Ha! No shooting.....just had mess with you and get you here ;) Now that I have your attention, read below.......
I woke early this morning and went running along Interstate 35E on the old frontage roads on each side of the freeway. Considering what I do for a living, you would think running along with cars and trucks passing me at 45 miles an hour, I would know better. This terminal location is not foot traffic friendly which means, no sidewalks in sight! So I scoped out the neighborhood and the frontage roads have enough side clearance that I can run somewhat safely from exit to exit without being roadkill.
I spent a little time with Kel this morning, the husband/wife team that I met at Check Ride soon after my certification. He is here waiting for his trainer while his wife, Josie, is in Phoenix getting ready to join her new trainer. My notes might be a little shaky as Kel is quite a talker but from what I gathered, he and Josie have been retired for the past three years. Kel is a mechanical engineer and Josie worked for a legal firm but decided to travel with Kel when he was on the road due to work.
After a few years of doing everything but really, not doing anything since retirement, they decided to give their children most but not all of their worldly possessions (I asked to be adopted) and decided that traveling was in their blood. They interviewed a few companies and then went to Check Ride to get their CDL certifications. As soon as they both complete their hours here with BW, they plan on running as a team and to be stuck to each other like glue for at least two years (their personally commitment) until they reimburse themselves for the cost of school and maybe longer if they like life on the road.
Kel and Josie don’t need to be here but decided to be here in order to travel and save a little towards their existing nest egg, much like me. Between the health insurance and combined income, this lifestyle called to them Unlike me, they will be running 24 hours a day, 7 days a week as a team so they will not be seeing the same scenery at the same time, as one of them must sleep. I so enjoy my solitude and the idea of being in this rolling tin can with another driver outside of my training, NOT going to happen!
He had a lot of questions in regards to why I am here, what they are to expect, suggestions to help them and what they will need, the things that I have not covered in this blog. If you virtual truckers want to know that stuff (I couldn’t imagine that it would be interesting), do let me know and I will bore you with my two months of wisdom!
A small group of us are going to Chili’s for dinner at 6 PM and then it will be my Netflix time. Tomorrow expect some computer training in order to kill time and if we don’t have a trainer by the end of the week, we will be scheduling a meeting with the Safety Director to see if we can change that. I have been away from home too long, I miss my friends, family and lab way too much to handle another two weeks or more without seeing them. Enjoy your evening, your week, and your loved ones where ever you are! And remember.....wake up smiling, it makes a world of difference!
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