The year 2012 has not started as smoothly as one might wish.

When we originally scheduled my hometime, we figured that there was no way anyone would be loading on the 1st (a Sunday) or receiving on the holiday Monday.  But at first I was to go to Virginia on early Sunday morning  to load.  That one got canceled. (I wonder why!)

The replacement was a pickup of a loaded tanker to take to Fowlerville, Mi. for delivery on Monday morning. So I left my lovely wife at home early Sunday morning and  set out to do the job.  After battling a high wind Canadian blast of cold air complete with the usual lake effect snow squals, I arrived at the Fowlerville plant to find an empty parking lot and newly fallen snows with absolutely no tracks in the snow.  They were closed for the holdiay!!  Seems like our predictions were correct!  By this time I had another assignment to pickup a loaded tanker in Woodhaven , Mi and deliver in Mississauga, Ontario.  Some one else would have to deliver the Fowlerville load the next day..  There were other issues with the Fowlerville load in that it was too cold when I picked it up and my heating in transit had only increased the temperature by 2 deg. F.

The load to Canada was there, but the necessary papers to satisfy customs was not there. Those papers had to be faxed to me, so I could in turn do my magic (there is a process called PARS Pre Arrival Report Submittable [I think]).  Too much elapsed for me to safely get to a convenient stopping point in Canada, so I got up at 1 am 1/03/2012 and set out for my 8 am unload in Mississauga a mere 240 miles away.  The lake effect snow was intense off of Lake Huron as I ventured across Ontario.  When I  arrived at the customer, I was told that I was scheduled for tomorrow - the 4th.
IS MY COMPANY CALENDAR CHALLENGED??
It seems like my company was using the Mayan calendar and has not found a new one to take its place.

My Progress so far this year.  After I get to Cory, I am to go right a back to  Etobicoke, Ontario.