Can't Sleep Without A Load

I delivered this morning and planned to do either 8/or 10/break at customer.

My FM isn't on today.. I know that cause I didn't get a preplan. So I haven't gotten an assignment... And I can't sleep cause of it. I'm always too afraid I won't hear the QC or the phone.

Is anyone else like this? When FM is gone a couple fleets get covered by one person. I'm not complaining cause I got a ton of miles this week.

I think I'm such a control freak that I don't like not knowing what I'm doing. Haha

Hello Rainy!

I understand your position about not wanting to sleep for the fear of possibly missing the QC and/or the phone call with an assignment. I was that way, too; for about six months.

I continue to get a bit anxious when I don't have a pre-plan. However, I no longer lose valuable sleep over it, because I know my Fleet Manager can see my logs and, if I'm in the bunk, I don't get those message. If I do happen to miss the message, I can read it when I awaken.

Do you happen to know if your Fleet Manager has the ability to see your logs? If so, you might be able to stop fretting :-)

I don't remember if I can sleep without a load. Haven't had to since I was pulling reefers. Guess my dm is just better than yours hahaha

I handle it a couple different ways. I send a QC message letting them know I need sleep and what time I have the alarm going off... Or turn the QC volume as loud as it will go. That "negative nancy" voice would pull me out of a medically induced coma. There have been a couple of occasions where I had to send a message saying "hey, I was sound asleep when that load info came in." I can't imagine any FM not understanding that we actually sleep on our breaks.

:(