Change of Plans

Tamara decided she wanted to drop the load headed for Arizona at Prime's yard in Dallas in order to get a load from the Fed Ex facility at Dallas/Fort Worth Airport. Not really sure why she decided to make the change; she didn't offer any explanation to Lori and Lori didn't ask. All we know is that the new Fed Ex load pays less than the load that Tamara dropped off. The only reason we think Tamara may have made the switch was because the Arizona load couldn't be dropped off until Monday morning, which would have meant sitting all day on Sunday.

Frankly, Lori and I decided we would have been glad for the day off since 1) all drivers have to take at least 34 hours off every 70 hours of driving, and 2) it would have been a great chance to go see a spring training baseball game. Oh well, when we have our own truck...

The Fed Ex load is headed for Newark International Airport and has to be there within 34 hours after the truck is loaded. Shouldn't be a problem making it there and the traffic shouldn't be too bad since they expect to arrive early Sunday morning. The only bad thing is that rain is expected along their entire route.

Since Lori now has enough miles to transfer from being a team trainee to being a solo driver of a company truck, the plan is for their next load to bring them through the main facility in Springfield, Missouri (probably sometime Tuesday). That's when Lori will say good-bye and thanks to Tamara and get ready for her final phase of training, starting with three days of classes.

However, Lori's classroom training isn't scheduled to start until the Wednesday after Easter (since Lori had asked to be home for Easter) so she's going to rent a car in Springfield and drive home, spend a few days with family, and then drive back to Springfield for three days of training before being assigned her own company truck.