Hello
there!
Long
time no hear! I'm not even going to check the date of my last post.
Okay,
okay…I looked.
And
– Oh my, it's been that long? And really, it hasn't even been a year since my
last post. Still, I guess time flies when you're not looking.
I
can't say the usual ‘time flies when you're having fun’ because it's hardly
been all fun this year. Mr. Janney and I did our job switch and tried our hand
at being a lease/owner operator. It wasn't an epic failure, because we learned
lots. It will be a while before we try it again, for many reasons I won't
address at this time.
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| Mt Ranier |
I
did get to see the Rockies again, and the St. Louis Arch. Spent a bit of time
on the West Coast. California and Washington. Got a better picture of Mt. Rainier
than I did the first time we did over the road work. Still not as good as the
one I took of Mt. Shasta, but a decent enough picture. It was amazing to see it
as I drove to that particular Shipper, especially when I realized I was getting
closer than I ever had before!
We
almost got to see the Pacific ocean. There was a sliver of blue
through the trees that might have been the ocean, but it was a short patch, and
we were going just fast enough that we really couldn't say for certain.
It
was a valuable experience and had things at the end gone differently, I'd
probably still be out there. Mr. Janney has a problem with following distance
and the truck's cameras dinged him one too many times. He was politely invited
to quit. I'm not sure I agree with how the company handled the situation, as
there was some miscommunication over a previous safety ding (the company doesn’t
like you exceeding their personal speed limit even if you’re still in the
legally posted limit). I drove Solo for about a month or just over.
We
almost lost our home. Still on the verge of losing the Nissan Rogue that was
supposedly a birthday present a few years back.
Oh,
and I almost died last summer.
No,
I'm not being overly dramatic by saying that. Only mildly dramatic. Do I tell
that story now, or make it a post of its own? It would be a little mean to
mention it and not elaborate. Even though I am quite clearly still alive to
tell the tale.
Well,
to make a long story short, I was unable to get my weekly diabetic shot. And the
longer I was off, the higher my blood sugar climbed. I may have been able to
compensate by becoming stricter with my diet, but there were quite a few days
where I was eating 0 carbs and my sugar wasn’t going low enough. It finally did
though, and once I was able to get my medication again it all smoothed out.
However,
I am in that ‘no health insurance’ place again for a little bit. The
new insurance should kick in at the beginning of March, but I don’t know
exactly when I’ll be able to get the shot. It’s a miracle drug as far as I’m concerned.
More about that another time.
Let
me know if you want the longer story and I’ll make it into a separate blog
post. For now, I think I am going to sign off. I’ll edit this post, pray I get
all the typos, then post. Ever since I began journaling back in January, I’ve
had ideas for blogging and I’ve finally decided to make the leap. I have a
literal list made up! Mr. Janney did say he wants to see me get back into
writing, and journaling & blogging is a good step in that direction.
Until
next time, I bid you ado!
Robin Janney
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