A Trip Into Flatlands

Tonight I'm sitting in Kankakee, IL (do NOT ask me how to pronounce that...I'd probably get it wrong). Deliver in the morning about 9 miles up the road. The company set a leave time of 7pm today which would have given me the 10 hr break I need...however, I left at a little after 2pm so I could get to a truck stop while there was parking actually still available. I even got lucky enough to find a parking spot where I could pretty much straight back into it. LOL! Other than running into some rain it was a pretty smooth drive over here. Pretty obvious they had gotten quite a bit previously though. The Iroquois River was big time swollen and bottoms of all the surrounding trees were under water. Also saw some farmland turned into small ponds. 

Yesterday was a fabulous, happy yet sad day. I watched my daughter Kimber receive her high school diploma. I'm so overjoyed to see her make it. But it makes me sad too...where did all the years go? And I think of how much my sweet Mikey as missed since he passed. Of course I believe he's watching from whatever great beyond he has found...but it's not the same. He can't actively participate in our celebrating of all these precious moments. 

Kimber surprised her dad and me both with a little gift. Well I guess you can't really call it little. She got us each a 4 foot long fish pillow (because she knows that we both enjoy fishing). He got to pick first so he picked the colorful one which I would have picked but that's okay. I still love the one I got because she bought it. She wanted us to each have one for our trucks. So I have Mr. L. Bass laying in the truck next to me now. Isn't he cute?

Once I got the truck stop for the night I went in and got me another bluetooth headset. I've been using the Blue Parrot Express and just didn't like the speaker quality I was getting out of it. I swear it sounds like people are talking with cotton in their mouths. The one I got tonight is a Blue Parrot too but hopefully it will do much better. I've seen good reviews on this particular model. I had hoped to find a Blue Tiger but Love's doesn't carry it so I'll give this one a try. If I don't like it any better then I'll just return it and save the money for the Blue Tiger. 

Well I think that's it for me tonight. I need to start getting ready for bed. It doesn't have to be an early morning for me but it would be nice to have a good night's sleep. So sleep well my friends...and stay safe. These recent storms have been harsh and I want all my friends and family to be safe when they come rolling in. Peace out!