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Cheryle · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Location: MIchigan

I try and stay involved. I also check weather for him. I check Map Quest for miles from one place to another. Occasionally he will get a drop point with no address. So I look them up on line for him. I check the atlas to see where he is and where he is going. Keeps me involved in his day to day travels and gives me something to do.

We talk everyday and all evening. It helps. But is hard too. I listen to him complain when things dont go right for his deliveries and in the short time he has been driving, there have been a few. He gets very frustrated.

He was very nervous his first time out alone, but he does great. I am very proud of him. And I make sure to let him know it. But i miss him like crazy and have no idea when he will be home again. He wants to make money and doesnt get paid when he gets home. I cannot and do not let him know when I am feeling down. I try to be up up up all the time. And that is hard work !!!

I again... and very grateful that this forum is here.

Cheryle · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Location: MIchigan

Hi Shyykatt and Truckrswyfe-

Sleeping without my husband is hard. The animals like it because when he is home, they arent allowed in the bedroom. So they are loving in. The dog is a rotty who takes up a good part of the bed. The cats normally snuggle.

I am not big on exercise but I need to. Just because I know it will help me sleep better and feel better. And maybe will tone up some areas that need toning. It is on my "things I need to do list". I tend to be lazy and i have to stop that for sure.

I am in Michigan. I work so that helps that I am gone all day and a lot of days i bring work home to do in the evening to pass the time.

It is a frustrating time right now because we both had thought he would be home for a few days the beginning of the week. He had been to florida and georgia last week and brought a load from Florida to Michigan. Last time he brought one close, they scheduled him home for 3 days (wooo hoo) Anyway- he parked the truck on Saturday and came home for the week end since he didnt have to deliver until Monday. We spent a lot of time with his family and did not much alone time. But figured he would be back home Monday. When he dropped the load they sent him to North Carolina. When told them he thought he would be sent home for a few days since he was so close, they told him he needed to request time off. They did not tell him that before and scheduled him for his last at home. So he went from North Carolina to Florida and is now on his way to Texas. No idea when he will be back. I asked him if he put in a request when they told him that, he said no.

So we did not argue about it, i let it go- for now. I will ask him in another week if he has requested time off yet. They will have to find loads for him this way since they for sure will not let him drive all the way here empty.

It is weird when he is home after being gone. Hard to explain what i mean. I will think it thru and post it next time.

Nice to meet the two of you !!! :D

LadyRebel · Joined: 03 Sep 2007 Posts: 5 Location: on the road

I came here looking for a support site for truckers wives as i don't know anyone becides my husbands family that deal with the industry. a friend of mine that i made on another forums site suggested here and i came, signed up and checked it out a lil and then went back to the other site. I realize now that the other site isn't a good fit for me as there are just too many clicks on it and if your not in the right one and think differently that any of the people there that are in the popular click then you really don't have too many people who will talk to you or reply to your posts. It got old and now most of the people that i have been friends with have either disappeared from there or have left completely. there are a few that still linger there but i just wanted to find something new. I met my husband when he was on the road and he has been off and back on and off the road while we have been together. I have a daughter and he's working on getting back on the road as working here just isn't cutting it. we both have to work 2 full time jobs just to make it and it's not possible as we wouldn't be able to afford daycare and have no one here that can help with watching her that we trust with her. I'm glad i found this site as I have been lingering for a little while now and reading posts and it seems like a good group of people. I can't wait to jump in and start getting involved.

Cheryle · Joined: 02 Oct 2007 Posts: 19 Location: MIchigan

Hi and welcome. I have not been on this site in way too long. It is hard being the wife of an OTR driver. That is for sure. This forum helped me a lot and I should not have stayed away so long. Am glad to see a "new face"

I have not tried any other sites,just this one. It helps to know that we are not alone !!!

LilBit · Joined: 25 Apr 2005 Posts: 314 Location: Alabama, USA

Hello LadyRebel ;) Good to see you here. This site was the one that I learned quite a bit from a few years back and really helped me to 'hang in there' when I needed it then. Haven't been as active here like I was back then, just a case of being busy round home...and with that other site too...lots of good information around this site, hoping you like it here ;)

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