Meet Mrs. Itty Bitty

This is Patrick and his itty bitty wife, Melissa, from Orlando. Now this girl probably weighing 95 pounds dripping wet, is 6 months pregnant and eats and eats and eats some more! And she is tickled to death she's having a boy due in September. Congrats!
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Sister Susan too!

This was before the awful food. Ewww ... I couldn't believe the food was as bad as it was. A half hearted attempt at putting on the glitz and it failed terribly. But even the bad food couldn't break the spirit inside that hall.
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Ahhhhh ...

Now he's got a grin from ear to ear!
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Mike and Buddy

Buddy, on the left, won a trophy. He's not grinning as he doesn't know it yet. Both these guys are out of West Palm Beach.
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The Team Clown

Meet Andy, standing behind us. He is a character. Up and buzzing at it all the time. Always a joke and a smile. Best wished to his wife who didn't come as she was not feeling well. She's into a 3 year battle with the Big C (cancer).
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Here we go!

It arrived in yesterday's mail. A letter from the State of Florida. Dear Mrs. P, because it was lost, or information was missing, or problems there were problems with processing we request that you 'please' fill out the enclosed application form -- again -- and it this time it doesn't have to be signed by a witness.

Now people, let me share this with you. I knew it was going to happen. Even the gal at the DMV knew it was going to happen. She had me check that form very thoroughly and then she checked that form very thoroughly, and we both concluded it was filled out properly and totally.

Until yesterday's mail.

Now, because of the Patriot Act you must have a background check when you apply or renew your hazardous materials endorsement on you CDL license. Okay. I understand. Indiscriminate people might get a load of whatever and take it to wherever it shouldn't be .

But why do the wheels of bureaucracy move so slowly??? I took that hazmat test on May 11th. Yesterday, was June 8th. It's been almost a month and they've just now decided some info is missing.

And they did apologize for any delay this may cause.

And (this is a good one) they had a special address for people like me having to fill that form out -- again.

Hazardous Materials Resubmission Office
Tallahassee, Florida

I shit you not!

I am not kidding!

Do you think that perhaps I'm not the first one this has happened to and that you can probably concur that it happens quite frequently?

Sheesh!

Since the law took affect on March 31st it's been supposed to take approximately 30 days, but it's been taking more than 60 (according to the same gal at the DMV.

Meanwhile here I sit, hanging around. So many jobs and nobody will take me seriously.

And here is my man

He's relaxing after driving through that stressful course. He did very well for his first attempt at this. He came in 18 out of 31 in his division.

Well done Harold!

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The best of the best!

In the state of Florida! Meet Wayne! He's a CSE driver out of Tampa, Florida and is heading to the nationals in August, which just happens to be, this year, in the state of Florida. Not only was Wayne astounded at his winning top dog championship, we all were astounded. He did a great job with the highly competitive 3 axle category.

GO WAYNE!!!
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Wooooohooooo!!!

You wouldn't think that Wayne is a little excited would you?
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Here they are!

The drivers from Conway Southern Express (CSE) that participated in this years Truck Driving Championships (TDC's) in the state of Florida. This team did great! We took, not only 4 trophies in the various classes, but the Grand Champion of the state. Wayne, the 2005 Grand Champion in the state of Florida, is tickled to death. Don't believe me? Check out the next picture of him walking up to get his trophy after he heard his name called.
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