US Xpress in Dallas

I leave tomorrow for Dallas and start Orientation on Monday, April 19. My son wanted the driving experience so we're driving down, spending the night at Motel 6, and then he'll drive home on Sunday. It's about a 6 1/2 hour drive.

The Motel 6 is right around the corner from the terminal so we'll do a little "sightseeing" before he drops me off at the Ramada. I want him to leave no later than noon and I can't check in until 3, so it may be a long, boring afternoon...LOL I have games until my computer so I could play them while I wait.

Motel 6 has WiFi in some of their rooms, so I'll try to get one and then I'll have my son teach me how to connect (I've never connected out of the house). Then if the Ramada was WiFi I'll be able to post during Orientation. After that.....I'll post along the road as I can.

I'm nervous, excited, ready to get my new life started. I feel good about getting through Orientation since I have all my paperwork, Dr's releases, and am in good health. I just hope I don't have to wait to get on the truck.

 

Thank you, KC and Sonny.

Roadpizza, I just graduated school 2 weeks ago, so this is my first job. It was actually my instructor that told me to contact USX because they use automatics and employ a lot of women. I can drive a standard, just have a bad knee which the clutch really aggravates when backing. So I called, talked to a recruiter, and then started getting all my paperwork together and sent in. As to where I'll be driving......website says eastern half of the US, but I've read on here that I could be running all 48.

 

Thank you, linadin. I had planned on taking my laptop to Orientation if only to play games while waiting...LOL It's also in my briefcase with all my paperwork and other important stuff so it's just easier to haul it around with me.

 

Well, we made it to Dallas. My son did all the driving and did really good. We had some construction zones and heavy traffic, but he handled it OK. The terminal is just down the road from our motel so we went and checked it out. They had lots of pretty, brand new trucks.

Tomorrow I'll head for the Ramada Inn and just hang around there until I can check in at 3pm. If I can connect to the WiFi in the lobby, that will be great. Then I can do my surfing to kill the time.

 

I'm at the Ramada and US Xpress Orientees get to check in whenever they get here, so that was nice. Got everything unloaded, made sure my son could get out of town and headed home, then I came up and managed to connect the the WiFi all by myself!!!!