Day 1: The Journey Begins

My first real day of trucking school at C.R. England in Burns Harbor Indiana!!!!! After a long, and i mean LONG bus ride to indiana with many eventful stops, i made it here in a little over 28 hours after leaving hampton roads. The first thing we did on sunday was arrive at the facility and begin the oh so fun task of paperwork!!!! Lots and lots of it. We then did three separate tests, a pee test, a "physical agility" test which included duckwalking underneath a trailer, getting into and out of a trailer, and various other regulatory things you would have to do in normal everyday trucker life. And then a Departement of Transportation (DOT) physical. All these being completed i was then given the packet of doom. It was at least a quarter of an inch thick of a bunch of paperwork that needed to be filled out, previous addresses, previous jobs, w'4s 11's I9's all that lovely stuff that comes with a job. after THAT was done, i was finally able to go back to the hotel and SLEEP.

That was arrival day. Today we did more paperwork for the first half and had a VERY informative meeting with the director of the school. I was a bit apprehensive after reading some of the reviews online about C.R. England and how they conduct their business. But after this meeting with the director, he was able to answer alot of my concerns and im feeling much better about my decision now. I'll get into the logistics of trucking later. After lunch we then began an extensive review session for our Commercial Drivers License (CDL) permit test which we take this wednesday, yes, THIS wednesday! I am currently procrastinating on a bunch of homework to write this so i wont keep you much longer lol. Long and short of it is, to get through this school, i've realized you have to be dedicated, work hard, and not slack off and you'll do just fine. I never thought i'd be driving trucks for a career, but im thinking that i might become a long term thing. So far i've really enjoyed it and the people i've met. So we'll see where this goes!!!! Love you all

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