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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DocWatson, post: 3013580, member: 37983&quot;]<b>Finances.&nbsp; I can&#039;t afford to pay for a school up front and my credit is currently in bad shape.&nbsp; Fixing it once I start getting paid is my priority.&nbsp; Before marriage, credit was awesome.&nbsp; After marriage, credit is shot.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Plus I guess the more I read the more I want to start out with company provided training.&nbsp; It just seems like it will work better for me.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>And, yes!&nbsp; I am ready for a huge change.&nbsp; I need a big change so bad.&nbsp; I&#039;m really excited about this.&nbsp; It&#039;s not something I have taken lightly and its the first time in many, many years that I have been actually excited about doing a particular job.&nbsp; I&#039;ve worked jobs in the past because it seemed like the right thing to do or it seemed like it would be a good career move or it was something along the lines of my college major but all those times passion was absent.&nbsp; This endeavor I am passionate about and I&#039;m hungry for it.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Exactly.&nbsp; I am going to the Lewiston, Idaho academy.&nbsp; It is right on the border of Washington State and its sister city is Clarkston, WAshington (get it?&nbsp; Lewis &amp; Clark trail....Lewiston, ID and Clarkston, WA...I didn&#039;t catch that initially myself).&nbsp; So, anyway, they are sister cities right next to each other so that is kind of cool.&nbsp; When we take the road test after training in Lewiston we basically get driven across the river and take our driving test over there in Clarkston Washington. After the training I will have to pick up my CDL here locally in Tacoma I guess.</b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Not sure what I&#039;m going to do as far as staying somewhere during orientation etc.&nbsp; I spoke to the STBEW (soon to be exwife) and asked her if I could crash at her place.&nbsp; Hell I&#039;ll stay in the garage in a sleeping bag if needed.&nbsp; She said maybe, depending on whether she has these new roommates or not.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I guess either way, it will be an adventure and I will ultimately be fine.&nbsp; I figure worst case scenario I will just sleep in a seat at the terminal&nbsp; here in WAshington if they allow me to while I wait for orientation and go through it.&nbsp; For now it&#039;s an unknown.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I told my recruiter that I would prefer to get into orientation immediately after training.&nbsp; So if we finish training in Idaho on a Friday, take the bus back and hopefully start orientation that Monday.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping.&nbsp; Same thing with waiting on a mentor.&nbsp; Hopefully that will be really quick as well.&nbsp; I don&#039;t have any specific requests of a mentor, I&#039;ll take anyone as long as they are safe and they teach me.&nbsp; The sooner the better with that.&nbsp; My recruiter mentioned something about putting me in a hotel if my home was more than 50 miles from the terminal.&nbsp; I don&#039;t think my current address is more than that but I won&#039;t be living here once I go off to training.&nbsp; I&#039;m hoping they will put me in the motel and I can just pay it back out of my paychecks.&nbsp; Otherwise it might be a few uncomfortable nights sitting up in a chair in the terminal trying to sleep.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>I will learn everything I can in training and ask as many questions as needed. I&#039;m not shy but I&#039;m humble.&nbsp; This career means more to me than anything so I will do anything to succeed.&nbsp; I plan on putting the work in.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><br /></p><p><b>Thanks UCalli...</b></p><p><b>I may have questions.&nbsp; I&#039;ve been picking the brains of a few trainees here for months via private messages and questions on their threads.&nbsp; I still come up with questions but I know some of it will be addressed in training and then later on.&nbsp; </b></p><p><b><br /></b></p><p><b>Yes, I&#039;m going to the Swift Academy to get my CDL.&nbsp; I currently only have the CDL permit, per Swift&#039;s requirements.&nbsp; I am going through the full company training starting Monday 1/7.&nbsp; </b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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