Husband & Wife restarting trucking career need advice

Thanks bryan21384 for the well wishes.
I've gotten this judging before.I have had great success and unfortunately some failures brought on by a mix of bad decisions and bad luck.
I had broken into the six figures for my savings and had a $260k house I put $60k down on. House I had by 26yo the savings by 30yo. It's amazing how fast it all goes when you get hurt and can't work for awhile and when you do get to work it's at a much much lower pay level. Medical will eat your savings faster than a Rottweiler eating a T-bone stake. And then had family steal from me. That one hurt. Now I'm 45yo and pert near broke.

The lesson I learned is you need long term disability issuance even if you think you're healthy as a horse, truck driving has no transferable skills and no one wants someone who can barely move.

Now here is the funny part. I used to pay over $25k a year in taxes (lived in CA) but couldn't get the government to help till I was flat busted. But now in the last few months we were able to get medicaid and got the surgeries we needed so we could get back to good paying jobs. If I hadn't fought so hard to make ends meet doing crap work they would of helped me with medical so I could do better work. And then you look at those who don't want to work at all and the system bends over backwards to give them whatever they want. Crazy.

Anyways that's the great thing about America. Anyone can succeed then fall flat on their face, succeed and fail again, get back up and succeed once more if I can. Hopefully this time I just skip the beat down. I ain't looking as fetching as I once did.

 

Old Dominion Freight Line

Qualifications:

• High School Degree or equivalent preferred
• Must have the ability to read, write, speak English and perform simple mathematical calculations with general mental abilities to handle receipts, read maps, road signs, maintain logs, etc.
• Must possess a valid commercial driver's license with hazmat, doubles and tanker endorsements.
• Must have 12 months previous tractor-trailer driving experience and/or be a graduate of a State Certified, Licensed and Safety Department approved driving school, and/or have satisfactorily completed the Old Dominion Truck Driver Training school
• Must be at least 22 years old.

I'm trying to get us into the trucking school. This would be a great place to work. Good companies need drivers and are willing to hire people they wouldn't of in 2019 so why not shoot high.

Free medical with Yellow is a big deal to me.
Thanks

 

Had my bankruptcy discharged last month. No credit card or vehicle debt. All medical.

Just got nerve ablation in my back today. Got the all is so good with my heart that they don't want to see me unless I feel something's wrong. Had a sleep study done at a sleep center and was able to officially get off cpap. Got my two year DOT Medical card. Wife had a surgery she needed that had kept her from working this last year. $20k+ worth of bills paid for all thanks to Medicaid. I'll always carry good insurance from now on.

We are raring to get back to making a good living. I've been well off and poor off. Trust me, well off is soooo much better.

 

Thanks