Laredo...going home?

Well this is my first attempt at blogging and am not sure that I will go through with it and maintain it. I have been sitting here at our Laredo terminal since Sunday night. There is a lenghty process that one must endure when pulling a load to Laredo with my company. You must first bring all loads to our terminal and go through the inspection bay. You must then report inside and they will determine whether you will be delivering the load wherever in Laredo which will then determine when you can complete the Laredo "process". Once in a blue moon we get lucky and are able to just drop the load at our terminal and they then have our local driver deliver the load at a later time. Just my luck, I had to deliver this load about a mile from our terminal on Monday. I came back, from making my delivery, and then had to put my truck into our shop for many minor as well as semi major repairs. Hmmm, lets keep it at minor, unless you would call tires and a new seat major. Actually the seat was major, or at least it took them major time. Once placing my truck on shop status I then had to go back in and clear the logging department and safety. Safety is no big deal but if you are one to "outlaw" the comic book then the logging department can be a major hassle. Actually, these days, you WILL NOT outlaw the logbook with my company and if you do, it will result in a suspension if you are lucky. My outlawing days are long behind me and my time sitting at the desk of our logbook checker was a pleasant and brief one. Around 9pm monday, all of the repairs on my truck were complete. Two steer tires, 8 drive tires, a brand new drivers seat, and a fixed electrical problem in the bunk that had previously left me with no bunk lights and no bunk AC. No it was not a fuse.

If you dont know me, then you dont know that I travel with a miniature schnauzer named Jack. Jack is my boy and the perfect truck dog and far more popular on YouTube than I will ever be. Mini Schnauzers are a shedless breed so I dont have to deal with dog hair in the truck. One thing I do have to deal with, and this is the only drawback of traveling with Jack, is what to do with Jack while the truck is in the shop. Fortunately our terminal has a nicely maintained lawn and some shade trees that I can tie Jack up to. It actually works fine but it has been around 100 degrees this week in Laredo so I had to keep an eye on his water.

Tuesday I chilled out around the terminal that is complete with a TV room, kitchen, a work out room with nautilus machines. Dont get any ideas, I basically laid on my arse online in the bunk all day. I made John (YouTube.com/18wheelsoffaith) a few clips that he used in a video. The video turned out very well. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AL0j8csj_fA

Today, more of the same. I went over to the Blue Beacon and had my truck washed. The washbay here at the terminal leaves soap spots badly and we cant have soap spots, no no.

So I sit, waiting for a load that will head me home. I havent been home in over 2 months. If I were willing to take just any load, I would be under a load already but I have to put my foot down at some point. I need to get home.

Well this is my first blog. I rambled much more than I had previously planned and am more amped about blogging than I was 20 minutes ago

Have a great day
Jimmy