Got my application in to Swift. Davis, CA, west of Sacramento. What to expect?

I've been looking at a few companies to take my freshly minted Class A with all the endorsements. Swift with their Lathrop terminal looks the closest to where I'm at for a company that will hire with no experience.

I have obstacles to jump. I got my Class A from studying for the written tests and studying hard for the road, inspection and skills test. I tested in a rented Tractor with ball hitch trailer of the appropriate weight. I once trained years ago with an employee training program at a local company, but never hired on. So the lack of recent training is an issue in my application. But the recruiter I am talking to sounds encouraging. They say that I will have to take a driving test before I go to orientation.

Assuming I make it to starting my OTR experience, I have a few concerns. What is like trying to get back home from the road? I don't own a car yet. But say I had a car, how would I manage that? What about not owning a car? I'd especially like to hear from drivers based in Northern California.

Also, what are the real prospects of feeding yourself without depending on fast food or restaurants? This is a major issue for me, I just can't eat the stuff they feed you in restaurants and fast food. I'm strictly a meat and potatoes/rice kind of guy, nothing else. I'm hoping I can use a rice cooker/slow cooker on the road some how with ready access to a refrigerator. How friendly is Swift towards drivers feeding themselves, even during the mentoring period?

These are my two big worries before I make the big jump.

 

Would you say that with team driving, there is usually no room for a slow cooker? Don't some of these rigs come with a microwave and a fridge too?

Yeah, this is my concern too. And I am also thinking about a fridge. Actually, I'm looking at freezers, but they get pretty expensive and the smallest one I saw was 28 pounds.

 

I'm all for that, but I still have to eat. And I'm not kidding, if I have to eat fast food and the stuff they feed you at restaurants, I'm going to be sick. I'm pretty strong and tough but only if I eat simple. Meat. Rice. Potatoes. No kidding. No pizza, no hamburgers, no fried chicken, no barbecue sauce. I'm looking at instant rice and potatoes and canned fish. Rice and potatoes I think would be easy to work with. The meat part is hard. A slow cooker with a piece of beef, pork or chicken would work as long as the truck is running. I don't want to run the batteries down. Fresh fish and chicken breast cooks up fast, but fresh fish goes bad fast. I'm going to have to start doing this the minute I leave home some way or another.