Good News & Bad News

Got great news! I got the call I've been waiting for and they are going to take me on! It'll be hauling a dry van which is absolutely fine with me! I still have my physical long form so I don't have to take another physical. I will have to take a drug test and he's checking for places in my local area where I can get one done. Then they'll have me go up to MI for paperwork and a short road test.

I needed this and not just for the income. I needed it mentally and emotionally as well. I was beating myself up really bad for being such a "fuck up" which for the past couple of months is what I've felt I am...and the feeling of being so useless. I need this.

The bad news? It's the same as everyone else's right now...the bombing of the Boston Marathon yesterday. Right before I got the call from the trucking recruiter I was reading The Onion which is a news satire site if you're not familiar with it. They have an article regarding the bombing and it's not their usual satire...they tempered it down for this occurrence which is only appropriate (good for you Onion!) The Onion - This What World Like Now And you know...the article is right on the money. We are still shocked when such occurrences happen, but it's gotten to be common place now. 

Saying that being completely shocked by an urban bombing is now a thing of the past, officials confirmed that it’s no longer outside the realm of possibility for a mother, son, daughter, or husband to leave home in the morning and not return at night. Moreover, we now reportedly live in a time and place where expecting the worst and feeling slightly afraid of what awful thing will happen next is the default state of being.

Sources added that it is a horrifying, volatile world where phrases such as “our thoughts and prayers go out to,” “responders are currently sorting through the carnage,” and “a child is among the victims” are lines that everyone is now, sadly, quite familiar with.

And the last line of the article is spot on...

“I guess the world’s a pretty fucked-up place, huh?” 

And I don't care if you support Obama or not...his response is appropriate!