A nice easy day today. I got up this morning and calculated the remaining miles on the run to NY and figured it was not even close to possible for a solo driver to complete it on time. I sent a message to my dispatcher letting her know the only way this run could stand a chance would be to swap it off of me and give it to a team. When I didn't receive a reply I figured she was agitated and irritated with me. Hey, I'm only capable of so much. What do you want from me? Little did I know but, at about the exact time I sent my message, a storm had knocked out the power to our terminal and they couldn't receive any messages for over two hours. When they finally got power back, there was such a back log in the system it took them another two hours to process through all the messages. I finally got my reply about five hours into my day, just before I was about to transition onto another freeway and start heading east. They agreed and directed me to continue north into Salt Lake City, Utah to Rendezvous with the team that would take this thing the rest of the way. Bonus for me too. I received a run with roughly the same amount of miles as the one I gave up and this one actually has enough time on it for me to deliver in plenty of time.
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