Training and such...

September 26, 2007 - Wednesday

So I finally got out of Indy on the 24th. I got my load around 4pm and was rolling northbound by 5. I made it to the Gary, IN OC for the night. It was nice, very nice. And while I was hanging out there I met up with one of my newfound driver friends. We had been stuck in Indy together a few weeks ago and pretty much pal'ed around the whole time. It was nice to catch up.

Yesterday morning I got up and headed northward once more and made my delivery in Menomonee Falls, WI. Which is a suburb of Milwauke. It was a nice little area and I was very foturnate to get there and get unloaded in record time. My appointment said "3 hour average duration" and I was in and out in 40 minutes total. Woo hoo!

But I was still waiting on a new assignment and since they wouldn't let me sit on their lot to wait, I rolled down the road to a small truck stop. It was then that I got the info to roll up to Green Bay for Winter Training.

I got to the Green Bay OC around 4pm CST and signed up for training which was to start at 5pm. The trainers and training was great and I feel like I learned a lot of new info that will be very helpful when I'm out on the road. I could've done without the rain which we had the pleasure of standing out in for nearly 1.5 hours last night, but oh well.

I did get a new pair of boots out of it... and two vouchers for free meals! woo hoo

I suppose that now I should pack up the laptop and head back out to the truck to see if I have a new assignment. I hope I get some good miles... and out of the frigid north! It's cooooold up here today...bbrrrrr...

Till next time...

Much ado about trucking....

GiGi

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