Boredom Part II

Well, we are now in Dallas but we had to deadhead (DH) to get here. Called dispatch where I asked them to ask Planning (the guys who figure out where the freight is going to be coming from and authorize trucks to move there if needed) what the forecast was for El Paso. For some reason FECC doesn't allow drivers to speak directly to these guys, we have to do it through dispatch. The word came back that they would pay us to go to Dallas, that El Paso was "dead." Could have used that knowledge on Friday! In the past, Planning would be available on weekends, (but no more) so we could have called Sunday and then been on our way to Dallas and set up for Monday. Instead, we spent all day Monday DH'ing to Dallas. So here we sit again. As I said, I knew when we accepted the El Paso that it was a gamble; I was prepared for the possibility of it not working. In retrospect, I still would have taken the job, but I would have called Planning late Friday so we could have moved. We checked in and there were 8 trucks in front of us last night, just a few minutes ago it was down to 3, so there is a good chance we will get out of here today. We got up relatively early this morning to beat the heat (supposed to hit 100 again today)and did our 30 minute walk with Buffett, since then I have been surfing the net and Donna has been reading and Buffett is asleep in front of the air conditioning vent. So we wait...tick...tick...tick...