​A short, strange message alert
 
This was a very long day. I got up at the usual 4 am and made my way to the warehouse where I found the grand total of four packages waiting for me. I used this opportunity to get my (as in the car’s) oil changed (if I could change my oil then…... well…...I don’t know). I made it home in time to finish my laundry and work on the story. Typing of which, I finished the chapter and posted it earlier today. The story took a strange twist going in a different direction then I planned as well as following a character that was never going to have such a detailed backstory. I think the long driving days changed the story. I don’t know when I’ll have more time, but when I do, I’ll work on the next chapter with more to come………
 
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​Short bitching about the weather message alert
 
Here comes the snow and yes, I know it’s Ohio in December, so yes, it’s going to snow, but it doesn’t mean I have to like it. I pulled something in my neck, and the pain is making it difficult to turn (my head). We didn’t get the snow they were promising (1” to 3”) but there is snow, and it’s going to slow me down Friday. I only made one trip today, but the pain made it difficult to work on the story. I did do some work, and hopefully, I will have something to post this weekend. I hope to finish out this chapter soon, but after that, I don’t know when there will be more to come……….
 
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A Short, tired message alert
I am just so tired of all this weather (and the weather don’t care).  It was supposed to be cloudy all day, and it was along with rain and snow. It was dark around 3:30 pm. I did 69 stops today. I finished and made it home in time to fix dinner and type this. As before I don’t have enough to post in the story. I’ll work on it some more tonight and hopefully will have something soon with more to come………
 
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Wow, what a day. Somebody miss-judged the height of a bridge and hit that bridge with the excavator knocking it off the back of the truck damaging the bridge and closing the highway. This happened on the part of the highway that is already tearing up with construction. Then it rained and snowed (a wintery mix). On the way home, the road signs said the highway under that bridge was still closed.
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I hope to work on the story tonight I just don’t know how much I can get done and I won’t have the money to pay for the Grammarly until Friday so when they cut me off, I won’t be able to edit my work. Taking this time to work (as if I had a choice) I lost the direction I was going, and now I have a new(ish) plan for how the chapter ends. I hope to do a little every night and post as soon as I can edit with more to come………...
 
Thank you for your time, and yet again I’m sorry for the lack of posting. 

This is both going to be as well as proving to be a hard couple of weeks. I didn’t get home until after 7 pm last night, and that has become the norm for the week with double trips. I usually do 200 to 240 packages a week as of right now I’m at 420 packages. Then you have the weather (whether you want it or not). It either rained or snowed and was always dark even at noon. Also, because it just wasn’t enough the city of Akron had to take a three-lane road down to one for emergency bridge repair until the nebulous "after Wednesday." Today was nice, well sort of. I had one package with a bad address. I hope they don’t send so much for us next week. This is just taking so much of my time that I don’t have any for anything else from my basic laundry to cooking dinner (five days of fast food). I took 69 packages with one trip, and it was nice not having to go back as well as the weekend traffic. I’m working Sunday and all next week maybe through to December 24th, but I don’t know if I’ll last that long. The money will be nice, but the late days are killing me. I hate trying to deliver in the dark. I don’t know when I’ll be getting back to the story (all this time off helped me lose my place). When I can there will be more to come………...
 
 
Thank you for your time, and I am sorry for the delay. 

​Short whinny message alert
 
Oh my god was this a long day. Yet another day going from 4:30 am to 7:30 pm. As of right now, I’ve delivered 285 packages. I am just so very tired. I get home, eat, read emails and go to bed in a vicious cycle with no end in sight. I’m working doubles Friday and Saturday then one trip on Sunday. I don’t know when I’m getting back to work on the story. This might be something like after Christmas before I have something more to come………...
 
Sorry about all the package drama and thank you for your time.
 

Lazy whinny fat man short message alert
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I started today at my usual 5 am (at the warehouse) where I found my route had 115 packages. I helped them sort then I sorted my route taking a total of 68 packages between two trips. I didn’t finish and get home until 7:30 pm. If you count from the time, I left to the time I got home I had a 15-hour day, and this is going to be the norm until Christmas. I am just so very tired. Somehow in some way, there will be more to come………. I just don’t know when.
 
Thank you for your time and patience. 

Notice of a slowdown alert
 
If the last two days are a sign to come, then I can’t say I’ll have that much to publish anytime soon. I had 67 packages today with a delivery time of 12 hours in the rain and snow. It looks like there is going to be a lot of these 12-hour 7-day weeks until Christmas. I don’t know how long I can do that but what I do know is that this will take my ability to work on the story away. There won’t be any progress today and most likely tomorrow. I am just so very tired. Tomorrow is going to be the big food day on top of the packages that didn’t go out. I’m already tired of this, and it isn’t even December yet. I plan to work on the story tonight, but I don’t know how far I’ll get but there will be more to come……. Eventually.
 
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A return to the short message alert

This was an interesting day. I started out in Fairlawn dropping off a package out of my usual route. From there I delivered three packages in Medina. Before going to my last stop, I went to Walmart for two tires. After going through a sales pitch that was around $30 more than the last time, I bought tires about a month ago I was told they had a four hour wait because they only had two people come into work. I need the tires, but I didn’t have the time, so I left and will go back on Sunday as I drive around. I finished my route and went home to work on the story. I published that part about 40 minutes before this. I will work on it some more and after work tomorrow when I finish my route. I have one to two more parts before the chapter ends. As I work on the story, there will be more to come……….
 
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​This is a very short late message alert
 
I started cooking around 4 am yesterday morning and finished at noon. We ate then watched a couple of movies. When my sister and nephew left, I sat down and fell asleep. This was a very long day. I did work on the story, and I published a part three of chapter seven. I am working Saturday and Sunday, both days are going to be short (done by noon to one in the afternoon). Depending on what’s going on, I will work on the story and publish when I can with more to come……….
 
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