"We often realize well after having a negative experience that every cloud really does have a silver lining. If we could only see it at the time."
"Those stresses arise usually as a result of the unpredictable, changeable, and inconsistent nature of a driver's daily life."
Two lines from my last post. Man have I been living by those words since I posted them. Freight refused by receivers, receivers that I have had to sweet talk (or suck up to as some would say) and now a breakdown. No not a personal breakdown. A truck breakdown.
At this moment I am sitting on the shoulder of highway #1 just a couple of kilometers east of Grenfell, Saskatchewan searching for the silver lining within this dark cloud. It's now Thursday at 2 AM in the morning - my time, eastern - and I was headed home for a planned weekend off. This is part of our trucking life. My plan was to have switched trailers in Winnipeg and be sleeping somewhere in the neighborhood of Richer, Manitoba.
I guess I can be thankful for the fact that I have no idea what tomorrow will bring. Unpredictable. Changeable. Inconsistent. You bet!
The only thing I know for sure is that a tow truck is on it's way to pull me to Moosomin where I can get the truck serviced tomorrow.
I'll be sure to let you know what the silver lining turns out to be just as soon as I find out myself. :)
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