Man in the mirror

We had an appointment scheduled for us on 6/22. We knew about it almost a month in advance. I informed Stevens of the need to be home on that date. Currently I will be in IL or IN at the appointment time. I can blame all sorts of people for failing to get me to my appointed place; however, I must look first to the man who stares at me in the mirror. "You are where you are because of the choices you made." No not directly am I in IL because I woke up 6/22 and decided to be in IL, but X number of years ago choices were made that lead to where I am now. I cannot change the past. I can only make different choices NOW to insure a different future than the one I am currently headed toward. Retire at 65 from trucking (they are thinking of making it mandatory) and become a door greeter at WalMart. Nothing against honest work; however, I think I could make better choices.
I wrote an email to Archie Roberts that will deliver to him after we have already started rolling for Cheshire,CT. I am not wanting a miracle last minute fix to our situation. I want a fix for all the drivers to this situation. It is insane that a large company would not have a better system in place to prevent this type of mistake.
The weather here in NM has become very active, will need to check the maps before we leave. When we left Flagstaff this morning, it was very smokey from the forest fire that was burning near the hotel. Hope no one was injured.
It is Father's day. That is not what I am thinking about. I was supposed to be home Monday night. I was going to take 24 hours off to spend time with Paula and help with Matthew. Paula is left to handle the challenge of him on her own. I pray we can get him the help he needs before he hurts her or himself.