Tuesday, February 26, 2019

Going Well and Life Changes

Things are going well at CRST Malone. 
We are making money .. not huge amounts of money yet but definitely pretty consistent and enough that we are not falling behind in our bills or anything of that sort so that is a great thing! 
I am pretty certain that we will succeed at this company. 
We are getting the hang of finding loads and getting them all lined up to where he is getting them pretty much back to back .. we had a little snafu when he ended up in Texas but we are learning the "dead" areas at least this time of the year and avoiding them. He seems for the most part happy there .. of course he wouldnt be him if he didnt have little things to complain about. 

His mother has started to deteriorate pretty quickly .. she is not eating .. has refused a G tube and we are allowing her to make that choice. She has no quality of life and has honestly wanted to just be done living ever since pop passed so why extend the inevitable. We have come together as a family and made the choice to just keep her comfortable and make sure she is in no distress until the end. We are asking for hospice to come in and give her some extra care beyond what the nursing home is able to. The nursing home as been absolutely wonderful to her and they are so good to her. But it is time for a little extra care and help especially when it comes to pain medication and keeping her comfortable. 
I will update as this situation progresses. 

Saturday, January 26, 2019

Well we are about 3 weeks in

We are about 3 weeks in with this new company .. CRST Malone. 
He did his week of orientation and then they got him a rental car to go pick up his truck. 
He then got a load that took him to Florida I believe .. my memory escapes me right now. Anyhow then the plan was he was going to come home and spend the night. Get everything loaded into his truck and organized and then head out. Well he got a call and they were begging him to run up to Macon area and grab a load to Texas. So he came home for about 30 minutes .. threw the essentials into the truck and left that quick. Grabbed that load and headed out for Texas. He got to Texas got his load delivered and then couldn't get out .. there were NO loads going anywhere ... He moved from south Texas to up by Houston after 2 days and still sat another additional day. 
Finally they found him a load over in Mississippi so he had to drive over there empty. By this time we had about 975 empty miles that we do not get paid for .. OUCH!!! 
He took the load from Mississippi to Illinois. Reloaded in Illinois and is now headed back to Texas .. Ughhhh!!! Lets hope he can get out of there alot quicker and we dont have to eat so many empty miles. 

Now the next issue. So Fridays the paycheck stubs show up on the website for us to view .. I log in .. check the stub and it says his paycheck is $347 .. say WHAT?!?!?! We had figured that it was going to be like $1300 so that is a LONG way off. We figure out that they did not bill the correct amount of money and due to that his pay was not what we figured so now they are supposedly working on it but who knows if it will get settled or if we will ever get that money. That hurts us this week BIG TIME!!!! I was so angry!!! I told him "I told you so!!" 
I hate jumping companies. I dont know how this always happens to him/us but it does and I am real dang tired of it!!!  

Monday, January 7, 2019

Today is the day

He is at orientation for CRST Malone as we speak. 
Let's pray this was the right move for us and where we should be and the job that will help us trully stay on our feet and not just survive but make money so we can accomplish some of our long term goals. 
I am sure I will hear from him on his lunch break. 

Wednesday, January 2, 2019

Trucked turned in and we are done with Hinz

He took the truck back this morning. 
Turned in the keys and paperwork. 
They didnt ask him why or anything. 
He asked for a ride back to town and they said he would have to wait for the big boss. He decided not to and walked over to the truck stop and then called a taxi. 
He is back in the hotel and settled until he can get a rental car to get to his orientation for the new company. 

So here we go .. CRST Malone here we come!! 

Monday, December 31, 2018

Well he told them

Well he spoke with the new company this morning - CRST Malone .. confirmed he was hired for sure. She made it sound like yes so we made the jump. 
We werent going to tell the old/current company anything until Wednesday morning just to buy ourselves a little more time in the truck and save some money ... we thought we were good to go because they said they would be out of the office at noon but at 1pm they put a load on him with no phone call or anything so he had to call in and told them that he quit. 
Their only concern was that he took his advance this morning. That was it .. never asked if he delivered this morning .. never asked if he was ok .. nothing! 
They dont care about him .. nor any of their drivers as far as I am concerned. 
I honestly cant wait until he drops off the truck and is done. 

A friend of his is borrowing him $200 and that will cover his hotel from tomorrow until Saturday morning. Then the new company will get him a rental car on Saturday and he will drive to his orientation. 

I would be lying if I didnt say I was nervous because I am but I have faith that this will all work out. 

Friday, December 28, 2018

Its all about to change

Well we are on our last run we do believe. 
He just got a run leaving the house that he picks up in Tuscaloosa Alabama and delivers on Monday in Claremore Oklahoma ... the plan is to go to the yard after that and quit and turn in his truck and get ready to head to the new company. 
I would be lying if I didnt say I was a bit nervous but its got to be better than what we are currently doing. It just has to be. 
Its always nerve racking to change companies and there are some growing pains in the beginning and catching up from missed paychecks but we are going to be ok. I give it all to god and he will make sure that things are handled the way they should be. 

Thursday, November 29, 2018

Apparently NOT fired

Well he was super close the yard the last 2 days and this morning they got him another load headed for Georgia so apparently he is not fired. Which is a good thing .. we may still be without a paycheck this coming week but there will be one the following week and its easier to recover from 1 missed paycheck than several. I think at this point we will push through for as long as we can before making the leap. More than likely he will clean out the truck at Christmas. We will see. Maybe after the New Year. I guess we need to talk about it some more. 
 

Wednesday, November 28, 2018

On our way

So he left out on Monday morning. 
When he got to the truck and started it up and the Qualcomm powered up there was a load already waiting. He thinks they sent it last week some time but no one called him .. had they called him he would have left a bit earlier than Monday morning but oh well what do you do. 
I guess when he stopped to get fuel the first time there was no advance on the card so he called in. His dispatcher put $100 on it for him but it makes us wonder why there was no advance. I am trying to be positive and think that maybe it was because he wasnt under a load for so long but then the thoughts creep in of are they going to fire him. He is headed for Nebraska should be there some time this afternoon so we will see if they take him into the yard or they give him a load going somewhere else. 
It's all so up in the air right now and its frustrating to say the least!!! 

Saturday, November 24, 2018

About that Paycheck

Well we got the paycheck stub yesterday and it's right so now we have to decide are we still going to quit or try to push through until the first of the year??? 
I am almost certain there will be no paycheck next week and if they dont get him any miles when he is ready to leave on Monday then the next paycheck will be either nothing or very very little .. which that starts the downhill slide of us being behind on everything. 
This is all so frustrating and leaves us in a position of what to do..... 
Ideally we would like to stay until the first of the year .. this is such a horrible time of  year to jump companies. 
I guess ultimately the decision is his and I will just have to let it be. 

Thursday, November 22, 2018

It has been so long

It really has been so long since I blogged and I have decided I am going to "try" to get better at it. 
So much has happened this year. 
The last time I blogged hubby was just starting a new company. 
For the most part it has been going good but now lately it has tanked .. why this seems to happen with every company I dont understand. 
The problem with this one is they are blaming him and saying that he is not getting the miles because he complains about the loads and makes comments about how crappy they are so because of that the dispatchers are afraid to call him and offer him loads. I think that is absolutely ridiculous and very very unprofessional to say the least. 
As an employer ... management ... or owner of the company if you have a problem with an employee no matter what it may be you should address that problem in a professional manner. 
Someone can not change a behavior that they are not aware of. 
These circumstances have made hubby so upset that he is ready to leave the company. He hasnt really liked it to start with but we were making guaranteed money which has enabled us to catch up our bills and even buy a new car. 
But at this time we feel its best to just cut our ties and move on. It's hard to have respect for someone that obviously doesnt respect you. 

I have begun going to church again and trying to regain my relationship with god and make my spiritual journey more of a priority. 

I am still babysitting the grands. 

We have a new baby kitten in the house that we found outside under the Azalea bush. We had to bring her in because it is so cold outside right now. So we are in the adjustment phase .. getting her box trained and teaching the kids to not maul her to death. I named her Minka. 

Today is Thanksgiving. 
We will have both girls home with all the grands. 
Hubby is home. 
It will be a full house and we will all have full bellies. 
Looking forward to just spending time together as a family. 
 
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