them. In all of this I didn't really have anyone ask me if I would be ok with being stuck in the truck with Josh. Maybe it is different for men than it is with women. I am keep asking Josh how he feels having me here and he continues to reassure me that he wouldn't have it any other way. He does take good care of me and makes sure I have everything that I need and usually want. I really do miss home somedays and wonder why I took this on but somedays I feel content and really feel like I have just traded one stress for another. It wasn't overly stressful at home but at times like anything it could be and I was home alone most of the time too which I didn't necessarily like. Josh had planned on helping me through the "empty nest syndrome" as he knew I would be depressed about and I haven't given it a thought since I have been out here with him, so in his own weird and cockeyed way he is helping me and things are going pretty good. I just wish I didn't have this caged animal feeling. I am constantly moving from the bed to the seat and vise versa. There isn't much moving room and easy access to the things we do have in here is closing in and I hate that feeling. It is funny though as we are together so much more I don't get as many kissies as I used to. He just read that and explained the reason, it is because he is constantly at work and even when we shut down for the night there is still a lot to get done. That's ok... I will sneak those kissies in anyway, that should be a work perk!

I did get some pics of some pretty cool cars so I will share those with you. I am not taking as many pics now that I have seen some of these areas and really excited to expand our driving routes to new places. Josh and I did discuss that living in Pennsylvania might not be too bad as we seem to like the areas there. I see some really amazing homes and think "yeah I could live there" but there only seems to be one major problem with those homes, they are right next to the interstate. I mean really I am sure they have paid some major bucks for these homes and they seem pretty secluded except for the fact that you have interstate noises all the time. I can't imagine that being very relaxing. If I am to move again we are going to own a house out in the middle of no where and there will be no noises but from nature, not man.

Here is a cool stone retaining wall that was colored to show the different layers of stone in the mountain.  We think this was in PA, things are running together it is hard to remember.

Here is another little tidbit, we play a game of "what's making that noise".  As I am sure you know trucks ride rough and makes things move around and shake, and it drives both of us crazy when there is a rattling noise and we are always on the hunt to find out what it is.  It is funny I am sure to see us holding different things down to see if that is the object making the noise.  Yep it is extremely fun around here!