Wanting to become a driver

So running a fridge all ten hour break would be bad. We can idle below 35 and above 75. Of course there are easy work arounds where the truck will idle anyway, but I hoped i could run a fridge for the night without idling. However it doesn't sound like i can. Hometime wouldn't have been a problem as the trucks have shore power plug. When I get my own truck ill have to see what inverter it has to tell if it will automatically shut off or not. No one awnsered but i assume i could run the marker lights all night without problem.

 

As I sit around on hometime a tad bit of boredom sits on me. Ive decided to update my thread. I hired on with cfi in March and have seen several people leave here in that time. My trainer and two friends here have left and all of em left because of hometime issues. I respect that and understand that because if I had that problem I'd leave too. Ive been here for 6 months going on 7. I still have no problems with cfi none worth really complaining about maybe I'm stupid, maybe I realize any job is better than no job.

I stayed out 11 weeks this time around and mainly came home for a homecoming. Last time I came home I got my dog and he has been a salvation in over the road driving. I could stay out 6 or 7 weeks before but now ive yet to feel an end where I need to be home.

My biggest challenge with the lifestyle is boredom I find myself bored not while driving but if I'm sitting still ill eat for something to do. I need some form of mental stimulus instead of just drive sleep repeat. Swinging doors is boring. There i said it. I used to do manual labor but, then i started driving a truck and I truly love it but I want some kind of a challenge. Here lately I've been thinking a lot about coming home and getting a job running a wrecker because it seems like it would be fun. I don't want to leave cfi they've been good for me and or to me. So what would you all recommend? If anything.

I noticed real well the last few days being back on the farm I'm out of shape and, I've been noticing it for a while. I try and eat out of the truck because its cheaper as is I pay 1g a month for my cdl school payment and nearly have it paid of. Yet I know I need to make a change and get more exercise its pretty bad when I can't go for much more than a short walk through the yard packing a sledge hammer and get slight winded. I was wrestling around a tiller for the tractor today and got out of breath. So clearly I need more cardio. Walking seems like a good bet but I just won't make the time. I take a shower on my 30 usually. When I'm loading/unloading I wait in the truck and that would be a good time for some exercise.

I know I'm rambling its been a long day and I've worked on typing this throughout the day. But my biggest problem with driving a truck is a personal problem i find myself bored so I eat, which in turn makes me gain weight. Which makes it harder to move around and live comfortably. I need some kind of mental stimulus something that makes me think and i have no idea what that needs to be. I have a TV and use it and its great its does as its supposed to but id like to have a situation where I go how am I going to do that. Don't get me wrong I still run into challenging backing situations or tight turns. I'm curious though if I just find swinging doors boring and wouldn't be happier pulling a flat. But that comes into i really enjoy my time at cfi and don't want to leave but the only thing we do is dry van. I need to stick around till about April next year before I really consider making a move somewhere else.

So in short does anyone have any idea what I could take up in the truck that provides a challenge? Ive been trying to walk more for a basic exercise to get blood pumping and the muscles worked loose from driving all day. I just don't know how to explain what I'm trying to ramble on about but if someone understands me feel free to offer me some input.

 

7 grand it took me a few months to be able to pay that much though.