Update on my job hunt

Haha, no, I’ve just always used that as my username on stuff. I’ve done straight truck, dump truck, trash truck, mixer, and septic truck stuff for the past 5 years off and on (currently back doing septic). I decided to move up to Class A last year and went to Prime (didn’t work for me) for a few months, and then came home and ran local beverage distribution (drivers are salary, helpers are hourly and end up making more). The only reason I’m back in the septic truck is because they needed help and they know my work ethic from when I worked here before. The area I’m in sucks as far as local jobs that pay decent and having openings for them. With child support from my previous marriage decimating my checks on top of having a newborn, it’s a real struggle. Add that on to this being the slow season and not making enough hours, it’s been even tougher. I’m looking to go regional or OTR and be able to send money home to the wife for bills and build a little nest egg. Of course mama bear makes the rules of the house, so she’s not wanting me gone weeks/months at a time, so home time every week or every other week is what I’m looking for. USX for the bill as far as that, but my little fender bender from 3 years ago disqualified me because the officer wrote it up as failure to control speed (I was going 8mph in a 25, clipped a parked trailer coming out of a cul de sac). It was a pretty dumb thing driving a truck that I wrote up as unsafe but drove it anyway because they made me. I should’ve just refused, but at the time i had a mortgage to pay and the other two kids were still little. I won’t let one bad day make my whole life bad though, just gonna trust in the Lord and keep on keepin’ on.

 

Forgot to mention, the job I’m at now doesn’t offer insurance, no direct deposit or anything. Paper check every Friday. Having 3 kids and a wife, benefits are my main motivation to make a move.