Saturday, April 19, 2008

Where do I start...

So this will be my last blog for about a week. I am going up to my parents house up in wayne county to help my dad hang some sheetrock in a new house that is being built up there, he has a crew of about 3 guys that will be doing the house it is a pretty nice house. The best part of working up there is if we get off early enough we could go fishing, and will be able to spot deer. The deer are everywhere up there the house that we will be working on looks over a hay field and at night the field is covered with deer it is awesome. The only bad part about going up there is I will be without my wife for a week and I will miss her sooo much. But I will be able to earn some extra money that will help us out in paying some bills. For those who don't know the situation I got my CDL about a week or two ago and had a job lined up with Swift transportation and I showed up to their orientation and one of the physical requirements was that I had to stand on one leg for 10 seconds and then switch to the other, well I have bi-lateral club feet and my ankles have always been weak and I have never been able to stand on one leg since I could remember so when I attempted to do that I struggled and had to talk to their physical therapist and see what I could do about it, they ended up sending me home and looking for another job, So at this point I am not doing to good I am very stressed and depressed and worried about the money situation at the time I went home got online and began my job search I found another company that at first said that they do not reguire that test and that I could start on monday. So through out the week I continued to look for work and do whatever that I could in order to bring home some type of money to help my wife out in paying bills. A couple of days later Me and my wife got in a big argument she thought I was sitting around not doing anything not looking for a job not trying hard enough but I was doing everything that I could do to better the situation. Still to this day she I think that she thinks that I am not trying hard enough and it takes alot in me to not snap and to keep my cool, because there was a time that she lost her job or quit and I was worried and all that but I have never jumped on her back about it. Sorry about that I had to vent a little bit .

So showed up to CR England this past monday and was expecting to go through the motions of the orentation and then get in the truck and leave. But then they through it in at the orientation they do require that test that I am not able to take and asked if there was anything that I could do to avoid taking it I even took my shoes and socks off to show them my scars on my feet and they said that unfortunately it is a requirment and there is nothing that they could do. So again i got sent home, when I left I made a couple of calls one to my wife of course and the other was to convergys where I know that I had a pretty good chance of getting on there and went through the intital interview process and had an interview/test scheduled for this last Wednesday. Well I aced the interview and test and will begin work on April 28 I will be working as a customer care specialist for Directv and it should be fun. In the mean time I hope that I can work on getting some endorsments for my CDL and can still look and apply for driving jobs and eventually do what I have always wanted to do and that is to drive one of those big rigs. That is it for now Like I said earlier I won't be back until the 27th so Enjoy and I will see you around.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey baby... Just wanted to stop by and say HI and I love you!!! I am going to link you blog to mine!!!