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...My Life as 'Drive away' driver
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220805 MN DOT (I started a page ... but now it is four days later) At some point there was 3 RV's coming to MN and one trash truck in MN going to IA. Local work but we sat it out ... with my BP going up, not down as I wait for a call back ... Load board US - 99 IA - 18 MN - 5 220808 MN DOT Load board (weekend) US - 92 IA - 14/12 MN - 4 Load board (Monday) US - 80 IA - 9/7 MN - 1 I had left a message with my main Dr on Thursday AM before we left the hotel. No message back on either Thurs, Fri or Sat. I had decided to try again by 10 AM and about 9:30 I get the message they do not want to change my meds unless I fail. That is what I have been trying to avoid. Not sure how to go about this in the long run. I do not want to have to worry about this every year. My plan had been to wait until by BP was on the low end for a week before I even tried to go in. But if the Dr won't change anything until after the fact there is no reason to keep waiting. I give it an hour for my frustration to go down before I call and leave a message with my DOT Dr. It is still the same one as last year (I think) so that is one less unknown. Last week we first hung out in Salt Lake City waiting for work and then headed home via Grand Junction. We were a week off. Today there was a truck in Grand Junction coming back to MN. Timing. 220809 MN DOT Load board US - 88 IA 4/3 MN - 4 Dr never called back yesterday or this AM so I called them a little after 9 AM. The called me by name ??? Either they have caller ID even on the network phones or I was the only person they had not called back. I now have an appointment at 2:20 tomorrow. We will see how my blood pressure is then. I slept real lightly last night so I thought my BP would be up. Tomorrow ... I need to stay off the computer. Sitting on the computer all day sometimes messes up my eyes. And I can't sit and weed too long because I walk like a 90 man when I get up. We do need to be able to move for some of the tests. The rental dispatcher had eight trips today that either started or ended in MN, all less that 250 miles. Maybe that will be his new thing :) 220809 MN DOT Load board US - 88 IA 4/3 MN - 4 Dr never called back yesterday or this AM so I called them a little after 9 AM. The called me by name ??? Either they have caller ID even on the network phones or I was the only person they had not called back. I now have an appointment at 2:20 tomorrow. We will see how my blood pressure is then. I slept real lightly last night so I thought my BP would be up. Tomorrow ... I need to stay off the computer. Sitting on the computer all day sometimes messes up my eyes. And I can't sit and weed too long because I walk like a 90 man when I get up. We do need to be able to move for some of the tests. The rental dispatcher had eight trips today that either started or ended in MN, all less that 250 miles. Maybe that will be his new thing :) 220810 MN DOT Load board US - 129 IA - 15/14 MN - 5 FAILED ! (but passed) My companies have stricter requirements than the DOT, so I passed but now I need to satisfy my companies before I can start driving. I can still hear the whisper, I still have 20/30 vision ... the new cheaters I bought did not help on the test and I couldn't tell the difference when I got them. Oh well, now I have another spare. And I was still able to do all the bends, twists and turns required so overall it was an easy test. My frustration, and that is likely part of the issue, is that I tried to get this taken ahead of time and my Dr doesn't want to change anything unless I fail. Now I have failed ... and am waiting on an answer back. I even tried a few tricks that are supposed to help. Warm bath (shower,) lots of liquid (for me,) limited my computer and sitting time. I don't drink, smoke or do drugs, my weight is down, I don't eat junk food. I had thought of getting a message ... but I thought of it at 2 AM so I hadn't planned ahead. So I am likely off work for another week or so. If it drags on too long I will just file what I have with the DOT to stay legal. The rental dispatcher did have another half dozen local trucks but BB is not interested in driving them. Yet. Nothing interesting today on the RV side. 220811 MN DOT Load board (Thursday) US - 140 IA - 20/19 MN - 10 Load board (Friday) US - 138 IA - 12 MN - 9 Load board (weekend US - 121 IA - 10 MN - 6 Nothing new. .. the trip continues HERE |
