February Newsletter

I'm posting my newsletter early this month because I may be busy for the next seven weeks. Backing up a bit, I've been in truck driving training for the past three weeks and just finished, earning my Commercial Driver's License, on Friday. I have been in touch with Swift, a trucking carrier company, and have a pre-hire, meaning that I should get officially hired as long as my background check clears and I can show them that I didn't earn my CDL with my good looks. I start orientation with them tomorrow, and my recruiter just got me the orientation info early this morning. Per that info, I need to check into the hotel in which they're housing us at three this afternoon. Orientation is three days long, and I need to be ready to hit the road with my mentor driver for a six-week stretch starting at the conclusion of orientation. While it is tough packing on shorter notice than I had planned, I think the real hard part has been copying and organizing all the paperwork.

I'm excited that an employment opportunity is finally coming along. It was so frustrating applying to so many places and hearing nothing back. I'm also excited about all the travel I'll be doing, but I also have some trepidation about whether germophobia and homesickness will kick into high gear if I'm away from home for so long and exclusively using public bathroom and laundry facilities while adhering to my mentor driver's time frame. I plan to rely heavily on shower shoes, hand sanitizer, and staying in contact with family and friends.

Keep on truckin'.

Scott