Changes

WHEW, there has been some changes wince last post. We were hilited to get to Joplin for the new truck. However, Friday I was told my Mom was not doing very well. She has been in hosp since the 1st of Jan with circulatory and heart problems. We called the nite Fleet manager (FM) friday nite and told him of the situation. I also told him I understood we were too soon to hilite since our Christmas time off. You need 10 days out before you can request time off and hilite to go somewhere. He said no problem, noticed we were hilited to Joplin for the new truck, but acknowledged that family emergency took precedence. He told me they woul work on it, and to call in the morning (saturday) after we dropped our current load in Eagle Pass. When we called Saturday morning and updated them, they told us to hang on, and they would call us back with our load. 15 min later Kim's cell rang and we were told to bobtail back to Laredo, and there was a load for Las Vegas but din't have a delivery till Wed. She commented if thats all there is, we'll take it, thinking we would ave to kill a couple of days enroute, then head to Yuma after the Wed drop. He kept reminding her it didn't have a delivery till Wed. After she hung up and we talked about it, it dawned on us,,we can head to Yuma from Laredo for the extra days enroute! We got to Laredo and picked up our load. CFI really took care of us! We bypassed the waiting list in laredo, picked up our trailer, and hi-tailed it outta there for Yuma.
We got there Sunday afternoon, and have been able to help out my Dad releiving him at the hosp. We got back to the truck Tuesday afternoon to head to Las Vegas. Just as we got in, the Qualcomm chirped and we had a pre-dispatch to deadhead to Yuma from Las Vegas. CFI is paying us mileage to drive back to Yuma, as well as the fuel, etc. We could't be more pleased with the way they have taken care of a couple of newbies. We have only been with the company 2 months now.
So we are now sitting in Las Vegas getting unloaded. Oh yea, top secret load again,,,,43,000lbs of Tequila!!!
After our time off in Yuma, we should be headed to Joplin for our new truck. We'll update as we know what we do next!!
Till next time, keep it safe out there,,,,and pray for my Mom!