my story

Hello folks !! My name is Jeff, I'm thinking of detailing my experience in the trucking industry from the begining.

I am a 47 years old and have been a carpenter all my life. I have also been wrenchin on cars or anything with a motor i could get my hands on. 27 years ago i was 19 [i think] and i made a mistake that could still effect me today.When you're at that age not too many people really think about the future. I certianly did not. That mistake was a culmination of me being stupid and on drugs.What did i do you ask? I stole a car or two and ended up with a grand theft charge. Not to smart! I was sentenced to 5 years in prison, but because good time and other reasons that i am not sure of i did 18 months in north florida.What a nigthmare that was.. Trust me folks if you are young, prison is not a nice place to be. old for that matter!
After that little pause in my life , i bounced around the country for a few years with no real direction in my life.

 

I was going everywhere and nowhere at the same time. Sure i had family,but being the way i was [ young and dumd ], i thouth that i could do better without them. [DRUGS] Boy was i wrong.
I finally hooked up with a nice little filly and started to see the trees in the forest. I sad to myself , self you are not getting anywhere. here i sit with a pretty gal at my sideand what are you going to do? That's when i found a job as a carpenters helper.I thought , man workin for a livin stinks, i could get back into that old lifestyle and breeze through.

As it turns out i stuck with it and finally did something with my life.

After a few years the little filly and i parted ways. Good thing now but at the time i really sucked. At that time i had been in carpentry for about 5 years and moved from
georgia to pennsylvannia.

 

This is where it gets a little nuts.I stayed working as a carpenter. My brother was married for 10 years to debbie. Sonya was her sister.The same day that i went to pa from georgia she left texas headed for pa.I arrived at my parents house via gray dog and was snoozin on the couch when 3 hours later in walks my brother his wife and her sister. Apparently we had met a few years erlier but i had no memory of that. I was reintroduced to sonja and being the smart ### that i usually am i said to her [ man you stink]
she had daisy dukes and a spagethi strap shirt on with a beer in her hand. She laughed it off and siad f u. I thoght cool , i like a girl with alittle spunk. 2 day's later after we both recovered from the gray dog thing, i was shagin that rug!

 

Wlee after 17 years of marriage and 4 little tag alongs, we got divorced. 2007 We split for 10 months and are now together agian. WOW!!! We lived in texas for 20 years and are now living in south florida.The kids are grown and gone,and it's just us now.As you all know the housing market tanked a few years ago.I have managed to stay working up untiljan 2009.
Since the i have been unemployed. 15 months.With out unemployment i would be living under a bridge somewhere.
This brings us to present day. I am starting at sage technical on monday march 15. somehow i got alittle luck on my side and wia is picking up the tab.4725.60 for those who care to know.Going to school and getting my cdl are not to much of a problem. With the economy in the toilet and trucking not at it's best, i am being cousiously optomistic that there is a truck driving light at the end of this tunnel.
Iwill update more as i go through this next journey in my life. Take care and drive safe............

 

I am not asking for any advice. just telling my story to those who might be interested. I am not computer literate,so this is how it is. As far as the felony , i'm sure that i can work it around as it 27 years old.
also my school is pushing crst.Don't know why other than kickbacks maybe. I'd rather drive solo.

 

So 2 day's into training at sage 3 hours and 15 minutes the first day and 3 and a half the second ???? we are on fire!! they showed us traing vids from 1980. with a tom seleck look alike with turtleneck and all as the host. So much for updated training material.I hope tommorow is better as we will have the regular instructor back as he was out the first 2 day's.Needless to say it was a disapointing start.The good news is that i went to the local dmv and got my permit.Did'nt need the school for that!!.at this rate i do not see how we are gonna get 160 hours in 4 weeks. If anybody has been through sage,feel free to chime in.Is this typical???