Week One Review

I’ve made it through my first week, and I know the most important issue to my friends and family is “how are you eating?” and “has your butt gotten big yet?” I can say eating has been a bit more challenging than I hoped however my pants still fit so I must be doing ok. I equate the eating challenge to walking into an office with a candy dish, you can’t just ignore it. Walking into a truck stop is similar – the freshly steamed hot dogs just smelled too yummy to leave without one and they were only $2 for 2 – What a deal! After that last bite I proclaimed to Ray “ok that’s it for eating out today… and I think my butt just got bigger”. I try and make up for the bad hot dog choice by walking around the drop yard where we delivered next and that night Ray parks the truck in the spot furthest from the truck stop entrance.

We have the cooler stocked with waters, apples, carrots, cheese sticks, and lunch meat. We have canned veggies, soup, peanut butter, almonds, and bread for making sandwiches in the cupboard. We have the ability to make good choices and despite the hot dog incident we are actually eating ok most of the time and we ALWAYS park as far away from the entrance as possible. I actually think I am exercising (really just walking) more now than before I got on the truck, which truly isn’t hard to imagine because I gave up exercise this past year in lieu of more sleep.

More exciting than my eating and exercising habits have been the adventures. My first few days I actually did a lot of sleeping – and I can sleep through anything so sleeping in a moving, constantly jerking, truck didn’t faze me a bit. Once I got caught up on my sleep we ventured through New York City bumper to bumper traffic and I got to listen in to C.B. Radio. It’s amazing what people will say when they can hide behind a radio and I heard it all. However it was going into Kentucky where I covered my eyes and sat nervously listening to the radio. Traffic was bumper to bumper on an up-hill corner leading to the bridge where it was condensing down to one lane. Drivers were not paying attention jetting in front of 18 wheelers and many apparently missed the sign that read “left lane ending”. After about 40 minutes of anxiety we were out and it’s been smooth rolling ever since. Today we are headed to the Sunshine state (Ft. Lauderdale, FL) for delivery on Wednesday and I am looking forward to the predicted 82 degrees.