Greetings: An update on the previous month of March, 2023. I covered quite a bit of the midWest to NorthEast this time.

Rocking through the day

First things first. The new photo site is up for last month. Some pretty good cemetery shots! The link is at the top of this page. Check it out.

Here we go, ya'all. This is what a lazy person does NOT look like. As many of you know, I suffered a terrible data loss last month, and it was my fault. I got caught with my backups down. I have already made fun of myself for this. But in the future, I will catch up on everything I lost, and I am doing DAILY backups to multiple locations. I am NOT going to lose things again. To this end, I have put my entertainment stuff to the side, and in my downtime, I am working to rebuild all the information I lost. Today, I started that project.

Good beginnings

I broke into my recovery when I woke up. Of course, the first thing that I did was school. I am so close to the end of this degree that I have to give the last class, and then the capstone, priority. I have now read one of the two books I must read to complete the course. Currently, the second book is unavailable, but I need more reference materials to finish the course without it. We shall see what happens with that. Once that was out of the way, I broke into recovering data. There is a LOT of it to recover. I have 2500 pages of Ancient that I have to complete again. I fired up Prowriter and Grammarly, and went to work. By the time I put dinner on, I had completed 1800 of the 2500 lost pages. Now it is getting tedious. But I still have a full day ahead of me. I also lost 21 short stories and four novel-length works. That was a bit more difficult, but they are ALL DONE again. I am really on a roll.

Some big losses

There are some things that I can't recover. I lost about 1200 photographs that I had only on the bad system. I can live with that. I lost 2000 filters for photoshop and I have no way to get those back because they are part of a course that I got a deal on and the deal is no longer available. But I am looking at it as a way to hon my art. So we shall see what happens dow the line.

And then I rested

By the time I worked through everything I was tired, grumpy in a good way, and hungry. I remembered that I have a pork roast in my protein pack, and I put that on to cook while I finished up this blog. All in all, I am going to count today as pretty good.

Realism

Since I don't have my filters, I spent some serious time on a few Photoshop tutorials and this is what I came up with. I grabbed five stock images, loaded them in five different pallets, and then started to mask-cut-paste them together. This is the final result.

I admit it, I suck at freehand. But I can use common stock images, photographs, and my own prevoius works in multiple formats to come up with some pretty interesting things. I think that I like this one.

Ending the day

Feeling that I had rocked through the day quite well, I have dedicated tomorrow to going through what I did today, and then working on school. I have given myself until the end of April to get all caught up, and I have knocked out the easy stuff. So when I get up in the morning, I will work school some more, get about two weeks ahead, and then I will start going through the more tedious ventures. The cool thing is that I was stuck on The Awakening and I could not get it to go where I wanted it to. Now I have another chance because on a blank page, you can see forever! So it was movie time. Rolling something random and letting the fates decide.

Go boy go

I got eight hours of sleep, followed by two hours of meditation, followed by an hour of exercise. I rocked this morning. Then it was time to break into the round robin. I gave myself until noon to get as much done as I could. I had eight things on my round robin including the truck, personal items, email, journal updates, Ancient, school, writing, and dealing with data. I knocked out the truck and it is ready to roll. I took care of the personal things before I did anything else, because that was the Yoga, meditation, etc. I cleared out all of the email from all the souces, and even did the back emails. On a clear folder, you can see forever! Ancient is almost done except for proofreading, which will take about 10 years (joking). School is caught up and ahead, the data is up to date. But the big win is the writing. I now have 90 stories, all summarized and outlined. Granted, I still have to get back to where I was for these, but I am closer now than I was before the data loss! I rocked this morning!

On we go

I was originally going to stop my personal stuff at noon and then relax. But that went a few hours long because I was so close to a goal. As it turns out, I finished up about 80% of the lost data project. What remains is rough and tedious. But I am getting there. Ancient is done, except for the proofing. I have rewritten the summaries and outlines to 90 stories, and they are in a queue to be worked daily. I have read all my material for class, and I got my final grade for CRJ 628 Terrorism: Threats and Strategy. 100% across the board. Now I just have 1 class and 1 capstone and I am done with that degree. I can see the end of the journey. I am excited.

Ending the day

The day ended calmly. I just rolled random stuff on Roku, and don't even remember what it was. And then it was time to settle in and mentally prepare for the coming week.

Good Gods! The Roads

The roads in Indiana suck. I don't mean that they are just a little bad, I mean that the suck HARD. It is a scam of some sort, I am sure. Truck MUST use the right lane, but the right lane is so pitted that it tosses the tractor and trailer all over the place. It was bad enough that it started tossing stuff off of my top bunk. Kinda scary.

Fighting the moody

I would rather be rolling than sitting, but I am already tired and I have just started the work-week. Part of that has to do with a bit of a negative mood that is creeping in. I hate it when that happens. I hate it more when I can see the damn thing coming and can't do anything about it.

Update time

I am in the recovery project. I am more than 80% recovered from what I lost, but that remaining 20% is going to be rough. But I will get there. It is on the daily list, so it will be done. I did start the new course. It is not going to be easy, it is not going to be hard. But there are only three students, including myself, that could make things interesting. We shall see.

PA and Dullsville

A mundane and dull day. It was a (hard) work day, but I had some extra time when I shut down. I walked the river next to the truck stop and did some woods-walking. It was nice. I got in some extra meditation and was able to find the time to do some noodling on the Sax. I am counting today as a pretty good day, even though the mood is hanging on me like a dark cloud. I expect them once in a while, but not usually while I am rolling hard. This is something new.

Projects

I think that Ancient is ready to be cut loose, one section at a time. That is on the next 34-break. More than two years in the making. I am setting up all my stories and setting priorities. And I have re-worked the Colorado project page. I have the bare bones for the journaling program and I am keeping to my self-promise of replacing the lost music. All good my friends, all good.

Simple and to the point

I stopped in a Flying J for fuel in Pennsylvania. I fueled up, went to go inside, was approached by a jackass. He wanted the wallet. I wanted to kick him in the nuts, throat punch him, and then use my old teachings of hitting someone in face while targeting about 6" behind them. One of us got what we wanted, and I still have my wallet. You do the math. I did not go to jail, so there is that.

Calm day

Aside from that little bit of excitement, it was a calm day. I worked, reseted, worked some more and then rolled into the Love's in Diamond, Ohio. I got a parking space at 930pm. That was pretty impessive. Some chicken and rice, and off to bed. I am counting today as a decent day.

Quiet day

The personal side of things was nothing today. I slept, rolled, then slept again. Not much to tell. I did get a message from Rachael, and she is having some website issues, but that will have to wait until tomorrow.

Interesting Day

So, I am not allowed to give Kudos to my benefactors. That is a personal story that I shared with the wife but no one else, at the request from those that did the nice thing for me. I have a friend and she had some problems with her website. I fixed things up. I have never charged her for this stuff, and she was feeling generous. So I will say thank you to R, R, J, and T because they all put their heads together and gave me the 3D stuff that they don't use and will never use. Granted, they probably got most of this stuff for free, but is is about $9400.00 of models and props for DAZ3D and a few other programs. It took 12 hours to download and install and I am lucky that I was in a decent Love's. Now I just have to figure out how to use the programs so that I can use the stuff. Oye. But thank you ladies, you made my week.

The day

I rolled hard, and it took its' toll. I had a headache, I was grumpy, and I just wanted to sleep. But I could not get good sleep. That sucks. And it is going to be a tight 34-hour break. So I napped, at dinner, then watched a movie. The movie is the fun thing. I watched Carol on Netflix. Okay so far. Except that it was a two and a half hour movie with a weak storyline, and really out there for what I usually watch. The movie was set in the 1950s and about a socialite, going through a divorce, that meets a checkout girl at a department store. Long story short, they fall in love. A lesbian flick, set in the 1950s, with a lot of violin music, no character development, and a very weak storyline. But I was captivated. And no, before you ask, there were not any hot girl-on-girl scenes. It was more noir than LGBTQ+. I think that my tastes may be changing.

Ending the day

I set up the downloads then went back to bed. By morning, I had everything set up and was ready for my supposed break. It doesn't feel like a break does it? Nope!

Work it baby, work it

The day was mine, so I broke into my round-robin and knocked a bunch of stuff out. I am working my political book and I have the main subjects in place. Now I just have to work the chapters. I am hopeful that it will flow well. We shall see. I am also ready to take the plunge and delete Ancient. Time to get the new site in place. I will keep you all updated. All-in-all, a productive and relaxing day with a lot of stuff done! But it is all mundane, so no big entry. Maybe tomorrow.

Extra time

I hit the Love's in Hearne and then took FOUR shower. Nah, I was not that dirty, I just used an old cleansing technique. Because after that, i had an excellent dinner, did some serious meditation, and then worked on my book. I am 50 pages in already and it is under a week. At this rate, if I can keep it up, it may be ready before April is gone. That would be interesting.

Ancient

Okay, here we go. I started cleaning up the server today. I deleted a LOT of old files that have nothing to do with the system now. In the next few days, I will be deleting the site itself and putting the new one into place. I am going to do it in phases. Fun times!

The rest of the story

My NOT A BREAK was more relaxing than my break. This Love's is quaint. I was able to get done a lot of stuff, and get some relaxation in. I have my protein ready for the week and things are going well. I worked school and got my discussion done a day ahead of time. I have to do a Screencast and that has me going a bit buggy, but I have to plan it out before Thursday, so there is a bit of time. We shall see how things work out. Then I am HALFWAY done the course. I am so getting close. I am nine weeks from graduation. Then it is time for rest. Fun times eh?

Go go gadget boy

I got some good sleep and prepped the truck. I worked the political book and Ancient, and generally relaxed. I did get a bacon biscuit from McDonalds. The damn things have gotten SMALLER. Dammit! Can't trust the clow can you? I mean seriously. Everything is getting a lot more expensive and the sizes are being reduced. And the kicker is that you don't hear a lot of people talking about it. They can talk about other things, but no one is paying attention to that. Interesting.

Anyway

The personal side of the day was pretty much sleep. I don't know why I am so tired lately, but I am.

Boring again

I am sorry, but there is just nothing interesting going on right now. Everything is running smoothly. I am very NOT used to this drama free environment. It scares me.

One interesting tidbit

As most of you know, I have some very interesting friends. Today, I talked to one of them, and she was telling me a story of a recent encounter. She does the Cammy thing, which means that she is a Cammy girl. She gets all kinds of requests. So she got a request to exercise in different undies for seven days in a row, the undies provided by a patron, and then mail them back to him. Not my thing, but whatever floats your boat. Anyway, she's not an idiot and has a contract for such things. She did her thing, and the WIFE got hold of the package. Long-story-short, dude is suing her. I have no idea what for, because duh, there is a contract. My friend wanted to know what my wife would do in the same situation. I was honest, it could never happen. If I had such a fetish, I would share the request, be told NO and that would be the end of it. I moral of this is that time are seriously changing. But I am so glad that she uses contracts. So, all you cammy people out there, if you are going to do things like this, contract-up!

Down we go

I am tired. I hit the Kentucky line and shut down in the rest area. Then it was off to La la land. I am reading a story called Cirque De Freak right now, and I am hoping that it doesn't give me freak dreams. But we shall see. I don't know the author, Darrel Shane, but he reminds me of Lemony Snicket. Weird.

Stunned

Wow. So, I have improved my writing productivity by using the built-in dictate mode for Microsoft office. It has helped quite a bit. I remember many moons ago, that I would use Dragon Naturally Speaking and I even shelled out almost $70 for it way back when. But it was lost in the shuffle, and now they are on Version 16, when I was using Version 2 back then. So I popped on over to the site to take a look. Another $70 for a program that I considered decent? Sure. It saves a lot of time and has a lot more features than the Microsoft built-in version. I got sticker shock. Dragon is now owned by Nuance software and has a whopping sticker price of $699.00. Get over yourselves dudes! Not going to happen. Just more of an example of prices going out of control.

An Easy Day

Once I got to Ripley NY, i shut down in the Loves and made my dinner. Battered pork with mushrooms and onions over orange rice. I did visit a little produce stand and pickups of fresh fruits and vegetables, and they were delicious. I watched a silly movie from the 1970s or 1980s called Schoolgirls in Bondage. It was poorly written and had terrible acting. The story line was almost non-existent and the soundtrack was horrible. I liked it. Then I did some writing and a little bit of my class. Tomorrow I'm going to have to play catch-up in school so that I can make sure that everything is caught up because I do not know how the weekend is going to run. I tried working on some artwork, but once again, Photoshop had to update. When these updates are done but I don't want this going to take. We shall see what tomorrow brings.

Break in Ripley, NY

With the extra time off today, i was able to get school caught up and I will be going into week 4 very shortly. But the project that I had to do which was a PowerPoint with narration was kind of rough. It took more than four hours to get 5 minutes of screen time done. I will be glad when this course is over. I don't like that there are only three of us in the class because it does not give me a lot of options. And the other two students seemed to be waiting for someone to take the lead and that happens to be me. That's not always a fun thing.

On the lighter side of things, once I finished with school I was able to get quite a bit of writing done and I started rebuilding the website. It's going to be a long and drawn-out process but I think it will be worth it in the end. And I did find out that Roku has Seaquest. It's not as good as I remember. But I did get to watch the episode where they find the library of Alexandria. I really like that episode. Other than that it was just a calm day and I will take it. I have no idea what the weekend is going to bring and if I'm going to get a second 34-hour break or what is going to happen. I guess we will find out.

This was not a good day, and it was not a bad day. It was just a day. I was able to get into the dock in upstate New York right on time. Of course, I was a pallet short, and I had to report that before I could move on, but that did not take too long. Then it became a very annoying day. I looked on my GPS and found one of the only truck stops in the area, which is Jim's truck stop. And this is not a place that I would visit by choice. It is old and nasty. I expected only to be here for an hour or two while they figured out what to do with me, but it turned into a 10-hour break because they got me a load out of the Rochester area, but it did not pick up till 9:00 o'clock in the evening. That's when the buggins come out. But that's OK I took it with stride and got some sleep even though I wasn't tired. As I said, both a good and a bad day simultaneously.

As expected

I knew that the pickup was going to be a bear, but that was because the pickup is at a no human touch plant. You do everything by text. I was ready for that, but not ready for being sent in the wrong direction, bypassing the security gate, and the check-in routine. Luckily, I have been here before and was able to get checked in right on time. The load was quick, then it was down the road. I was overloaded on the nose of the trailer by 100 pounds, so I did not fuel and will burn that off quickly. I shut down in Slippery Rock, PA at the Love's, tired and cranky.

Under the weather

Right now I am plagued with too much thinking. For some reason I just can't shut my brain off and I have tried everything. I have increased my yoga and my meditation, but nothing will quell my troubled mind. I have no doubt that part of it is this class that I am taking right now and it is really on my nerves. That is interesting because this is the first class with Arizona global university that has given me any form of problem. The assignments are very vague and the resources are unavailable or do not meet what the assignment states. Add to that that there are only three people in the course which limits interaction, and it makes for a very bad experience. I've been with Arizona global university for almost three years and this is the first class that has been a negative experience. I'm not going to worry about it because after this class, assuming I pass, I am onto my capstone and then I am done. Another worry is the Colorado move and I'm not sure exactly what's going to happen with that. We have plans in place but no timeline and I think that my mental state is just making it bigger than it is. Hopefully I will get through this next week and things will be better.

Wasted evening

I shut down in a rest area about halfway through West Virginia, and I just could not do anything. Sorry shut everything down and went to sleep. Or at least that was the plan. I experienced a time problem. I would sleep for three or four hours and then wake up and look at the clock and only 45 minutes would have passed. I was having strange dreams that make no sense at all, and when I would try and go back to sleep there would be too much on my mind. Again I'm putting this down to a bad week at work and a bad class in school. Hopefully this week will be a better week coming up.

A bit extra

Like it says in the work area above this was a decent day. I am still Moody as hell, but i will get over it. I stopped in the truck stop, got a place to park, and shut down for the day. I took about a two hour nap and then spent four hours working on school. I got my assignment done just in time and got it submitted and then spent the evening watching a movie and listening to music. I do not get a 34 hour reset this week so I needed all the help I can get to balance myself. Finally I made fish and shrimp for dinner and drifted into the Yonder. Not an exciting day, but I will take it.

oops

One thing that I did forget to mention and I need to put in here so I can remember it down the line is that when I was in West Virginia, waking up I had a hair raising experience. Though they are not native to West Virginia or the United states, apparently there is a family or colony of flying foxes near the rest area in West Virginia. When you wake up and see one of those things on your windshield, it will wake you up quickly. They are huge. Normally they come from Australia or the African continent, but it looks like there's a small group of them in West Virginia. Scary as hell.

Joom Zoom Mood

I have no idea what the title of this paragraph means it is just three words that came into my head. I did not get a whole lot of personal stuff done today because I was very tired. I got up in the morning, did the morning thing and then was on the road. I grabbed a shower between runs and then went to sleep right after I shut down for the evening. I am just not feeling it lately and I really need to get out of it.

Positive

On the positive side of things, Laura has been working quite hard on our finances to get us in a better financial position. And today she scored one hell of a win. We were able to get a consolidation product in place that's going to reduce our debt exponentially over a short period of time. I think that is awesome. I work my tail off and so does she and she controls the financial strings. She wrestled that monster to the ground today. So we will take it as a win.

Lazy days

The personal part of the day was very lazy. I still can't quite shake this mood. Even when I know the source, which is the pressure from school and a negative class, and some minor stuff with work, and the need or at least desire to get things in motion, it does not help without a resolution. Sometimes understanding the thing does not help you resolve a thing. But I work on it every day. This afternoon I had extra time after the Allentown drop and I decided that I would be lazy and do nothing. Granted I did get my laundry done which of course is very important, but other than that and making mini pizzas for dinner, I sat on my rear end and did nothing. I have absolutely no doubt that come the morning I am going to regret this. Don't get me wrong, a lot of the time that I was doing nothing was in meditation. But they were untargeted meditation without a goal and I never do that. Even though in doing so I thought of a very funny science fiction story. And maybe that's what I need, a cute little distraction that involves a spaceship and a cat. It's only a short story, probably no more than two or three pages, and using my audio software I might be able to pump it out quickly. And we'll think about it. A bit of a spoiler, you probably don't want to read it because it is annoying as hell. But that's part of the fun of literature.

Grumpy Cat - Again

Today was a surprisingly easy day even though I'm in Pennsylvania. It was very much just roll pick up roll. Not much else to say. I did wind up in Connecticut at the loves travel stop that I always forget is there. They still don't have their scale installed either and it's been well over a year. But at least it gave me a place to shut down. Sometimes that's all you can ask for.

Dealing

All things considered, this was a work and takeoff day. Nothing real special about it other than doing some writing. I just cannot get my wheels under me right now and it's starting to get on my nerves. I'm going to have to address it sooner or later, but right now it's going to be later. I am caught up in school and I only have two discussions and my final paper and then I am done this course, so it will probably knock those all out this weekend. That is assuming they find me a weekend load and I get to shut down properly. You never know.

Trying

I am really trying to do my best right now to stay in a positive frame of mind, but it is not easy. Don't get me wrong, i'm pretty sure it has something to do with being in the northeast and that my runs lately have been staggered. But understanding the problem does not resolve the problem. Today was all work and the run from Massachusetts down to the state border in New Jersey was very annoying. It is my hope that tomorrow I will get my weekend run and it will be headed out of the area. But only the trucking gods know what will happen. For now I'm just keeping the wheels rolling and hoping for better days. With a little bit of luck in the next day or two I will be able to do some serious updates, but for now it is just roll and sleep, repeat.

Frazzled

I think it's evident that work has me in a grumpy mood. But I am dealing. I got a little frustrated while I was in North Bergen, but I was able to center and balance as soon as I shut down in the service area. And I grabbed myself a Starbucks, and that helped quite a bit. I made myself hot sausage and pasta for dinner and then relaxed with some canned entertainment. So, the day did not end horribly. It just started that way. I have no idea what the weekend is going to bring because I can't quite think yet. There is a significant police presence in the service area, and they seem to be moving along cars that are sitting for too long. So far, they haven't touched any of the trucks. I may stay here the entire weekend, or I may move to a truck stop. But moving to a truck stop is not a good option because the ones around here are very small, and this is an extremely high crime area. So, it's up in the air as to what I'm going to do. But for now, I am going to get some sleep and take it from there.

Rest and Relaxation

I only drove about an hour today, and I slept close to eight hours last night. Still, when I shut down, I was beyond exhausted. I am sure it is a combination of the area, the problems with the pickup yesterday, and trying to get into a spot this morning. Regardless, I slept an additional six hours. That is way too much. But I got up and decided to use the rest of the day on creative stuff. I did some writing, and then settled into some art. And that is what you will seee next.

Deep Meditation

I usually do guided meditation with a goal or purpose. But for something new, I did my pre-meditation on Lilith and let that bring the internal images to me. And this is the result. Three distinct images, but I have no idea how to interpret these. Maybe in the next meditation.

Ending the day

I am exhausted. I think that I may be close to a mini-burnout. But I am feeling a lot better than I have for the past couple of days, so maybe I am on the mend. I still have to do school and all, but I still have a full day before I have to work again. So, with being down, I chose to take the plunge and watch something that has been on my list since 2004. I watched Mel Gibson in The Passion of the Christ. I have to agree with South Park, the movie was nothing more than a snuff film. But it was a good way to end the day, and now I know about that movie. Then it was time to go back to sleep, rolling junk on the Roku channel.

Light and Heavy at the same time

I chose to spend the day playing catch-up. I did 1000 pages of Ancient, read the rest of my reading for my current class, did some writing, and a bit of other data manipulation on the drive, and then settled in for the day. I managed to get in some serious meditation and exercise, both of which were sorely needed. Then it was time to relax. I am rocking a toothache right now, and it is making me a bit grouchy. This is not the first time that I got a pain in that specific area. And it is a tooth that has a cap, so it has had a root canal. What's up with that? Hmmm. It usually goes away in a day or two. We shall see.

Hyper-realism

This is something that I have been working on for a while. I have never been good with realism, but since I reinstalled the failed computer, I have been working with rebuilding my filter and education library. I came across a lesson that I had gone past previously, admittedly out of fear of failure. So, the lesson was to choose a body part, and re-create it in Photoshop. And this is the result. I am unsure if I like it or not. Time will tell.

Icky feeling

Things just are not coming together. And it has been like this for a while. Granted I may be a little ornery right now because my teeth are killing me, but I don't think that's all of it. Lately I have been feeling like I am trudging and that is never a good feeling. I fully understand that it is coming up on the end of school, being out for two months at a time, trying to bring things together for Colorado, and a lot of other things. But just because you understand you should not stare into the sun doesn't mean you are not tempted to do it depending on the circumstance. Just because I understand the underlying problem doesn't mean I'm ready to deal with it. So one day at a time my friends, one day at a time.

A Lot done

I hit a milestone on my French, I have cleared one year of classes at 5 or 10 minutes a day. I am to the point where I can read minor books or watch movies in French. I think I am going to give it until September and then I may switch over to Spanish, just because. I'm still working on my C language and a lot of other things that I want to get done before the year is over. Regardless of how I feel ornery, I think we are headed to a precipice. The question is do we stop and stare, fall off the edge, or take flight? But that is an answer for later in the year. I'm going to go back to building my wings.
OK that was dramatic, but it just came to me so I used it. I shut down in Virginia this evening and made myself some breaded chicken with potatoes and then headed off to bed. Tomorrow is another day.

Yummy!

Work consumed most of the day, but I shut down in the Pilot where I scaled. I walked over to Fatz Cafe' and got myself a dinner platter. Fried shrimp, Tenders, baby back ribs. It was very good. Then I settled in for the night just relaxing so that I can roll before dawn tomorrow. I have a long time to go in what I could drive in a bit over a day, so I have to figure out how I am going to do it. Just not going to figure it out tonight. For now, relax and reboot. Tomorrow is another day.

Roll and twinge

On the personal side of things, the day was uneventful. I did my driving and then shut down in Jeffersonville, and my intention was to grab a shower and a meal. The meal went fine but there were no showers available. Hopefully tomorrow. I could not even get school done because the Internet was horrible and I could not maintain a connection. But that's OK, I ate my meal and watched my canned series that I carry on my extra hard drive and went to sleep. I have a bit of an ache in my right tooth again, that is disconcerting.

Facing the owie

The personal side of things were a bit different and in a very negative way. That little twinge that I had in my tooth turned into a lightning storm. It was quite unpleasant. After I shut down early in the morning, I made my pork roast with some noodles, grabbed a shower, refilled all my water bottles, and finished up school for the week, at least my part. I still have a few responses to do to my peers but that is it. The entire time, there was a gentle throb in my jaw. And that throb got worse and worse as the day progressed. By the end of the day it was like midgets we're going at my job with tiny sledgehammers. It was quite uncomfortable. But I sat down and made a plan. This is not the first time that that tooth has acted up, even though i'm not sure exactly which tooth it is. I found that there's a dentist less than 1/4 of a mile away and they take emergency patients. So I did my thing for the day and forced myself into a 12 hour sleep cycle to see if I can make it stop hurting. There is every chance that there is something stuck under one of my caps and that is what's causing the problem. That's what it was last time. But you never know. So I forced myself into sleep, found the dentist and set up a schedule so that I can drop tomorrow, head back over to the truck stop and shut down, walking over to the dentist if necessary. If not, i will be headed to michigan in the morning. Everything is up in the air for now and time will tell. Unfortunately, I had the extra time but because of the jaw pain which was quite extensive, I couldn't do anything extra. I did make a few phone calls and got a few things straightened out, but mostly I was just lazy. Tomorrow is another day and I am headed into the weekend where I should get my 34 hour reset.

Oye with a bit of Vey

The personal side of life is not going real well at this point. My teeth have been hurting for about a day, but they stopped hurting today and got replaced with a head cold. And it was a pretty bad one. This entry is actually being done five days late as I play catch up. When I shut down I nursed the cold and slept for about 12 hours. Not my greatest moment in life because I didn't feel like doing anything at all.

Dosing myself

I have a lot that I want to get done. But to be honest, I can't do any of it because I feel like poop. When I got shut down, I medicated myself and went to sleep. It turned into a total of about 18 hours sleep and it helped a bit, but as the cold went away the toothache came back. That does not bode well for the next few days. I did manage to get school caught up but that is about it. I should have had the time to get the blog for may put into place, but as it is even this entry is being done a few days late. I have an idea for the new photo site for the month, but i do not have the drive to get it done. I'm sure things will get better.

Caught up, sort of.

I pushed myself a bit and walked to the Walmart for a bit of restocking. I got some more protein and now I have enough meals to last the rest of the tour. It is going to be good to get home. I spent a bit of the day being lazy as hell because I still feel horrible. I cannot bring myself to get school, the blogs, or even e-mail updated. I took the day as a full down day, and I will regret it later, but it was a good choice. I had a really yummy dinner and spent a lot of time sleeping.