The Holidays are coming. The Holidays are coming.

It's that time of year again, where the holidays are coming and the paychecks are going to get smaller. It's just that time of year for everyone. People cut back on what their buying and our freight goes down.  It's not an unknown fact to any experienced driver in the business after a time. We go through this every year. You just come to expect it. My dispatcher actually comes out every year and tell his fleet that the holidays are coming. He knows everyone would like time off, but that those same people will be the first ones crying when they did not make any money that week and to be very careful what they ask for. I do have to agree with him on this. I believe home time is very important, but you can not have your cake and eat it to folks. There is no money coming in when the wheels are not turning. Some how every year drivers all over want to complain when they take off too much time for the holidays and their family suffers because of it. We all need to be very careful in planing our time home for the holidays. Take what you can afford.  Do not stay home longer then you can afford to be there.  If you can only afford to be home a day or two, then that's what you take.  If you can afford a week, then you can take a week. We all want time at home with the family.  However, it does not do us any good if there is no home to go home to. We can be our own worst enemies when it comes to the holidays.  Think carefully about that home time and look at the big picture.  Maybe you stay home a shorter time this year.  Start planning now for the new year.  Build a holiday fund so that  you can take the time that you and your family so richly deserve, because we all deserve time to spend with our families.  As always folks be safe out there.