Single mom and contemplating

Is your wife a Friendswood native? We lived in the Eagle Cove Edition.. They built a Taco Bell in our "backyard" and we were laughing about that.. "Let's run to the border.." Not so funny in this day and age. We weren't from there either, moved for my father's work then I left for college and they left for Montana.

 

Nope, she is a Yankee from Erie, PA. She loves the town of Friendswood and does not wish to leave.The Taco Bell has company now as there is a Starbucks & Schlotzsky's next door. I stop there frequently as we live about 1.5 miles South of there in the West Ranch community.

 

Option #1: Do not pursue CDL training.

result - continued employment at menial minimum wage jobs. There will be no change in your current lifestyle.


Option #2: Get CDL Training

You will have more options available to you. You will acquire a specialized skill that could help you pay the bills. The resume will look at lot better than it is now.


"If you want something you've never had, you'll have to do something you've never done."

 

So your son is in school about 6 hours per day.

From what others say the average local day is 10 - 14 hours.

Add 1/2 hour for commute each way, so you'll be away from him 11-15 hours.

That means that besides school, daycare will be raising your son for 5-9 hours each day.

Also, a six year old still needs 10 hours of sleep, so I'm thinking you wouldn't be seeing much of him.

I can tell you are trying do do something good here, but I don't see you having much of a life with your son. I'm speaking as someone who has raised a daughter by himself. Best of luck with whatever you decide.

 

Get your fork lift license ....and look for all LTL companies in your area
USF HOLLAND ,CONWAY,ROADWAY SALA, .....you can load trucks for awhile until you work up the ladder into a truck driving position ....switcher ,dockworker

 

Yeah my suggestion would be what superflow said or get your class b and drive buses. Most of the companies I have seen will even train you and it would more than likely be a more regular schedule.

I currently have a local job that I got when I had 4 months OTR experience which I could have gotten with no experience at all. The hours range from 12-14 hours per day and sometimes even a 16 hour day now and then. There are a lot of things that can go bad in a day, whether it be a delay at a customer or a breakdown and it could possibly make you miss your sons practice or game. Just something to think about.

 

The flexibility in schedules and being availble would be tough to accomplush in most any job.. perhaps night work would free up the day.. diffacult anyway one looks at it with out help

 

Have you looked into other types of vocational training that may be partially or fully subsidized by either the state or federal government?

 

I have several friends that made a good living doing this:
1. Became a school bus driver in their district to where they were working around the school schedule. (Their child rode with them to and from school.

2. Cleaned 1 or 2 houses during school hours. One girl did it by herself and another did it with a partner. They both were hard workers, but made good livings.

Another one that drove a bus also worked at the school as a janitor.

They all had one goal in mind. To be around their cchildren during school years. They were at every Saturday game because they only drove/cleaned Monday through Friday. Good Luck to you.

 

Not a bad idea at all, this is GENUINELY and TRULY one way of keeping a watchful eye on ones children to be sure that everything is in check.