Full Time Weir Driver

At last I finally cracked my supervisor Verllyn and my dispatcher Donna to make me a full time driver for Weir in Red Bud. I drive what we call the M-1 or Michael 1 route. I drive Tuesday through Friday, I don't drive Monday because I have a Juvenile Delinquency class at SWIC. When I do my route I go down to Southern Missouri down by SEMO and Lambert's Cafe. I deliver parts to shops in Sikeston, Cape Girardeau, Scott City, Perryville, Advance, Jackson, and Marble Hill Missouri. I also deliver to shops in Ruma and Chester Illinois on my way to Missouri.
Driving at Weir consists of waiting for all of your invoices to print out, checking them off the invoices, and loading the parts into the truck. Lately I've been using the new box vans we just bought from Budget. After you deliver all the parts when you get back you have to fill out return slips if you have returns, paper work for the invoices, and deal with the customers who paid by check or cash, which you have to deposit into a safe box. Out of all the jobs Weir offers, and I've done almost all of them so far, I would say driving is the bread and butter job because it is so easy. No supervisors, no one telling you what to do, and you basically work at your own pace. If you don't make a stop one day you do it the next.

Upgrades to the Jeep

So I promised I would keep you updated on my recent activities that I’ve done to my 1996 Jeep Grand Cherokee. I have fixed my headlights, bought new headlight assemblies, got new Xenon 9004 blue headlight bulbs, Xenon blue reverse lights, fixed my four wheel drive graphic display module, which shows you when you are in four wheel drive, got new wipers, and bought a Cobra police scanner, put deer whistles on the front bumper, I had my front driveshaft rebuilt and my transmission looked at all it need was the throttle cable adjusted.
To sum it all up I have replaced every single part on my Jeep Grand Cherokee except for the engine which I’ve done work to. So my Jeep is basically a brand new car. I have about 3500 dollars into it so far. I have been looking around lately for a new car but every time I actually stop and think about it I always change my mind about trading it in. Even though there is this bad ass 2006 Chevy Cobalt Coupe SS 5 speed transmission and only has 47,xxx miles on it. It is at Hi Way Motors right now but I don't know for how long. That is like the only car I've really considered trading the Beast in for.

Oakland Raiders 3.0

Last week the Oakland Raiders, "The Silver & Black", showed up to play the Kansas City Chiefs. Coming into the game the Raiders were 4-4 and the Chiefs were like 5-3. The Chiefs are pretty damn good this year, Cassel has definitely improved since last year and their receivers are pretty good also. But, McFadden and Campbell for the Raiders have finally remembered how to play football and showed up to play. They showed us why they were signed by the Oakland Raiders. McFadden had over 100 yards rushing and Campbell looked solid throughout the game. It was 20-20 after regulation so we went into overtime.
After a pretty short overtime possession by the Kansas City Chiefs the Raiders got the ball back and we drove it down the field and kicked the game winning field goal!!! The Raiders won 23-20 after about five minutes in overtime.
So the first time since 2003 Oakland has a winning record during a season and might have a chance to make the playoffs this year. Next week we have a bye week so we have plenty of time to rest up and practice to win against the Pittsburgh Steelers who are like 6-3 now.

The Past Weekend

So this past weekend my girlfriend, a friend, and I went to a few haunted houses over in MO. The first one we went to was the Drip, uhm yeah, a complete waste of time. It was like 10-15 minutes long and wasn't all that scary at all. On the radio they say its like the scariest one around, but the advertisers are deffinately wrong. We were going to go to Fear Factory on Saturday, but since it was only like half an hour away, we decided to go ahead and go. I'm kind of glad we did, but I do feel like kind of bad for how the night turned out. See my girlfriend has some odd fears, well one of them at least; the other is pretty common. Well anyway, two of her worst fears were kind of made into one and she witnessed it all in one night. I don't really want to say what it is because some people might be offended by it. Anyway she was pretty much hyperventilating and was scared out of her mind I basically had to drag her out of it. And plus at the end it sort of happened all over again. I felt really bad about it, because she was pretty upset. But she ended up laughing it off and everything turned out to be okay. She says she will never go back, but I know for a fact she will. We all had a blast, and the Fear Factory in Old Monroe was probably the best we had been to this year. We can't wait to go again next year!

Weir Driving cont.

This week I have started working alot more hours at my job at Weir, and let me tell you, it's starting to really catch up with me. I feel like a man thats been doing this for thirty years. I wake up at about 5 in the morning get to work by 5:30 or 6 and I don't get off until like 7 or 8, or later. load my truck up and head on my first route of the day. Lately I have been going to Missouri alot, which isn't so bad since most of it is city driving anyway. But they did have me going to like Marion and places farther south in Illinois like that. Those were okay but at the same not because they were kind of boring drives, because everything looks the same. I really enjoy the job though, it allows me to not have to do the same old thing everyday. Thats one of the best perks of the job. I don't get to do as much as I used to in my spare time with this job though, which kind of sucks, but the paycheck ends up being worth it. I don't mind putting in all those hours though, it keeps me out of trouble and gives me something to do. When I get off I'm always hanging out with my girlfriend, working on putting something new on my jeep, and sleeping.