New Lady Starting School August 12

Just found the Ladies Category and wanted to introduce myself. Posted a bit in the general category. I'm a 39 year old wife/mom/grandma getting ready for the biggest change in our lives since I started having kids way before I should have. Currently I still have 3 kids at home the youngest is 15 . I'm looking forward to this new adventure as are the other members of my family, they know how much I've wanted to drive a truck the better part of my adult life. Any tips or tricks on keeping it all together would be greatly appreciated. Thanks T

You will need to remind the "home crowd" that you will be IN SCHOOL....so don't call, or text. If theres a problem at home...DAD can fix it. It does not good to call you and complain about anything at home....your not there. For you....don't worry about home...your not there, so you can't do anything about it. CONCENTRATE on school (And do the cdl training on here). And if you have a question, just come on in to the general forum, and post it !! We are all here to help. But more than anything ...relax...breath...believe in yourself. You CAN do this. Self confidence goes a long way in trucking. And I'd probably say that you HAVE to have it. Its rough enough for the guys...but it will suck up, chew on, and spit weak women out in a rush....So lean on the shoulders of those that have gone before you.... Thats what we are here for !!!

Being strong is all I know how to be...I've raised my kids in such a way that they know not to contact either parent when they are at work unless there is a real emergency (someone bleeding uncontrollably, broken bones, things like that) and if that happens they are to contact the parent that is closest and able to do something about it. So no worries there. I know I can handle anything that life throws at me, and always try to surround myself with people that are supportive. I'm glad I found these forums after lurking on here and reading a lot of the posts I feel I've found a place that has people that really care about helping others, thank you all for being here.

Tanya, Brett created this site to better the image of truckers, by helping new drivers be the best at driving that they can be. Its a known fact that you can't get 3 truckers to agree on anything...but if you can bring a different mindset to the new drivers just going into trucking, you will eventually change the mindset of ALL truckers to be more professional, proud of their jobs, and White Knights of the road, as they were many years ago....

Some of us that aren't in the trucking industry yet still see truckers as White Knights!! I was raised to always take a c.b. with me on long road trips because that way I could always find someone to help if I needed it, often times while the cars just kept on passing by. I'd like to see that mind set from my childhood come back into trucker. I've met a few truckers that were very unprofessional and that angered me.

Yup...some of them can be real knuckle draggers...and some of the worst ones secretly think that women shouldn't be in trucking at all. But I to would like to see it turn around. And the more women in trucking the better it is for everyone. Companies have found that women take better care of their equipment, make their appointments on time, and treat the shippers and receivers better. So where the guys are still draggin' their knuckles...they will either change or find themselves job hopping, cuz customer service is a big part of trucking. So trucking is a bright light for women who don't want to flatten their head on the glass ceiling...I know I've loved it, and wish I'd got serious about it a long time ago...