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CHAPTER 72: February 20, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: HEART LIFE MUSIC by Kenny Chesney.
ROUTE: Ecru, MS to Auburn Hills, MI: 867 miles (780 loaded + 87 deadhead) My original assignment was from Pontotoc, MS to the same consignee in Auburn Hills, MI but Friday 02/20 when I woke up the batteries of the truck were dead. Different to a car a truck has four batteries. On Super Bowl…
CHAPTER 71: February 17, 2026 Assignment and Book Reviews: THE WRONG SISTER by Claire Douglas & MY HUSBAND NEXT DOOR by K.L. Slater.
ROUTE: Pontiac, MI to Memphis, TN: 834 miles (763 loaded + 71 deadhead) Tuesday 02/17 was a long work day, technically 17.5 hours! This assignment was supposed to pickup at 6:00pm, but the shipper is a 24/7 facility and the load was drop-and-hook so basically I could pick it up at anytime that day. The…
CHAPTER 70: February 17, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: GOOD BAD GIRL by Alice Feeney.
ROUTE: Youngstown, OH to Lansing, MI: 346 miles (291 loaded + 55 deadhead) The pickup on this assignment was scheduled Tuesday 02/17 at 13:00. I had started my day at 08:30, so technically my 14-hour clock would end at 22:30. This was a live-load and it took just over two hours to complete, therefore satisfying…
CHAPTER 69: February 16, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: Famous Last Words by Gillian McAllister.
ROUTE: Romeoville, IL to Solon, OH: 427 miles (374 loaded + 53 deadhead) This is a short assignment of roughly six drive hours but after four consecutive long ones it’s OK. Also, I needed to make my way back to Michigan for a dentist appointment on Saturday 02/21. The assignment was to pickup at a…
CHAPTER 68: February 13, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: Blood in the Low Country by Paul Attaway.
ROUTE: Baltimore, MD to Dekalb, IL: 808 miles (762 loaded + 46 deadhead) This assignment picked up on Friday 02/13 in Baltimore and was scheduled to deliver on Monday 02/16 in the morning just outside of Chicago. The trip required roughly thirteen drive hours so it could be done in a day-and-half. I was going…
CHAPTER 67: February 10, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: The Hunting Party by Lucy Foley.
ROUTE: Jeffersonville, IN to Forestville, MD: 752 miles (618 loaded + 134 deadhead) This assignment was scheduled for a pickup on 02/10 at 17:00. I was running behind because of a four-hour delay starting my last assignment due to a dead battery caused by excessive cold in the New York area. It was my 64th…
CHAPTER 66: February 6, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: Behind a Locked Door by Sarah A. Denzil and The Girl in the Green Dress by Mariah Fredericks.
ROUTE: Clinton, CT to Clayton, IN: 964 miles (856 loaded + 108 deadhead) Friday 02/06, my last assignment ended at 11:00 and I had a two hour drive to this assignment’s shipper. I was fortunate to get this assignment as I had requested home leave for the weekend to watch the Super Bowl and celebrate…
CHAPTER 65: February 04, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: Same Time Next Summer by Annabel Monaghan.
ROUTE: Maumee, OH to Franklin, MA: 812 miles (750 loaded + 62 deadhead) The last assignment brought me back to our terminal in Canton, MI on Tuesday 02/03 in the evening as the load was scheduled for delivery on 02/20 so a Local Driver would deliver it. This suited me perfectly as I needed to…
CHAPTER 64: February 03, 2026 Assignment and Book Review: How I Know White People are Crazy and Other Stories: Notes from a Frustrated Black Psychologist by Dr. Jonathan Lassiter.
ROUTE: Cleveland, OH to Southfield, MI: 241 miles (182 loaded + 59 deadhead) This was a short assignment but I couldn’t complain as I had just come off back-to-back ones each in excess of 1,000 miles. Anyway it was bringing me back to Michigan and I was still having problems with the last dental procedure.…
CHAPTER 63: January 30, 2026 Assignment and Book Reviews: Kill for Me, Kill for You by Steve Cavanagh and Vineland by Thomas Pynchon.
ROUTE: Tampa, FL to Canton, OH: 1,073 miles (1,063 loaded + 10 deadhead) I picked up the load at 16:30 on Friday 01/30 and left at 17:30 because this shipper is a drop-and-hook establishment. The delivery was scheduled for Monday but the appointment time was not set. I figured it would be somewhere between 09:00-14:00…