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Originally Posted by jd112488
i think local can sometimes be tougher. still work 12-14 hours a day, add in commute, and in dinner and time with family and all you have left is 3 to 5 hours of sleep a night. i need more tahn that and you may get more as an otr driver...maybe not every day, but most days.
I kind of agree with this. At my last job, it was leave the house at 5:45 am, fight for my docks and deal with the all the loading issues all day, head in, wash out the trailer, leave yard, pick up kids, fix dinner (you men may or may not have to do this part but as a mom, I do have to do this), during the school year it's do homework with kids or whatever other activity the school plans for them, baths (because my kids have to be threatened to get them into the tub), get the baby down (he's 17 months...kind of a late in life suprise for me....), get up and down with him all night...I haven't slept much since March of '07! I really can't depend on his dad to get up with him at night because he doesn't get up for nothing!
My situation may be different but I can guarantee you that there are more times that I wish I was OTR than not!