What I do All Day

[valarltd]

There seems to be some confusion about how much I'm home and how much I work.

Here's my work week.

Wednesday Morning: up at 6:30, get kids out to school at 7.
Shower, dress, eat breakfast, check laundry. Wash any last minute laundry
Write until 8:30
8:30, gather up everything that needs to go with me, make a last minute stop at Wal-Mart
9:00 get in the truck. Pre-trip, update logs.
9:15, drive.
About 11, fuel up in Caruthersville MO, grab lunch from Arby's
Drive
About 3, stop in Effingham IL for the bathroom and hot chocolate if it's cold.
About 8, pull into Mishawaka. Have dinner at Taco Bell or Wendy's. Hit K mart if needed.
10 PM, pick up stuff at shipper
11 PM, park and go to bed

Thursday
9 AM, pre-trip, edit logs, get paperwork in order
9:15, drive
10:30, turn in paperwork at Gary terminal, fuel up
Drive, same route, reversed
About 8 PM, pull into West Memphis.
Come home, check e-mail, etc

Friday,
3:30 AM, get up, shower
4:30, head to truck,
5 AM, hit the road for Shreveport
12 noon, first delivery of 2
3:30-4, finish deliveries and pick ups. park truck at Petro.
Dinner, net via IdleAire
Bed

Saturday:
1 AM, rise and shine
pretrip, drive back.
off until Wednesday

Sunday:
visit Bun

Monday & Tuesday are errands, Tuesday is library day, which is about to commence.

So when do I write?
When being loaded. When parked and trying to wind down.
First thing in the morning after the kids are gone.

Comments

[hlglne.livejournal.com]

I did NOT think you went home to write! :P

[valarltd.livejournal.com]

I do a lot at home. About 15 min/story after I get the kids off to school.

I only have net access in Shreveport, and it is slow. I type faster than the transmission can process, and lately, my O key is giving me trouble.