Decided last night that I wasn't gonna repeat the same mistake I made last time by waiting too long to make a choice on my future path. I did that by waiting too long to leave my last job and it killed me financially. I'm not letting that happen again. Called a company this morning that I was looking at a couple years ago. An acquaintance of mine had coincidentally gone there a couple months ago. Seems to like it, reports were all good. Half of their freight is contract freight with companies they've been doing business with for a very long time. The other half is their own freight that they produce themselves. Every single report I've read in the last couple days is forecasting a dismal 2nd quarter for guys like me running spot freight off load boards. So I've decided to go where the safe money is. More importantly, reliable money. Perhaps some day I'll get my own authority and do this again. I love the company I'm with now and I'll miss them dearly. But I need to eat, and I'm not waiting until it's too late. I'm smart enough to know that I'm not the only person who will come to this conclusion. So I'm getting the hell out of Dodge while there's still places i can go. Very soon, those spots are gonna get filled by people who seeing the same things I'm seeing. I'm doing it right now before my life gets trashed by this situation. I'm not a veteran driver by any stretch of the imagination, but I packed a ton of learning into the time I've had. I'm smart enough to know, based on that knowledge, that the time to act is right now. Gonna miss the boards and the freedom. But paid bills, a full belly, and a happy wife are more important. Told her everything half an hour ago and she was incredibly supportive and trusting. She also feels it's the right choice. Damn she's awesome. I was afraid she'd freak out, but she was unbelievable.