I've had several requests to bring the blog back....so here we go. It's been over a year since I've written and A LOT has happened! We moved from our house in Dresden to an apartment in New Concord (with a great landlord, btw). We left our original truck owners due to lack of maintenance on the trucks...or rather deeeelaaayed maintenance. We went with another owner whose driver manager totally misrepresented how they work. Worse than anything, they micro-managed and any of you that know Dana and I know that went over like a lead balloon!! Finally in January we sign on with a large fleet and have been happily rolling along. We had to adjust to a smaller sleeper, but I wouldn't trade this Kenworth!
Also, as most of you know, our son Alex (or Xander) married a charming young woman, Bailey, last December. We have happily welcomed her to our crazy family! She and Alex are finishing their degrees at OU in Athens.
Last Memorial day weekend we had a scare with Sosa...he blew a disc in his back and was paralyzed from the middle of his back through his hind quarters. We drove from El Paso to get him to our vet who first offered back surgery at OSU for $5000 (eek). Then he said we could try steroids. So he spent the weekend in the vet hospital with IV steroids and continued oral steroids for another month and has recovered about 95%. He is no longer allowed to jump out of the truck (even though he tries) and we are so happy to still have him.
Zeke continues to be his ornery self. He now puts himself in the corner if he gets into something he shouldn't. It is so hard to stay mad when you see him sitting in the corner of the truck facing the wall so he doesn't have to look at you!!
We had a long weekend in Arizona last fall and visited the Grand Canyon. All I can say is you have to go! We want to go back and spend several days.
Most recently we got to spend an awesome weekend visiting my parents and my brother, sister-in-law and niece in Florida. We had to run a short run from Orlando to Tampa in the middle, but we still had a great time.
Most recently we got to spend an awesome weekend visiting my parents and my brother, sister-in-law and niece in Florida. We had to run a short run from Orlando to Tampa in the middle, but we still had a great time.
Around all of this, we do work! We've run lots and lots of good loads and some no-so-good loads. We are currently in Tucson, AZ waiting to unload tomorrow. I'll try to get on here once a week or so and of course will continue the quick updates on Facebook. See ya'll down the road!!
