The grey spaceship
It’s the last days of November and still no snow on the ground. Just a bit of frost met me on my way to work this morning.
I’ve had another day with number 13, or Clemens, as we have named our truck. It’s a brand new thing, as I upgraded the green truck the other week. Now I’m driving a grey Scandia spaceship! It’s the most expensive vehicle I’ve ever had – worth similar to a pimp studio flat in W11 – with seats that make me feel like a queen on the road.
The truck is my full time occupation right now, and it’s a rather weird feeling to go to work and do nothing but drive and learn about this heavy monster. From Monday afternoon to Friday lunchtime, it’s my 100% focal point. If all goes well I will know my pimp ride inside out in two weeks time and nail the C-license.
One negative thing about my current focus is the sitting down. I think I’m developing a short hip muscle as a consequence, and to prevent pain I’ve started standing up whenever I can. I’m sure the sitting down is a common problem for truck drivers. Also, when the iliopsoas muscle gets short, it can lead to lower back pain! Clearly no good. However, you can prevent this with hip stretching, or yoga.
If driving a truck were my full time job, the sitting down part and all the ‘greasy spoons’ along the road would kill me.
Thinking about it, perhaps there is an investment opportunity for a new food chain called ‘the healthy fork’ – for the new generation of truckers on the road, like me? It would serve raw food only and be associated with a gym, and it would play 80s rock music, which is great for truck driving and aerobics! People would stop by just to see the waiters - inspired by Madonna in her 'Hung Up' video.
Well, there is not much else to report from The Army.
For now, I’ll just keep driving.
