Smooth days are not really worth writing about. It's the challenging events that make for better stories.
When I presented my pick-up number to the shipping office yesterday, they told me that another driver was already on his way to the loading docks to pick up that very load. I called my rep at Schneider. She called customer service. I waited on hold for several minutes. When she came back on the line, she told me that the load was given to another trucking company. I would be reimbursed $150 for my mileage and trouble. I had burned approximately $84 worth of fuel getting there, so my effort wasn't a total loss. I had deadheaded 229 miles from San Antonio, where I had delivered the prior evening.
I remained on the property for another half hour, opening my laptop to search for another load. My options were shockingly bad, even for a weekend. I did find a load originating 250 miles away, in Louisiana. I am currently picking up that load. It is a paper load going to Nowata, Oklahoma.
Being bumped off my original load isn't an entirely bad thing. I will now be able to select loads that can be delivered before the Monday night weekly revenue cut off line. My personal goal is to have a weekly gross revenue exceeding $3000 – from which fuel, truck payment and other expenses are deducted. (My true goal is $4000, actually) My extended time at home for the Christmas holiday interrupted my usual flow, resulting in a negative net settlement this past Friday. (But that's alright). 
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