Driver Dave Trucking in Canada: Home so soon

Home once again, but this time a little sooner than planned. At the beginning of October, Emma was told her Nan only had a couple of weeks to live, so I warned Ayr that I could have to go home at anytime at the last minute to look after the kids while Emma could go back for the funeral. So when I took Scott out again on the 12th, Ayr very kindly kept us local, well at the most thirteen hours away. We basically was the Woodstock to Toronto express, we would take trailers going west and drop them at our Toronto yard and switch for trailers going east and drop them at Woodstock. One thing, it was great miles, as we was running 24/7, except a few times, we would have a collection at 1am in Toronto and we would arrive a few hours too early, so that slowed us down a little. We still managed to average over one thousand miles a day though.

Emma’ s Nan lasted a little longer than expected, but Emma had to fly out early hours Friday morning, so we got back Wednesday afternoon, so I could become house husband till Emma got back. It was Nan’s funeral today. Rest in peace Nan, you will be missed.

Emma would always joke that I had the easy side to our relationship just driving a truck, while she took care of our three lovely kids. I would always say, I would do her a swap anytime, and now that im here looking after our lovely kids, I have told Emma when she gets back, Im staying at home and Emma is going to drive the truck

You housewives have it easy

Been ex military and having excellent organisation skills, makes looking after the kids as easy as a walk in the park

What make it better though is most of Emma’s friends have offered to cook meals for me. Even the ones I’ve not really met yet

With it been Halloween coming up. The kids helped me decorate the pumpkins.

Canadians and Americans really go to town at this time of year, so Emma has decorated the house to join in. We could not do it last year, as we moved into this house on Halloween night. Even the adults get dressed up for Halloween, having parties etc Emma and the kids will be going to one on Saturday. I’m back to doing some proper work again that day, so no fun for me

Parts of Canada have already had Snow. Last year been my first winter, I was looking forward to it, just to know what its like. This year..... please keep me down anywhere south of South Carolina, Texas etc where they don’t get snow

I wish

Anyway its time for bed or my eldest will never make the school bus in the morning, but if I am late, I have everything already laid out for him. I don’t want to break Fridays record, waking up ten minutes before the bus arrived and still got him on it with time to spare, having had some breakfast too.

Well I did only get back into bed an hour before, after taking Emma the two and half hour round trip to the airport. So I did have an excuse.

Not much colour left in the trees now at the bottom of the garden