Entering trucking because...

Hey people. I don't want to tell my life story. I'm eligible for a grant to go to CDL school (thanks to the masses of people who walk away from the recruiter lies and company misconduct, I'm guessing), so I'm jumping through the hoops.

Why? Well, I've lost everything, I've been couching it for years, no home of my own, sold most of my belongings on Craigslist or at yard sales, no privacy (no bedroom), learned to sleep in just about any conditions, even easier now that I have a cpap and my oxygen levels are in the normal range...(Thank you to the taxpayers who are making that treatment possible for me.)

I'd rather be wrenching on my car than working in an office, wearing boots instead of fancy stuff, I like the challenge of camping and going places I've never been, and I get bored so easily I think I've sabotaged all my desk jobs. I only think experiences are worthwhile if there's a good story to tell afterward.

Getting $2,000 a month sounds like a miracle right now if I could get it.
Hope I'm in the right place.

 

Thanks dca. It's a business organization related to the unemployment office... Nobody there knows about trucking per se... They're just helping me get the WIA grant.

I have really learned a lot from reading forums and watching Youtube videos.

 

Watkins Shepard emailed me back saying they have "better qualified applicants at this time." I guess not everyone responds to applicants without a CDL. Yes, I'm in the big dry bowl of central California.

 

So i'm editing this entire message. Delete!

Now, I'm thinking about how hard it might be to enroll in a community college. The nearest one offering trucking is 2 hours away by car. And it's the only one offered in CA --- and it's not PTDI cert. Really. The only one in this huge state and it's not PTDI. It might be worth it. IDK...

 

Anyways, hi all, sorry for the talking out loud to myself on the HELLO thread.