Am I destined for failure

I will say this to the OP...it's a heck of a lot easier in this day and age to deal with some of that separation than it was back in the 1980s when I drove the first time. I drove OTR back then and left to raise my family, but I have since returned to driving OTR. Back then we didn't have Skype or email or cell phones and I think that those types of communications make it a lot easier now than it was. Shoot, part of my weekly budget was 2 rolls of quarters to use in pay phones to call home and my wife would put them into my briefcase just before I headed out for the week. We would talk once every couple of days for 2-3 minutes. It also is 100% easier to deal with dispatchers/brokers too. Back then we used to have these "phone rooms" at truck stops that had 20-30 phones on the wall that were direct lines to company dispatchers or brokers. Heck...now days its hard to find a pay phone at a truck stop.

 

Get a job local and go home every night to that pooch.

The 2 of you can then cuddle with the girlfriend in front of the tv, watch a movie, with popcorn.

You owe it to the girl, the dog and to yourself.

Drive a city bus if you have to.

Walk the dog when your work day's done.

 

Being allowed to take the dog on the road with me was actually a big part of the decision factor when I chose to switch to another company.

 

The answer is YES!! Failure is knocking on your door. Failure will slap you in the face when some pip squeak dispatcher tells you. You can't get home. Failure will constantly remind you and say. I told you so. I told you so. Go with your gut. Come on out when you get a few testosterone injections. There's no room in the truckstop for somebody to be on the payphone. Crying because your dog is calling your best friend daddy, and your girl is telling you to hit the road jack. Don't come back no more no more no more. And if you are getting goose bumps, because you know you can't handle this truth. Just know. I'M ONLY JOKING!!! Kinda sorta

 

Always the voice of utter positivity. Kinda sorta.

 

I'm the voice of the real deal Holy Field. No butterfly kisses, no crossed fingers. No smokescreens, no 2 way mirrors, absolutely no BS. If you want to be told a story. There's a ton of guys who will tickle your ears with a bunch of hot toasty texas cow maneuver. I'm here to say. Don't come in with this name it claim it positive bull thunder. This is real life and you better bring your lube cuzz buddy failure doesn't have homesick in its vocabulary. Buddy there's a time when a man has to do what a man has to do. Being tied to some mut and some chick whose finger you haven't put a ring on. When the Open road is calling your name. Wait can't you hear it.......Yeahhh buddy baby. Yeeeeee Hawwwww I hear you calling. Somebody call the doctor. White line fever is kicking in. Man oh man I feel like doing the watermelon crawl!!.... Oh ya I'm sorry lost track. So what are we talking about again? Yeeeee Hawwwwww

 

Now that's a bunch of BS... 2x.

Dinomite, why not light that stick and just blow yourself up.

 

Its normal bud. I'm sure there is a good percentage that feel the home sick am I doing the right thing by going OTR right after getting your CDL. The answer is yes. You'll have a jump start. Find a company stick to it. Get the training. Go solo. Get a year under your belt. Get some endorsements. Where are you from that would give a better idea of what's around you so others can help you out with outfits. You'll get sick of your trainer but just get it done. Everyone had to start some where. Once getting 6 months to a year find somthing local.

When I come home, get back in the rig kiss my wife good bye and my son it some times brings a few tears to my eyes. Utilize your cdl. Set goals. Accomplish what you set for yourself and you'll do fine.

If you don't do it now then later down the line you'll probably think, should it have just done that in the first place?

 

It always sucks for the first couple of days out then you get in the swing of things. I just try to run hard so I don't really think about it. I too am leaving my company to go to one that allows pets. Have a harder time leaving my dog than my wife. She knows why I'm leaving and can call her daily. Can't explain to my dog or call him on the phone!!!

 

I would say marry the girlfriend and that will cure you of wanting to be home but the puppy....now that is a problem.