We’ve all heard the term, “writers block”. I don’t have a case of that, per se, it’s more a matter of finding good, happy, cheerful things to write about. I had prepared my blog today with a story of a California trucker that had his trailer robbed from him while driving down the road, by two other truckers.
My plan with this blog was to bring smiles and laughter to my readers, however that is proving to be a greater challenge than I anticipated. I find myself being more cynical and sarcastic, than fun. I think I need a good dose of Jimmy Buffett right about now….
“Its these changes in latitudes, changes in attitudes
Nothing remains quite the same
With all of our running and all of our cunning
If we couldnt laugh we would all go insane”
These days its easy enough to find subject matter in the failing economy, rampant unemployment and financial downfalls, and its been a challenge to find something engrossing but yet, uplifting. We are all bombarded by the bad news in the media and the struggles in our own lives, I’d like to be able to take our minds off that much like the old vaudeville teams did during the Great Depression. I don’t know if technology has made us all more jaded, but the vision of someone getting hit with a pie in their face does not bring the relief it once did.
We are all struggling in some way and we are all trying to find ways of coping during these challenging days. Out here in Trucking Land, it seems the struggles and challenges are constantly compounded day after day. Gone are the days when you are rewarded for being a good conscientious driver and a hard worker. Its not a matter of how safely and timely you deliver your cargo, but how cheaply you are willing (or forced) to.
One can only hope tomorrow will be a better day, but for now I’ll put Jimmy on the CD and hope that One Particular Harbor shows up on the horizon real soon.
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