A major mistake a husband makes with his very sick wife in a big truck…
Would you like to read a rather funny but disastrous tale of a married truck driving team?
Well, I’ve come here to share one with you and I hope you’ll enjoy it!
It’s a true story and although the twosome looks back on it now and is able to laugh, when it happened neither one of them found it funny, at all.
One more thing – The names have been changed to protect the guilty and embarrassed!
The year was 1990 and Mark and Melody were heading eastbound from San Jose, California with a load that had to be delivered in Boston, Massachusetts within 3 days.
The 3 day deadline was no problem for a team because the truck would be driven round the clock until delivery and it was late Fall so they wouldn’t have to worry too much about running into snow except in the mountains of California, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming. Still, they were undeterred and ready to run.
Everything was going smoothly until they’d reached Cheyenne, Wyoming where Melody suddenly became very ill. Too sick in fact to even be able to drive…now they were in trouble. The load had to be delivered on time, there could be no excuses, whatsoever.
Mark knew it would be impossible for him to drive the entire trip by himself without sleep and began to worry. Melody remained motionless in the bunk, unable to get out of bed. He stopped often for coffee and kept going, unsure of anything else he could do.
By the time he’d arrived in Toledo, Ohio he was exhausted and ready for a quick supper to go, so, he pulled back the heavy drape separating the cab of the big truck with the sleeper and asked Melody if she’d like a McDonald’s hamburger.
Seeing her grab her mouth and cover it quickly, he realized asking her such a question had been a huge mistake and immediately apologized before exiting the cab to run inside the restaurant.
After arriving back inside the big truck, he again pulled back the heavy curtain to make sure his very sick wife was still in bed before pulling out of the truck-stop parking lot. Seeing a long leg, he dropped the curtain and headed for the highway.
He’d driven about 20 miles and eaten his supper when a message came across the satellite system.
He pulled the laptop to him to read the message as he continued to steer the massive truck along I-80.
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