Whew, this week has been a whirlwind. We arrived in Springfield Sunday evening to a nice surprise; Prime would supply us with a room in their motel facility while we were both in training this week. That sure beats the heck out of sleeping in the truck or getting a “bunk room” at the main terminal.
Our classes started Tuesday morning so we spent all day Monday getting the truck looked after. The shop at the terminal was able to replace the 12-volt power outlets and install an additional side view mirror but couldn’t get the auxiliary power unit repaired (despite a couple hours of effort). We had an appointment for a front-end alignment, so the shop delayed the APU repair work and we headed over to a nearby truck tire shop. In the meantime, Prime’s repair folks made an appointment for us at another repair shop that could fix the APU (which they did while we enjoyed a movie at the theatre in the terminal building).
By that time it was back to the motel to get some sleep before our 5:45 a.m. wake-up call. Over the next three days, it was in and out of various classes for both of us. Bottom line – Mike has his Commercial Vehicle Learner’s Permit and Lori is all set to teach him how to get his Commercial Driver’s License.
A few more classes on Friday morning and then all the newbies get to drive around the practice pad and meet their instructors. I’ve got a bit of a leg up on the rest of the class since I’ve been driving around the practice pad (forward and backward) on Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday nights. Most of the trainees will head out with their instructors on their first load assignment late Friday or early Saturday. Lori and I have decided to stay until at least Sunday afternoon so we can go to church here in Springfield at our “home church away from home.”
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