"OH *#&%!" MOMENTS

Have you ever had one of those “ Oh *#&^%” moments, when you wish you were anywhere but where you were? Craig had one of those moments this morning when he took a walk into the truck stop. Now normally, he is not a detail person, he runs basically on automatic, so imagine the shock, when he goes through the door for the mens restroom and sees a woman at the sink. He quickly excuses himself and exit’s the room. Wiping the sleep from his eyes, he refocuses on the door, to find to his surprise, it did indeed say Mens. His mind in overdrive, to find the politest words to say to her, he slowly opens the door and sticks his head in, sees that, yes, she is still there. Nice long light brown hair down to the middle of her back, and then as Craig begins to speak, he notices the long beard attached to the face. A bit red faced, but happy to be in the right place, Craig makes use of the facilities.

I guess we shouldn't be surprised by these things. In fact, just the other day, while listening to one of the trucker radio stations, they were talking about a truck driver who likes to wear mini skits and high heels and has no qualms about walking through truck stops that way. But to each their own, and who are we to judge? Just like this truck and the load of trusses that were on his trailer. Both Craig and I couldn't figure out why they would load it so off center, as we have never seen trusses loaded that way before. So if there are any experts out there who know the answer, please let us know.

It seems lately that we have been running into bad luck when it comes to delivering our boats. I understand this is the slow season for actual boating, but a good time of year for boat sales. We only have 1300 miles to our delivery in Greensboro, North Carolina, which means we could run hard and be there Saturday, or run easy, have time for a 34 hour reset and deliver Monday morning. I call the dealer, ready with my options should they say they are closed on Monday, only to find out, not only are they closed on Sunday and Monday, but they do not accept deliveries on Saturday either. Boy, talk about an “OH *#!&$” moment.

So let’s go over this. Got load on Thursday, can not deliver until Tuesday morning. 5 full days to go 1300 miles. I think you can do the math as well as we can, so we headed down the road a mere 180 miles to Albert Lea, Minnesota for the night. Since we had arrived so late the night before it felt good to get into a place before nightfall and get a good nights sleep before we figure out what we want to do.

Fully rested, we toyed with a few options as to how best to drive through Chicago. We could have another easy drive and stay at the state line in Beloit and hit Chicago first thing Saturday morning, or we could drive through and get it done by early Friday afternoon. With the idea of sitting Sunday to watch the NFL playoffs we decided to take on Chicago today. Let’s hope you won’t hear about another “OH *#$&%” moment while driving through Chicago in my next blog entry.