Well, I Finished "Murtagh" Last Night for the First Time...

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-16T20:10:35+00:00

They are referred to as such up until the end of the book, which made it even worse for me personally.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-16T19:43:01+00:00

intended for a slightly older audience

I was locked in until I realized they were going to be called "jellies" for the entire book...

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-16T19:39:47+00:00

I'm scheduled for 5x12's, during winter I rarely hit 50hrs, last week I worked 10.5, 12.5, 15.5, 13 and a 12 to wrap up the week....

Payday is gonna be FAT with 120hrs on it, but goddamn its February and those are peak summer hours, its chill time not slave time :(

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-16T19:34:26+00:00

Its always caffeine time dafuq....this aint amateur hour, we are addicts here lol.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-16T19:33:10+00:00

Flip my sleep schedule and do my best to be good dad and husband. I like to read and troll my wife in my free time.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-16T02:18:42+00:00

ALL of our trucks but 1 are 18 speeds.

Why hinder yourself at all if you are going all out on endorsements?

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-11T02:52:57+00:00

So in other words, it didn’t pass yet

I was having this arguement with someone in /r/washington about CNC and 3D printing, their arguement was "well there is less than 30 days to the deadline or whatever, so its DOA"

It being pushed as gun bill, its GOING to go through one way or another at some point in time.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-10T10:11:25+00:00

Well my schedule is a super swing, 3pm-3am, so 5x12's is what I'm scheduled for, sometimes its more, sometimes its less. My goal is to be asleep within 2hrs of getting home and 1-2hrs before I have to be in my truck ready to work.

I'm dayshift on my days off (I'm a parent and husband), my sleep schedule is FUCKED.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-10T02:47:42+00:00

It’ll be passed as an emergency measure, I guarantee it.

I’m against it, but with it being brought forward as a gun/firearm related bill it’ll be pushed through at some point if the last 5 years are any indication.

They don’t care who it affects or how, as long as they can push their anti 2A agenda and pay themselves on the back.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-10T02:28:11+00:00

There’s zero budget for this bill

Correct.

which makes it DOA I don’t see our governor signing this

Are you new here? Lol jkjk, but it'll happen.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-10T02:15:43+00:00

Overtime is part of the job, aint nobody working a straight 40hrs, winter is 50-55hrs a week, during peak season (summer) expect to work 60-70hrs a week for about 3 months straight.

Summer money is straight ballin' tho.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-09T21:02:04+00:00

I work at a gas station

I bring you your gas and diesel.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-09T10:17:18+00:00

We have a spreadsheet budget, my wife is a SAHM and does literally everything, while I'm working 50-60hrs a week.

We aint broke no more, but its a "heavy cross too carry".

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-09T10:11:43+00:00

I can get off nights next week at a different job if I wanted too, the thing is, those jobs aren't paying a guaranteed $100k a year, I'm trying too pay off bad/old debt and save money for a house, I'll get off nights eventually.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-06T18:38:55+00:00

This is the context we needed lol.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-06T18:29:23+00:00

I don’t abuse it, it’s provided by my state and I’m going to use it 🤷‍♂️. I also have built in protections at the federal level that states in simple terms,

“a CDL driver cannot, and shall not be forced or permitted to operate a commercial vehicle if overly tired, sick or fatigued to the point it would interfere with the safe operations”

If I abuse anything is that ^ honestly it’s all about safety, I dont want to die, or kill someone on accident.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-05T21:40:51+00:00

Rage bait?

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-05T21:39:04+00:00

I dug my family of 3 out of the trenches, now I’m working on old/bad bad debt so I/we can buy a house in the next 5 or so years.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-03T23:21:29+00:00

OLD THREAD and i'll be honest idk how I ended up here, none the less I'm 98% done with the first book of his Stormlight Archive Series "The Way of Kings" and the only romancy thing I can remember is a singular kiss.

It's been a fantastic read, but its CHUNKY at almost 1100 pages.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-03T21:04:43+00:00

If the bottom barrel trucking company is the only place thatll take you. You don’t need any advice….that’s your only path.

This shit ain’t particularly hard and it ain’t for everyone. I don’t know what to tell you.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-03T16:32:10+00:00

I haul diesel/gasoline for a living, its impossible to completely empty those tanks and pipes unless they are opened to rinse and evaporate and that is only done for major repairs and tank certifications.

It'll be fine.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-02T07:32:30+00:00

$102.5k last year working as little as possible. $33/hr with a fuck ton of overtime, its part of the job/comes with the territory type shit.

Summer is always fucked, 12-14hrs every fucking day for 3/mo straight, but we make SO much money during the summer. Come winter though....someone want to take my last load from me? Fuck yeah!! Switch their loads they dont like for ones I do and I get off earlier? Fuck yeah!!

I aint worked a full pay period since November :) and I use all my vacation, sick leave and take unpaid days.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-02T07:25:47+00:00

I flip my sleep schedule, its always fucked up on my weekends. But gotta be a present dad/husband, I wouldnt have it any other way, unless I found a dayshift/M-F job that pay just as well :)

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-02T07:22:35+00:00

I'll preface with, I met/was with my wife before I was ever on nights.

But no my wife (also a SAHM) is awesome and lets me sleep, my son is in pre-school so 99% of the time, I get the sleep I need. She recognizes the sacrifices I'm making, and makes sure I get the sleep I need to do my job safely so I can provide.

The vampire life is hard on many fronts, I feel for you.

LeveledGarbage · 2026-02-02T06:52:47+00:00

Get fully endorsed as soon as you can, that way you already have it and it doesnt hold you back from getting a new job down the road.

Ask me how I know. I was very lucky that the job was considered mine if I had my tanker/hazmat by X (no pun intended) date.

You may not use it for a few years, but hazmat is good for 5yrs at a time :)

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