“It is one boring trip after another, day after day. And these are terminal to terminal trips. I’m not making deliveries to bases. I drop a traile... at a terminal, drive the tractor to another terminal, pick up another trailer and drive to another terminal. At least I have a decent scheduler and dispatcher. I leave Monday morning and get back Friday night. I spend four nights a week in the berth in the tractor. I’m on target to drive 150,000 miles this year.”“That’s brutal,” I said.“Since nearly. "Hi sweetie." He could immediately see that she was distraught. "What's wrong?"Dana had agonized all morning over what she was going to tell Drew about her conversation with Mary Ellen, or if she were even going to tell him. Finally, she sighed and said, "Mary Ellen didn't have a good night. Richard ignored her." Oh, that's too bad." Drew was genuinely concerned. He liked Richard and Mary Ellen and hated to see them have problems.Dana came over, sat on his lap and kissed him. "I'm so glad I. ..................The rest of the term skipped past quickly and I went home looking forwardto the festive period for the first time in a couple of years. There wassome money in the bank presents under the tree and seeing Clare almostback to her old self was reward enough. She had gone to her interview andgot the Job in mid-January she would be back doing what she had loved andearning more than she had before so my stint as Christine seemed destinedto last just as we had planned a full term then. " I stammered."Yeah? Yeah? You do?" said one of the other guys, surprised. They seemed to be getting excited. I cleared my throat nervously as one of them got closer to me.He handed me another rolled joint and told me to smoke as much as I wanted. So I lit it up and smoked as the moaning continued for another twenty minutes more. More reefers went around the room and I accepted a beer somebody handed me. Finally, the moans quieted down. Soon after, a tall, blond girl with make-up smeared all.