Day one on training

After the two days of orientation I patiently sit at home waiting for my trainer to call. After two days I find out that the driver has been switched and he calls me Friday morning. I am told to be ready on Sunday at 5pm. So I gear up and enjoy my weekend. Sunday rolls around and my wife cooks a big lunch and I go get a nap thinking I was gonna be up all night. At 5pm I meet the driver and my kids get to see the truck. I am driving a Peterbilt 387. very nice indeed but I doubt that's what I will get when I get in my own truck.
Our first load assignment was to bring some carboard boxes from Springfield to KC. The load is a live unload that isn't due til 7 am so he took the time to introduce ourselves and watch him drive and get a feel for the truck. Once we get to KC he explains a few more things and we decide to park in the customer's lot. About 10 pm we hit the sack. Now my nap I had was keeping me awake. Not to mention the idling truck. Eventually I fall asleep and we wake to the trainer's alarm at 6am. We unload and we head off to another part of KC to trade our empty trailer for a full one. We deliver that in St. Joeseph, MO and we deadhead to KC again. This time a suberb on the KS side. Then we pick up a load of plastic bottles that is due south back in Springfield. I finally get to drive. within 8 miles I get to do my first scale. After that I eased up and just tried to get used to the truck. It's a far cry from the frieghtshaker I used at school. Once in Springfield we park and I get a ride home to my house. We go out first thing in the morning.