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<p>[QUOTE="Tierael, post: 8443522, member: 241185"]<font face="Courier New">It's great to finally get some personal paragraphs of wisdom from you RoadRooster! I've seen a lot of your posts through the forums and your humor has certainly brightened my day from time to time.</font></p><p><font face="Courier New"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Courier New">Much of our stuff is in storage at the moment due to all of the moving around we've had to do the last few years. Her car was repossessed just a month ago, and that weakened her spirits to say the least. My car is all we have left, but luckily we don't owe too much more on it. I will be sure to look into that guy though with my Fiance, so thank you for that lead. I am not sure where we are at the moment with our debt at the moment, unfortunately. Before we moved we were on track to start climbing out of debt, but we slipped due to circumstances. We will have to go over our finances together again soon to get an idea of where we are at.</font></p><p><font face="Courier New"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Courier New">I have heard a lot about the rental car thing, however I wasn't sure how economical that would be especially considering how far we live away from civilization at the moment. Though we don't care for it much here on the mountain, and would like to relocate eventually. I think that was the other advantage with us as we really have nothing tying us down anywhere in particular. To be honest, it kind of sucks being so nomadic, and having no where to set down roots. It definitely feels like our plans have been set back by this misfortunes, of both our doing and external forces. The idea of living out of a truck on the road for a bit doesn't bother us, especially because of what it can mean for our future.</font></p><p><font face="Courier New"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Courier New">I definitely appreciate the background and the financial advice and I will definitely talk it over with my fiance. I have seen a few uplifting tales of trucking being what turns people's lives around in one way or another, so I really hope that we both can make it true for us as well. We are both hoping to start as soon as possible and we look forward to seeing you, and the other drivers of CFI out there on the open road someday. Good saying though, I'll make sure to write that down somewhere, very inspiring stuff!</font></p><p><font face="Courier New"><br /></font></p><p><font face="Courier New">So far the CLP/CDL material hasn't been too difficult for me, but I am finding the Hazardous Materials Section a little bit difficult to absorb. I believe CFI gives us 120 days to obtain the endorsement though so I think we will have plenty of time to go over the material, get the money for the background check, and finally test for the endorsement before the end of that period. We are throwing everything we have into this!</font>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="Tierael, post: 8443522, member: 241185"][FONT=Courier New]It's great to finally get some personal paragraphs of wisdom from you RoadRooster! I've seen a lot of your posts through the forums and your humor has certainly brightened my day from time to time. Much of our stuff is in storage at the moment due to all of the moving around we've had to do the last few years. Her car was repossessed just a month ago, and that weakened her spirits to say the least. My car is all we have left, but luckily we don't owe too much more on it. I will be sure to look into that guy though with my Fiance, so thank you for that lead. I am not sure where we are at the moment with our debt at the moment, unfortunately. Before we moved we were on track to start climbing out of debt, but we slipped due to circumstances. We will have to go over our finances together again soon to get an idea of where we are at. I have heard a lot about the rental car thing, however I wasn't sure how economical that would be especially considering how far we live away from civilization at the moment. Though we don't care for it much here on the mountain, and would like to relocate eventually. I think that was the other advantage with us as we really have nothing tying us down anywhere in particular. To be honest, it kind of sucks being so nomadic, and having no where to set down roots. It definitely feels like our plans have been set back by this misfortunes, of both our doing and external forces. The idea of living out of a truck on the road for a bit doesn't bother us, especially because of what it can mean for our future. I definitely appreciate the background and the financial advice and I will definitely talk it over with my fiance. I have seen a few uplifting tales of trucking being what turns people's lives around in one way or another, so I really hope that we both can make it true for us as well. We are both hoping to start as soon as possible and we look forward to seeing you, and the other drivers of CFI out there on the open road someday. Good saying though, I'll make sure to write that down somewhere, very inspiring stuff! So far the CLP/CDL material hasn't been too difficult for me, but I am finding the Hazardous Materials Section a little bit difficult to absorb. I believe CFI gives us 120 days to obtain the endorsement though so I think we will have plenty of time to go over the material, get the money for the background check, and finally test for the endorsement before the end of that period. We are throwing everything we have into this![/FONT][/QUOTE]
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