Recent Student Grad

Jakaby, these are the same rules I live by for as well. Plus I also live by "Do to others as you would have them do to you."

I will keep everyone updated on my progress as well.

 

NRG, I know what you mean, I am about 5'10 and weight my heaviest at 245. I have completely changed my diet and look at things differently now. I now weigh 205 and I am still dropping pounds! Before I changed my diet I was always tired and had other issues. After about a month on my new diet my energy has increased and I have noticed my health improving as well as my weight going down. It use to not matter how much sleep I had I was still tired when I woke up and had to take a nap in the middle of the day just to make it through the day. I now can go a whole day without even taking a nap. Well unless I read! but that is because I am dyslexic and to just read takes a lot of concentration for me so after a while my eyes hurt from reading for an hour. Which then I do have to take a short nap about 15 to 20 minutes and then I am good!

 

Great news NRG! Congratulations and good luck!

 

Well it is time for another update! Today I took my CDL skills test for the second time! The first time I passed my pretrip inspection, but failed my maneuverability. There are three steps to the Ohio test, the pretrip, maneuverability (straight backing, lane change, and either parallel parking or alley dock). The thing I failed on last time was parallel parking. I just couldn't get it in there no matter how hard I tried and my nerves were high! This time around since I had already passed pretrip I didn't have to do that again. So started on maneuvers I got through straight line backing just fine. Then I had lane change to the right and did that just fine. Then once again I had parallel parking! Well this time I passed it and was able to move on to the road test! I was still nervous this time around, but not as bad as last time. The road test isn't too bad they have you turn left three times and turn right three times, do a few lane changes, an emergency stop. they also have you go on the highway for one exit. Once we got back though I almost forgot to push the clutch in and the truck almost stalled! Which would have been an automatic failure, lucky for me I remembered and stomped the clutch in. SAVE! Then I asked the examiner how I did she said well lets go inside and let me add all of this up. She then asked how I think I did. I said I think I did pretty good! Well, turns out I did do pretty well because I PASSED! I now am the proud owner of a CDL class A licence! Now I just need to get my medical all cleared up and I should be on my way to orientation sometime in June! I'm very excited!