Gi-Gi Roxx - The Ravings of a Lunatic

Well I'm essentially one week in at my new job.  And while the job itself isn't too difficult, the whole standing for hours thing is proving to be a great challenge.  I've sat on my behind for pretty much all of the last five years behind the wheel of one vehicle or another and now my feet are retaliating against me putting them to use.  I hope they adjust, but something tells me it's gonna take a long while for that to happen.  I went to the drug store and purchased two different kinds of shoe inserts to see if they might help alleviate some of my suffering, but so far no dice.  I am trying the Dr. Scholl's kind specifically for heel pain first.  Then I got another from the same company for three point relief that if these heel ones don't start helping I'll switch to and give them a shot.  Something tells me that I may just have to suffer.  Payback for being a lazy trucker. I'll be on my feet a good bit today here at home on my day off as I p...

Okay, first of all, forgive me if I don't catch all of my typo's on this post, as I'm using the new keyboard on my new desktop computer at the house.  I've not blogged from anything other than my laptop for so long my fingers hardly know what to do with themselves on this big ass keys.  I'd like to say a few words in reference to my trucking career before I move forward with the newness and news in my life.  I am officially done with trucking (for at least 18 years I suspect) and while I'm glad to be home everyday, showering without shoes at will, and eating out of a fridge instead of a 12 volt cooler or truck stop buffet, I'll miss being a trucker. I had many adventures (and just as many misadventures) while I was out on the road.  And while this last stint wasn't quite as long as the first, I still had a lot of fun doing what I do best, holding a steering wheel and keeping a 65' rig between the lines (most of the time... c'mon someone has...