Stinks to be Me

I got a load. Pick up in Adams WI and deliver to Carlisle PA. It was a 150 mile deadhead and I got to Adams and loaded just at night fall. The trip is  876 loaded miles and the dispatch says I had to deliver between 0730 and 1200 on Friday. That is reasonable.

When I left Adams the fog was bad so I was moving really slowly. I got to the weigh station just past Madison and decided to shut down there. My 14 hrs was about up.

This morning I had the pleasure of driving in the rain and of course my favorite, Chicago. When I got to the turnpike in Indiana things were looking up. The rain had stopped and I had plenty of time to drive, rest and drive again Friday, arriving mid morning and my load is only just over 7000 lbs so the hills will be easy.

Then, around 1300 I get the bomb. The dispatch message was wrong. The load needs to be there by 0730. So that means I have exactly enough time to get there including a 10 hour break. I am in Youngstown OH now at the Pilot. I have to get up and fuel and be rolling by 0230. Stinks to be me.

Well, it's not snowing.