So, who is herding this hog, anyway?

Well, OBVIOUSLY, it's the girls! We have had our doubts about everyone else! Me? I set my phone & smart watch to Eastern Time so I could keep track of when loads need picked up or dropped off. (Panther keeps track of everything on Eastern Time because they are based in Medina, Ohio.) It makes it easier to keep track of timing for loads, but if not for Google, I'd NEVER know what local time is in most of these places! Nick? As Nick told me from the beginning of this adventure, this is my dream, and he will let me do what I need to do. So he is willing to drive when and where he needs to, but he's happy to ride shotgun. Our Mentors? They have TONS of experience, and they could absolutely tell us what to do. That just isn't the way the Mentor Program at Hyfield Trucking works. Hyfield put us in a great truck, they pay for fuel and maintenance, Panther sets us up with loads going all over the place, which we don't have to take if we don't want to go to that geographical location or if we need to take time off for some reason. Our mentors are a phone call away, whenever we have questions or problems. Those phone calls are almost constant at the start, but as you repeat things a few times, you start to have a whisper of a hope that maybe you DO know what you are doing! Panther? Just today, they authorized us to move from City A to City B because B has more loads per day, on average. We got half way to City B, when they sent us a load offer to go back to City A, get a load and take it to City B. They may have the loads and channel the money, but they are DEFINITELY not herding THIS hog! So, I guess that leaves 2 choices: 1.) Esme, the Expediting Freightliner, is guiding herself, and we are holding on and enjoying the ride, OR 2.) It really is the girls, controlling us, so we take them wherever they want to go. If you have ever been on the receiving end of Gem's side-eye, you know it is a very viable possibility.