At this -exact- moment, I am unemployed. By choice. When my husband got his CDL almost four years ago, I had the option of keeping my job while trying to get out of the bad living situation I was in (roommates from hell who were doing all they could to suck away all our money) or putting in my two-week notice, packing all our stuff into storage, and getting on the truck with him. I took the latter.Â
So for three years, I lived in a Freightliner Cascadia and got to visit all 48 continental states. I joke about it being a three-year vacation, but even though I wasn't employed by the company, I learned how to do some of the work just to help my husband out. Route planning, fuel calculations, HoS management, a little bit of minor trailer and truck maintenance, load securement, and dealing with Dispatch and Road Assist. And defending the truck against lot lizards.
Prior to that, I was a cashier for a Home Depot. I mainly worked the garden center and returns desk. Before that, I did work for a janitorial service, work as a home care provider, was a dishwasher for a restaurant, a key-carrier ('not a manager but does manager work') for a couple gas stations, and worked at a Wendy's.
Now that I'm off the truck, though, I'm trying to re-enter the work force. Applications are starting to go out hopefully something will bite.
So for three years, I lived in a Freightliner Cascadia and got to visit all 48 continental states. I joke about it being a three-year vacation, but even though I wasn't employed by the company, I learned how to do some of the work just to help my husband out. Route planning, fuel calculations, HoS management, a little bit of minor trailer and truck maintenance, load securement, and dealing with Dispatch and Road Assist. And defending the truck against lot lizards.
Prior to that, I was a cashier for a Home Depot. I mainly worked the garden center and returns desk. Before that, I did work for a janitorial service, work as a home care provider, was a dishwasher for a restaurant, a key-carrier ('not a manager but does manager work') for a couple gas stations, and worked at a Wendy's.
Now that I'm off the truck, though, I'm trying to re-enter the work force. Applications are starting to go out hopefully something will bite.
