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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;DocWatson, post: 3013592, member: 37983&quot;]Thursday....1/3/13 --- 2 more days and I&#039;m on the bus. 3 more days and I will be starting the first day of training and my new career. </p><p><br /></p><p>It&#039;s nice to be able to finally see this thing on it&#039;s way. I have been putting my training off for months now. Originally I had to clear up some issues with my sleep apnea and getting my CPAP machine issues squared away. I was also trying to lose some more weight and continue hitting the gym as I thought the weight might be an issue at the DOT physical. So that took months. As I got closer, earned my 1 year DOT physical card, I tried to save up money while still paying out cash for bills. </p><p><br /></p><p>I have been working day temp labor and that is the more recent reason I delayed my start date. However lately I haven&#039;t been getting work so it was kind of pointless as far as saving up goes. I have been going through the routine of getting up at 4:15 AM, getting dressed, making my lunch, pulling the motorcycle out of the garage, warming it up, riding to the temp place, sitting there from when they open at 5:30 AM and then leaving at 9:30 AM without work. That has been the routine. Don&#039;t get me wrong. I&#039;m glad that there are these temp labor places out there for when you just need a quick paycheck and you&#039;re not looking to start something new. But, to put it nicely, working at this type of place in the past gives me a new found appreciation for a real paycheck. These temp places can be a savior when you need them but they are also the headquarters for the disenfranchised, the paroled, the addicted and the hustlers. These people mixed in there with the honest, decent people looking to earn some money to get by. Ill be honest, I hate doing that kind of work and I was always relieved it was temporary. I will not shed a tear saying goodbye to these temp labor places forever. </p><p><br /></p><p>I recently moved my start date back one more week because I have been sick since quitting smoking. I rarely ever get sick. Two days after I quit smoking I got all stuffed up with cold-like symptoms and it has been like that until about today. So almost 18 days of being sick. Odd that it lasted so long. I think by tomorrow this thing should be gone but I didn&#039;t want to start last week at Swift, going into a classroom of people and spreading my sickness around. So I stayed here another week, tried unsucessfully to make some more money to hold me over in training (slow week apparently due to the holiday I was told) and now I&#039;m antsy to leave and begin this thing. </p><p><br /></p><p>Today I took my duffel bag that will be used for the Swift training and then used on the mentor&#039;s truck and I emptied it out. I filled it with my last load of dirty laundry to be done before I head off to training and I bungied it to the back of my motorcycle. My STBEW texted me earlier this afternoon and suggested that I come over today and say my last goodbyes to our dog Scooby because he will be put down during the time that I will be off in Idaho training. It was a tough day as any of you know that have pets and have had to see them put down. I won&#039;t be there, although I wish I was, for his final moments but I had to say goodbye one last time today anyway. I rode over there, put my loads in the washer and dryer and just sat and played some of his favorite games with his tennis ball Kong toy. I procrastinated as long as I could because, I&#039;ll admit, I&#039;m a ##### when it comes to these things. I&quot;m just not as strong as I would like when it comes to dogs. I don&#039;t have kids so my dogs are always like my offspring and they are family as far as I&#039;m concerned. It was tough to give him that final kiss as I walked out that door knowing I won&#039;t ever see him again. Miserable. </p><p><br /></p><p><br /></p><p>I came back home and still trying to keep my quit and not smoke, after almost 20 days smokefree. I tried to keep busy. I emptied out my duffel, got my list of what I&#039;m bringing to training, selected a movie to watch off Netflix on my laptop to have something distracting in the background and I repacked my bag. I think I have it ready other than my gym sneakers which are in the saddlebag on my bike so I can hit the gym one last time tomorrow before cancelling my membership. What a day. </p><p><br /></p><p>2 days until I leave....3 days until I start class in Idaho.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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