It was a fight, against traffic and idiot drivers (an 8 mile backup and 5 MPH driving because somebody had a little fender bender...but there was a cop car and ambulance on scene...), but I delivered a load of frozen veggies to the distributor in Moonachie, NJ. I went and picked up (in Teterboro and East Hanover in NJ)a load of flavor concentrate for Coca Cola that goes to Apopka, FL for Monday. A very nice weekend ride to the southern state!

First of all, I can't believe that the holidays are upon us. Seems like we put up new calendars last week for 2009. Second, this starts the battle of the bulge, with all the fattening foods that I just have to say "NO" and not eat them. Third, this is a wonderful time of year to enjoy family and friends. This year will be a bit different for us, as my sister, who has begun Chemotherapy, will not be able to join the entire family.
Last night, we went to Main Street to watch...

I will be in Cherry Hill NJ this weekend attending the 73rd Annual Philcon at the Crowne Plaza Hotel.

http://2009.philcon.org/

From time to time, if there is nothing on TV, I will flip over to the Real Time hit feed. If a bill comes up in southeast PA or southwest Ohio, I'll open it up on the off chance that it could be mine. It never is.

So while looking at the feed tonite, I saw a hit come up in Muscatine, Iowa. Never heard of the place. So I opened it up. Checked out the users profile. Charlene works in a bank and finds an awful lot of wilds. So just because I am curious, I look up Muscatine in Wikipedia....

Got up fairly early, and headed on to West Seneca, NY to drop this load. It was for Rich Foods, some type of frozen breads. Was offered a load of ice cream out of Dunkirk, NY to Elizabeth, NJ almost right away. But the pickup time was so late in the day that it would not have been possible for me, due to the HOS regulations. When I told dispatch that, I was offered 2 loads..one was the same one, the other was from Brockport, NY (near Rochester) to Moonachie, NJ. Every place in NJ is seems to...