Comments By Little Carolina

Hey that's fantastic!!! I'm looking forward to following along with ya. I know you've put in a ton of time studying and doing research so I know you'll be a lot more prepared than the rest of your class. You're going to be soooo happy about that.

Best of luck!!!

I am very dedicated and determined to do this!! I keep studying either reading or using this app every chance I get.. I am very thankful to you and to Pebbles for all of the help!!

Well Ladies and Gents.. Tomorrow I take off to Indy! I leave on the bus from Camden, Sc at 3pm heading through Fort Jackson, Augusta, GA and then towards Atlanta will have about a 2 1/2 hour transfer in Atlanta and then on to Knoxville, Tn for a 2 hour layover and then towards Cincinnati, OH for another transfer and then to Lexington, KY and then INDY!! I am still in awe that the day has finally arrived I cant believe it.. I am ready! The cool part is that I have made a really good friend who is traveling also and going to not only take the training with me but be my roomie.. I am so excited you have no clue.. I have studied and studied and I will continue to do so. I haven't had a chance to do anything on here in a while as I have been swamped getting all my loose ends tied up I do have an app on my phone that I found that allows me to do practice tests so I have been doing that a lot any ways wish me luck and I will post as needed but y'all can follow my blog on Facebook www.facebook.com/MyTruckingJourney see y'all later!!

Haha, my boyfriend worked in Rock Hill yesterday. You must not be TOO far from me. :)

I am not far from Charlotte..

Got the go ahead from my recuiter today at Central! She will be sending my traveling orders soon, I will go to Conley GA for one week, and if all paper work and physical is good then to Salt Lake City for training!!!! Gave my two weeks notice at work, so all systems are go!!!! Nervous and excited all balled into one!!!!!!

Wasnt sure what you had decided.. Wishing you luck and Positive energy.. You got this girl!

Aint that cool! Yesterday I ran the hubby to work in Rock Hill and passed by one and then drove along side all the way to GF it was cool as heck!

GF as in Great Falls? Oh and I passed 4 Celadon trucks on I 26 headed to Columbia to fly or to my orientation.

You betcha! My lovely little home on the range.. (Great Falls, SC) Its so cool that I had never heard of them before this search and adventure and now it seems like I see them all over and all Lady drivers at that!

Been thinking of you today. I have never in my life seen a Celadon truck. Not once. Then today, on my way home from college, I passed by 4. :)

Aint that cool! Yesterday I ran the hubby to work in Rock Hill and passed by one and then drove along side all the way to GF it was cool as heck!

Well. I hope we have helped you all we can. The proof of that will be you getting thru school, go out with your trainer, get those miles and get into your own truck !! So head out there and show em your stuff....and that your Lady Trucker Tough !!!! Keep us informed when you can...And we'll help you all we can... Stay safe and sane !!!!

Another one leaves the nest....Makes ya sad and glad at the same time. I'm glad that Little Carolina has started on the road to living her adventure !!!!

Y'all have been a heap of help!!! I cannot thank you enough!!! I am excited to learn. My biggest priority Is to put safety first! I am military tough so I know I can be "trucker lady" tough as well!!! Thanks Much!

I've mentioned this in other posts around the forum, but after much consideration, I decided to go with Prime for my CDL training and employment. I've been back and forth with my recruiter over the past week or so and I had to jump through a few paperwork hoops, but as of right now, my recruiter's setting me up for orientation on June 4. I haven't gotten 100% confirmation of this yet, but I hope to get the final word this week. I'd like to leave sooner, but this will give me time to finish my college classes (which end on the 13th), celebrate my 28th birthday (the 23rd), and chill for a bit before I venture off into this crazy new life I've chosen.

I plan to take the tests for my CDL permit and endorsements in two weeks or so. I'll let you guys know how that goes.

My goal with Prime is to be a company driver in their reefer division, and then eventually (after I've gotten a few years under my belt) I'd like to become a trainer. As a woman, I've become increasingly aware of the shortage of female trainers in the industry. This sucks, because it means that unless you're really lucky and one of the rare female trainers is available at the time that you need her, you're forced to choose between either delaying your career for weeks or months while you await a woman trainer, or suck it up and endure the awkwardness of coed training (which, for the record, I am fully willing to do for the sake of getting on the road, but this isn't an option for all women).

I want to be as safe and smart a driver as I can be so that someday I can be there for other women.

I've been a graphic designer since I got out of high school in 2003. Now, I'm going into trucking. I'm both excited and scared half to death. Who knows? Maybe I'll love it, maybe I'll hate it. Everyone seems to know what they want to do with the rest of their life. I don't. I started college for a medical career and two years into it, I'm already disenchanted and bored. I've always been a fiercely independent free spirit with a zany creativity and an insatiable wanderlust. Medicine doesn't really fit anywhere into that spectrum. Trucking? Maybe.

So please follow along with me, friends. I have no illusions about the road that lies ahead -- I'm going to need all the support I can get, I'm sure.

P.S. -- Fun fact: Want to know how serious I am about learning everything I possibly can? I've spent the past few weeks reading through the old TT forum. All of it. 157 pages. Almost every thread. I've learned A LOT! And I feel like I've gotten to know several of you guys pretty intimately without ever having spoken to you before. I've been watching tons of YouTube videos about various aspects of trucking (I really like YourBoyE TheTrucker's videos). My roommate is a driver for Schneider and I grill him with questions and pick his brain every time he comes in for home time. I'm planning to hitch a ride-along with him sometime in the next couple of weeks once I'm finished with college.

I'm about 40% of the way through the High Road program and I love it. Brett, I will never be able to thank you enough for the good you've done for me and other newbies by providing us with such a wonderful tool...but if I ever have the privilege of meeting you, I'd like to buy you lunch. :)

Welcome Aboard!! I agree that there is a shortage of women trainers and that really is sad. I am also willing to go coed but as Celadon doesnt allow it I will have to just wait and see what happens. Keep studying and you will do just fine! I am here if you need someone to chat with!

I just went and "liked" your page and made sure any updates you add will show up in my news feed. My name is Jessie Howard on there. It's OK to be nervous but YOU GOT THIS!

Thank you.. a good friend helped me to make that page she said it would be a good way for everyone to see my updates.. Thank you again for all the support!

As I've said on here before, when I went to CDL school, it was a little 4 day thing, and I challenged the class, took the written and driving test and passed. BUT...I'd been driving on farms and ranches for many seasons. That being said, the owner of the CDL school just called me yesterday again (for the 2nd time in about 2 years), and asked me to come become an instructor !!! The pay wasn't bad, and as much as I'd like to help people, especially women, get thru the school and get their certification, i had to turn her down....I really enjoy doing instruction type stuff...I'm a antural at public speaking. But it would severely limit my road time, and that ain't gonna happen. But its nice that she thought of me...makes me feel good....

I would love to have you as an instructor!! But I understand that you dont want to come off the road.