It sucks. It freezes every bit of you off. Even kitty stays away from the doors when we open them, smart bastard. We thought Utah winters were bad.
HA!
In Illinois, we spent the day waiting to be unloaded (which happens a lot lately (-_-) ) and it was 5 degrees. As if that's not enough of a 'holy shit' moment already, wind chill brought it down to -14 degrees.
'Say what?' You ask. 'You heard me' is my reply.
Holy shitness. Boyyy did that wind make it cold! Even during the day! Argh. We had spent the previous half week in awesome Laredo, Texas where there were palm trees and it was 70 the whole time we were there. Nights were like 60. When we went straight to Illinois from there, it was a very cold slap in the groin. Yes, it hurt that bad. Yikes.
So we've been tooling around Illinois, Ohio, and now we are in Iowa. I wish they would send us back south, but nooo, they want us to freeze to death. We usually sleep with the truck off, but there is this thing trucks have where it turns on randomly to charge the batteries, and we can set it up to turn on when the truck gets too cold. We've tried sleeping without it, but it gets just sooo cold. Aargh.
Kitty has adapted so well to being in the truck. Now he mostly sleeps either on the top bunk, the floor by my feet, or up in one of the cupboards. When I get up to do stuff in the back, he also steals my chair, the little thief :) he spends most of his time being freaking cute, something he is great at. I'm so glad we got to bring him!
Speaking of cats, we saw the fattest cat in Morris, Illinois! Most people wouldn't know about him, because he belongs to the Adult Video store manager. The cat lives in the store, and it's good because itms a 24 hour store. We talked to the manager for like 2 hours about his animals, religion, and farm life. He saw that we were from Utah and asked about polygamy, it was funny. We are going to start telling people I'm Rick's third wife and that he switches us out when they direct him home >:) it's awesome. He was nice and we told him we will probably visit him again just to see his awesome cat. The cat loved me because he prefers women :)
So we just got our load details and we are going to my home state, Arizona! I'm so excited!! :) And it's getting closer to me getting my CDL, I'm so nervous! Aaah!
Until next time,
Rick, Lola, and Kitty
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Monday, November 29, 2010
Dance With the Devil
So. We finally got routed home! It was a headache and a half for everyone involved, but it finally happened, and in time for Thanksgiving too! We were so relieved to be home and just crash. We planned it so one day was with one family, one with the other, and one with Rick's friend. We hardly slept either, we wanted to enjoy being home as much as possible. Rick got the new Call of Duty and played it alot, he loves it. I'm more of a Halo fan so I didn't.
We had saved our laundry for a while because we knew we were going home, so I did a mountain of laundry the first night in. Since we were only staying three days, I didn't bother putting it away, so the basement was pretty messy. Since we are used to living in a small space, we spend most of our home time in the bedroom anyway. Kitty was so happy to see us, I cried when we first saw him because it had just been way too long. He didnt quite know what to do when he saw us, and he was still sad while we were there. It broke my heart. I'm so glad we got to bring him with us!
All in all, being home was nice just to see people, but we couldn't relax. We knew we would be leaving soon so it wasn't all that fabulous. Honestly now, the truck is our home. We feel more comfortable being out on the road than being at home. It's our life now, and we love it.
Now. Kitty. We were so worried about bringing him because we thought he wouldn't be able to handle it. When we left, it was really sudden and we just threw him in the truck and left. At first he didn't like it of course, mostly because his first car ride was to get his balls chopped off... he does this thing where he pants like a dog but he looks like one of those taxidermy bobcats because of his fangs, and it's really sad but we laugh because it looks so freaking funny. He did that for a while, then explored the truck, and meowed constantly like a siren. That was the first day. The second day he was still edgy but started to mellow out, and now, he just sleeps most of the time. We are so surprised and relieved that he's taking it so well now :) now we are a truckin family! He has a harness and leash in case he wants to go outside, and he hates that harness with a passion, I have to get a picture of it. We took him out once but it was super windy and the truck's air brakes went off so he got scared, so most of the time he just sleeps when we leave the truck. Every time Rick gets out though he goes on the driver's seat and looks out the window, meowing. He is such a daddy's boy.
I have to say, all in all, I love this trucking thing. We get to be together all the time, we are always moving and seeing new places, and getting paid to do it.
Life is good.
Until next time,
Lola, Rick, and Kitty
We had saved our laundry for a while because we knew we were going home, so I did a mountain of laundry the first night in. Since we were only staying three days, I didn't bother putting it away, so the basement was pretty messy. Since we are used to living in a small space, we spend most of our home time in the bedroom anyway. Kitty was so happy to see us, I cried when we first saw him because it had just been way too long. He didnt quite know what to do when he saw us, and he was still sad while we were there. It broke my heart. I'm so glad we got to bring him with us!
All in all, being home was nice just to see people, but we couldn't relax. We knew we would be leaving soon so it wasn't all that fabulous. Honestly now, the truck is our home. We feel more comfortable being out on the road than being at home. It's our life now, and we love it.
Now. Kitty. We were so worried about bringing him because we thought he wouldn't be able to handle it. When we left, it was really sudden and we just threw him in the truck and left. At first he didn't like it of course, mostly because his first car ride was to get his balls chopped off... he does this thing where he pants like a dog but he looks like one of those taxidermy bobcats because of his fangs, and it's really sad but we laugh because it looks so freaking funny. He did that for a while, then explored the truck, and meowed constantly like a siren. That was the first day. The second day he was still edgy but started to mellow out, and now, he just sleeps most of the time. We are so surprised and relieved that he's taking it so well now :) now we are a truckin family! He has a harness and leash in case he wants to go outside, and he hates that harness with a passion, I have to get a picture of it. We took him out once but it was super windy and the truck's air brakes went off so he got scared, so most of the time he just sleeps when we leave the truck. Every time Rick gets out though he goes on the driver's seat and looks out the window, meowing. He is such a daddy's boy.
I have to say, all in all, I love this trucking thing. We get to be together all the time, we are always moving and seeing new places, and getting paid to do it.
Life is good.
Until next time,
Lola, Rick, and Kitty
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Woot!
Well I figured out, I can upload pictures from my phone to the blog! But it takes forever so I've been putting it off. I know I mostly sit while Rick is driving, but sometimes I work on my stories, download songs from my phone, make food, clean the truck, and space out, so it doesn't leave me much time to do anything else. Hee.
Today I started reading Rick's CDL books to kind of prepare to take the class. We've been talking about me taking the class in the spring, then January, and now I might take it when we get routed home. We will see...
In the meantime, we are supposed to be sleeping, but are too busy being giggly to fall asleep right away. It's great.
Safety tip day is tomorrow possibly, we shall see...
Until then, peace out!
Lola and Rick
Today I started reading Rick's CDL books to kind of prepare to take the class. We've been talking about me taking the class in the spring, then January, and now I might take it when we get routed home. We will see...
In the meantime, we are supposed to be sleeping, but are too busy being giggly to fall asleep right away. It's great.
Safety tip day is tomorrow possibly, we shall see...
Until then, peace out!
Lola and Rick
Well, Shit.
So.
Rick and I have been out for five weeks and a day now without going through or even near home. It's time for us to go home and visit the fams, nab kitty, do a shit-ton of laundry, and relax for a few days. So last week we sent a request for a day off. They had to have 9 days in advance so we just planned to have three days off which happened to be Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Well today is Thursday, and where are we now? Still in Illinois, taking a load to- Texas.
Um, last I checked we lived in Utah...
They supposedly don't have any loads heading to Salt Lake City right now. Wasn't that the point of us sending in that request 9 days in advance????
And to add insult to injury, we would have had a load taking us to Sarasota, Florida a few days ago. I would have been able to see my grandparents most likely. But no. No grandparents, no family, no kitty.
So if a storm hits Salt Lake coming from the East to the West side, that would be my frustration with the whole clusterfuck here making it's way to the company, which happens to be based in Salt Lake.
I guess there's a tiny bit of consolation; we ran out of oil so Rick had to use him company card to buy some. It was expensive. Usually we get oil at the company's terminal for free but ha they had to pay for this stuff. Suckas!
I'm gonna make a post about winter safety and some driving tips, Rick thinks it's stuff people should know and I agree. So it will be a post we worked on together!
Until next time,
Lola and Rick
Rick and I have been out for five weeks and a day now without going through or even near home. It's time for us to go home and visit the fams, nab kitty, do a shit-ton of laundry, and relax for a few days. So last week we sent a request for a day off. They had to have 9 days in advance so we just planned to have three days off which happened to be Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Well today is Thursday, and where are we now? Still in Illinois, taking a load to- Texas.
Um, last I checked we lived in Utah...
They supposedly don't have any loads heading to Salt Lake City right now. Wasn't that the point of us sending in that request 9 days in advance????
And to add insult to injury, we would have had a load taking us to Sarasota, Florida a few days ago. I would have been able to see my grandparents most likely. But no. No grandparents, no family, no kitty.
So if a storm hits Salt Lake coming from the East to the West side, that would be my frustration with the whole clusterfuck here making it's way to the company, which happens to be based in Salt Lake.
I guess there's a tiny bit of consolation; we ran out of oil so Rick had to use him company card to buy some. It was expensive. Usually we get oil at the company's terminal for free but ha they had to pay for this stuff. Suckas!
I'm gonna make a post about winter safety and some driving tips, Rick thinks it's stuff people should know and I agree. So it will be a post we worked on together!
Until next time,
Lola and Rick
Saturday, November 13, 2010
The Windiest City Of Them All...
Ahh Chicago.
I so love it.
Yes, the cold is not my favorite, but maybe that could change. It was so invigorating. Walking through real downtowns is one of my favorite things to do. Seattle has been my favorite up until today. If I could live and work in an apartment in a big downtown, I would be content. Traveling is the next best thing though, so I'm still pretty happy :)
Rick has a fascination with trains, and so this time we went on the CTA. It's a monorail and a subway, and pretty cool. It kicks the Trax's ass to the moon. We went downtown, took some awesome pictures, and walked around. Can I just say, people are so nice here! We didn't have enough cash for a round trip fare, and we dont have the pin number yet for his card, so we couldn't get cash. The ticket people had us buy the one way card, and let us on the train for free! And when we got downtown, a taxi driver gave us directions to a pizza place called Gino's East for some Chicago pizza. I guess it's a famous place, alot of celebrities eat there. It was so cool! And very yummy.
Of course there were some scary people, but it wouldn't be a big city without them. And they weren't that scary. All in all, it was a pretty awesome day :)
Peace out for now
Lola and Rick
I so love it.
Yes, the cold is not my favorite, but maybe that could change. It was so invigorating. Walking through real downtowns is one of my favorite things to do. Seattle has been my favorite up until today. If I could live and work in an apartment in a big downtown, I would be content. Traveling is the next best thing though, so I'm still pretty happy :)
Rick has a fascination with trains, and so this time we went on the CTA. It's a monorail and a subway, and pretty cool. It kicks the Trax's ass to the moon. We went downtown, took some awesome pictures, and walked around. Can I just say, people are so nice here! We didn't have enough cash for a round trip fare, and we dont have the pin number yet for his card, so we couldn't get cash. The ticket people had us buy the one way card, and let us on the train for free! And when we got downtown, a taxi driver gave us directions to a pizza place called Gino's East for some Chicago pizza. I guess it's a famous place, alot of celebrities eat there. It was so cool! And very yummy.
Of course there were some scary people, but it wouldn't be a big city without them. And they weren't that scary. All in all, it was a pretty awesome day :)
Peace out for now
Lola and Rick
Thursday, November 11, 2010
Updates continued...
Sorry I didn't finish the last post all the way. We got internet put back on our phones! So now I can blog whenever I want! I haven't figured out how to upload pictures on it yet, hopefully this phone will let me. We shall see.
So we put in a request for two days off, I'm super excited! It might not happen but I'm hoping it does. We are going to get kitty, and visit both the families, probably go on a date too :) you have to put a request for time off 9 days prior to the actual day you want off so they can route you to home. So far our load now is to Minnesota, and then going back to Ohio :( rawr. We usually dont get our new load info until the day before the current load is delivered, which kinda sucks but it would get confusing keeping track of the different loads. Oh well.
Chicago is amazing! We've been around it a zillion times, but today we got to go almost through it. The buildings were so cool, the traffic sucked, and the landing planes were awesome. We want to come back for a vacation so we can explore and ride the monorail and shiz. :)
Peace out for now,
Lola and Rick
So we put in a request for two days off, I'm super excited! It might not happen but I'm hoping it does. We are going to get kitty, and visit both the families, probably go on a date too :) you have to put a request for time off 9 days prior to the actual day you want off so they can route you to home. So far our load now is to Minnesota, and then going back to Ohio :( rawr. We usually dont get our new load info until the day before the current load is delivered, which kinda sucks but it would get confusing keeping track of the different loads. Oh well.
Chicago is amazing! We've been around it a zillion times, but today we got to go almost through it. The buildings were so cool, the traffic sucked, and the landing planes were awesome. We want to come back for a vacation so we can explore and ride the monorail and shiz. :)
Peace out for now,
Lola and Rick
Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Updates!
Hi y'all!
Today marks our fourth week being out on the road and not being home at all! Time's seriously been flying by, it really does not feel like it's been four weeks. That's a good thing though!
Problem is, we miss our baby. It's been hard to hear that he's been moping around and really sad that we aren't there. Rick and I are so tightly bonded to him and each other that it just doesn't work when we are separated. So we are going to bring him with us. Yay! We miss our families too, so we are taking a weekend off soon to visit and get Kitty. The closest we have gotten to Utah recently was Kansas and Nebraska; mostly we've been ripping up the East Coast.
Before I go to bed, I just have to say we love the Ohio Turnpike! Free showers, laundry is only $1.50 for each the washer and dryer (compared with $2 each!) and it goes across the whole state on I-80. Whooo!
Peace out,
Lola
Today marks our fourth week being out on the road and not being home at all! Time's seriously been flying by, it really does not feel like it's been four weeks. That's a good thing though!
Problem is, we miss our baby. It's been hard to hear that he's been moping around and really sad that we aren't there. Rick and I are so tightly bonded to him and each other that it just doesn't work when we are separated. So we are going to bring him with us. Yay! We miss our families too, so we are taking a weekend off soon to visit and get Kitty. The closest we have gotten to Utah recently was Kansas and Nebraska; mostly we've been ripping up the East Coast.
Before I go to bed, I just have to say we love the Ohio Turnpike! Free showers, laundry is only $1.50 for each the washer and dryer (compared with $2 each!) and it goes across the whole state on I-80. Whooo!
Peace out,
Lola
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