Laid Over In VA Beach

Yesterday I delivered a fire truck to the port in Norfolk, VA. As usual, it took twice as long as it should have taken as the union port workers don’t like non-union truckers and so make us wait around just because they can. Assholes.

As my reload won’t load until Monday, another wreck dump truck, I checked into a relatively cheap motel in Virginia Beach for the weekend. It has pretty much everything I need. Laundry facilities, a c-store next door, my choice of two different bars across the street, and food nearby.

When I checked in, the carpet in my room had a lot of drywall dust on it as the workmen had been working on the room. I called down and insisted they send the housekeeper to my room immediately to vacuum the carpet. They did, she did, and I am now satisfied with the room.

There is a tobacco shop a few miles from here which I plan to go check out shortly. I had meant to leave for there already, as well as to stop for a bite to eat, but it’s pouring down rain at the moment and I haven’t yet purchased a new umbrella to replace the one wrecked by the wind recently.

As soon as the rain lets up I’ll be out and about. After the hard running I’ve been doing this past week, it feels good to just kick back and relax for a couple of days. Tomorrow I’ll do some laundry, but for today I’m just going to do a bit of shopping, hopefully pick up a new pipe, and drink a few beers at the sports bar across the street.

It sounds as if the rain may have let up, so I’ll be off now.