STRAYCAT’S DOGGONE BLOG

Life Day 21164: Las Vegas Lollygagging

On the 21st, I arrived at the Consignee at 0115. This was 15 minutes ahead of the 30 minute window, but they let me enter the facility early. I checked in with the Recieving Office at 0200. It took an hour to unload, then I drove to our Terminal in Fontana and went to bed at about 0400. I slept until 0900, then went to see Human Resourses to get the paperwork for my D.O.T. Physical started. They sent me to Concerta Medical Center to actually have the Physical done. I arrived there about 1000. The actual Physical is a cursory examination of your over-all condition (height, weight, eye test, hearing test, blood-pressure check and a urinalysis for Diabetes). I’m happy to report that I have been deemed by Certified Medical Personnel to, once again, be a superb physical speciman (OK, OK at least alive). I finished at the Medical Center about 1300, then went to lunch. After lunch, I went back to the Terminal, turned in the paperwork, and got my copies. In the meantime, the Planner sent me a Pre-Plan that picked up in Ontario, Ca and delivered in Ogden, UT (22 miles empty and 681 miles loaded). I accepted it, then called my DM and made arrangements to T-Call the load in Henderson. The load picked up anytime after 1600, so I decided to take a nap. I woke up at 1800 and went to pick up the load. They had set up the T-Call at a Customer in Henderson rather than our Drop Yard. I left Ontario at 1900 and drove directly to Henderson, dropped the load, then drove to the Wild, Wild West and went to bed. I worked 8 hours and drove 309 miles in 6.25 hours.
Today, the 22nd, the BCC woke me up at about 0730. After their morning constitutional, I went in for breakfast. After breakfast, I drove over to the TA truckstop to go on-line. About 1400, my DM called me and said that they couldn’t find the trailer that I dropped last night. To make a long story short, I had to ‘pull up stakes’ and go back over to the Customer to look for the trailer. I got there about 1530. Sure enough, the trailer wasn’t there. I drove around behind the building where I dropped it, and, eureka, there it was. Evidently, someone wasn’t happy with where I parked it last night and moved it. I checked to verify that the seal on the door was still intact and that the paperwork was still in the Registration box. I was in the process of calling my DM to let her know that the prodigal trailer had been located when the driver showed up. This guy wasn’t the ‘brightest bulb on the Christmas tree’. He started to prattle on in heavily accented English about “lookeeng ewerywhere and not find tlairer”. I just scowled and left. I’ll hit my DM up for an hour of “local pay” to cover my time before I leave on Friday. On the way back to the TA, I stopped by the local Fry’s Electronics and bought Microsoft Streets and Trips and Adobe Photo Shop. Photos on the BLOG again. I also went on-line and ordered each of the BCC a new leash. The DELUXE model, all webbing instead of a combination of webbing and cord. They will hopefully last longer. I’m going through about 2 each per year now.