The boss never did return my phone call yesterday. I assumed he was either pissed at me or was up to his ass in alligators. When I called dispatch to check in this morning I finally got a hold of him on the phone and asked him point blank if he was pissed at me or what.
He said not at all so I asked why he never returned my call. It seems that one of our drivers suffered a stroke yesterday and was in the hospital so he was busy dealing with everything associated with that situation. Damn, and I'm bitching about a sore back. I hate to hear about this driver's stroke, he's a really nice guy.
I quickly wrapped up my business with the boss and he said he would make a call to set up a follow up appointment with the doctor for tomorrow and ensure that dispatch was aware of everything. Good enough.
I'm about 90 minutes away from Ft. McCoy now. I'm stopped to take a short break and walk around to stretch my back a bit as it's hurting pretty bad now. Still a damn sight better than a stroke though.