Wilson Logistics Training: Start Date: 12/13/21. A Librarian Learns Trucking!

Well, I haven't updated this in a while because things have been *busy*! After getting my CDL and having a few days to pick that up in South Dakota and do some hiking, we hit the road last Saturday (1/8/22). We got a load from Missouri up to Washington state, and then another to just outside Atlanta. I've been putting in the miles and getting experience dealing with various situations. Sleeping in a moving truck while the other person drives takes some getting used to, but experience and exhaustion help with that, lol. Another reason why I wouldn't want to do team driving in the future.

But I'm loving the experience and the travel. I've been to 20 states so far and came across four time zones in 2 days. Wyoming is definitely "exciting" in winter.

Now that I have my CDL and am officially a Wilson employee, I just got my first paycheck. Feels good (and necessary!) to be bringing in income again. They also reimbursed me for my gas in driving to training and then when I drove back up to South Dakota and back to Missouri (I drove my own car).

From here, we keep rolling until I've gotten in 30,000 miles. We're up to 4,200 already. We took a day off here near Atlanta. My trainer went golfing while I got a shower, did some laundry, paid bills, and generally just relaxed.

If people have questions about Wilson's program, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just drop a little update in this diary from time-to-time.

Congrats on passing your CDL! I just finished up my TNT phase with Wilson. I’ll be back in Missoula tomorrow to start my solo week.

Well, I haven't updated this in a while because things have been *busy*! After getting my CDL and having a few days to pick that up in South Dakota and do some hiking, we hit the road last Saturday (1/8/22). We got a load from Missouri up to Washington state, and then another to just outside Atlanta. I've been putting in the miles and getting experience dealing with various situations. Sleeping in a moving truck while the other person drives takes some getting used to, but experience and exhaustion help with that, lol. Another reason why I wouldn't want to do team driving in the future.

But I'm loving the experience and the travel. I've been to 20 states so far and came across four time zones in 2 days. Wyoming is definitely "exciting" in winter.

Now that I have my CDL and am officially a Wilson employee, I just got my first paycheck. Feels good (and necessary!) to be bringing in income again. They also reimbursed me for my gas in driving to training and then when I drove back up to South Dakota and back to Missouri (I drove my own car).

From here, we keep rolling until I've gotten in 30,000 miles. We're up to 4,200 already. We took a day off here near Atlanta. My trainer went golfing while I got a shower, did some laundry, paid bills, and generally just relaxed.

If people have questions about Wilson's program, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just drop a little update in this diary from time-to-time.

Congrats on finishing your miles, and good luck with solo week!

Well, I haven't updated this in a while because things have been *busy*! After getting my CDL and having a few days to pick that up in South Dakota and do some hiking, we hit the road last Saturday (1/8/22). We got a load from Missouri up to Washington state, and then another to just outside Atlanta. I've been putting in the miles and getting experience dealing with various situations. Sleeping in a moving truck while the other person drives takes some getting used to, but experience and exhaustion help with that, lol. Another reason why I wouldn't want to do team driving in the future.

But I'm loving the experience and the travel. I've been to 20 states so far and came across four time zones in 2 days. Wyoming is definitely "exciting" in winter.

Now that I have my CDL and am officially a Wilson employee, I just got my first paycheck. Feels good (and necessary!) to be bringing in income again. They also reimbursed me for my gas in driving to training and then when I drove back up to South Dakota and back to Missouri (I drove my own car).

From here, we keep rolling until I've gotten in 30,000 miles. We're up to 4,200 already. We took a day off here near Atlanta. My trainer went golfing while I got a shower, did some laundry, paid bills, and generally just relaxed.

If people have questions about Wilson's program, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just drop a little update in this diary from time-to-time.

Always following & praying for ya, on this journey, good sir!

Thanks for the stop ins; it's SO instrumental, to the newbies to this site... and the 'giving back' is HUGE!

Stay safe, stay blessed, Matt. You're nipping this in the bud! Slow & steady wins the game! Share some Fb pix..... sometimes!

~ Anne & Tom ~

Congrats! Thanks for the updates. Safe travels out there.

Well, I haven't updated this in a while because things have been *busy*! After getting my CDL and having a few days to pick that up in South Dakota and do some hiking, we hit the road last Saturday (1/8/22). We got a load from Missouri up to Washington state, and then another to just outside Atlanta. I've been putting in the miles and getting experience dealing with various situations. Sleeping in a moving truck while the other person drives takes some getting used to, but experience and exhaustion help with that, lol. Another reason why I wouldn't want to do team driving in the future.

But I'm loving the experience and the travel. I've been to 20 states so far and came across four time zones in 2 days. Wyoming is definitely "exciting" in winter.

Now that I have my CDL and am officially a Wilson employee, I just got my first paycheck. Feels good (and necessary!) to be bringing in income again. They also reimbursed me for my gas in driving to training and then when I drove back up to South Dakota and back to Missouri (I drove my own car).

From here, we keep rolling until I've gotten in 30,000 miles. We're up to 4,200 already. We took a day off here near Atlanta. My trainer went golfing while I got a shower, did some laundry, paid bills, and generally just relaxed.

If people have questions about Wilson's program, please let me know. Otherwise, I'll just drop a little update in this diary from time-to-time.

Thanks, Bill and Anne! I appreciate the encouragement.

Well, I'm grinding it out... We've got a load of orange juice from Florida to Utah. After this load, I'll have about 7,000 of my 30,000 required training miles done. We're mostly team driving, which means I take the evening/night shift. I'm loving the job and the lifestyle...the most challenging part is living in a closet with someone else and not being in charge of my own life and schedule to any degree. Still, I'm learning all I can and treating the other aspects as time to learn on my own. I feel like I'll learn a lot once I'm on my own, but I'm trying to get as much as I can out of this phase. My trainer doesn't really give me a lot of space to "figure it out" when he's awake, so I'm just learning from his system and actions, good and bad.

We stayed in Orlando for a few days so he could golf, so I took the opportunity to Uber to a nearby nature preserve. I hiked 6 miles through a cypress swamp and even saw a river otter! No alligators, sadly. But hiking in different places is one of my passions, so I was thrilled! I'll post a pic or two below.

For some reason, I can't upload photos now, so I'll try later...

I meant to add that, even though the appointment times can be weird, I'm enjoying driving reefer. There's some extra work involved (fueling that reefer too when it's cold is not always welcome), but I find it oddly satisfying to be delivering food. So far, we've delivered onions, meat, pre-packaged dinners, orange juice, etc. In the future I may want to change it up, but I'm digging this now.

I meant to add that, even though the appointment times can be weird, I'm enjoying driving reefer. There's some extra work involved (fueling that reefer too when it's cold is not always welcome), but I find it oddly satisfying to be delivering food. So far, we've delivered onions, meat, pre-packaged dinners, orange juice, etc. In the future I may want to change it up, but I'm digging this now.

...and I'm still digging your DIARY!! (so many are... i'm sure!)

IDK about the photos dealio... worked for 'me' an hour ago... hmmmm ?~?!?~? Later is fine, Mr. Matt.

The hiking aspect is awesome; just totally awesome. Turtle (and Rob D./Chief Brody) used to post a TON about said hikes; even went 'geocaching' as well. (Is that even a thing anymore?!?)

You could always graduate (haha!) to hauling Pickles and Potatoes, with Miss Laura (IDMtnGal) if this gets old, hahaha!

Wishing you the best, always~

~ Anne ~

Whats up? Hows it going out there?