Tomorrow is the day...

Hello All,

Tomorrow is the day I start this journey that I've wanted to do for a long time now. I start CDL school at Peak Institute in Maryville, TN. This is a 3 week course and then it'll be off to which ever trucking company I chose.

I plan on writing updates everyday. There is some good information on here and some helpful people however, a lot of the information on here is several years old so I want to keep this updated for the ones thinking about joining this industry.

Background:

I just turned 29 in July. I will be divorced officially this Friday. The biggest hurdle in my mind was my kids. Im going to take a beating for this from a lot of you guys but I've made my mind up and its what I am doing. I served 7 and half years in the Army with one tour to Iraq so I think I will be just fine being away from home. My grandfather trucked for over 30 years. I couldn't wait for the summers to get here so I could ride with him on his truck. Im really looking forward to this. Its all thats on my mind constantly. I left a great paying job to go to school and then onto drive. However, the job was ending very soon anyways so I just got ahead of the game.

 

Ive seen the numerous post about having kids and driving a truck, to me its no different than being deployed or gone for training. Yes sometimes you do need a break.

 

Yea they will need one thats for sure lol.

 

I actually have joint custody of them but we get along great so she knows the situation. Nothing is changing in that sense. We aren't like a lot of ex's we get along and we don't use the kids against each other. Yes i talk to them everyday and sometimes even facetime which is what I plan on doing when Im gone. Thanks for all the encouragement guys and gals. Also I will be going home every night.