Advice Please!!

[blbrown4]

Can someone advise me?????
I am a recent grad of Feb-07, Humble, Texas. I started this thing late in life. I am a 36 year old with a 15 and a 10 year son. As a child I was told that this line of work was for men, so upon graduation of high school I did not do it. In my marriage, even though my husband got his CDL I was reaffirmed that this line of work was for men only. Well, now I know what I want to be when I grow up, A Truck Driver. With five months in and a divorce behind me, I am still having a hard time with this dream of mine. None of the local companies here in Houston will hire with less them one year experience. I want to go over the road, but I have no accountable family members that can watch the children. What do I do???? I really want to do this. I even have dreams of driving. I can only imagine how it will be to take a shower at one of the truck stops. Recently I took a trip with a friend who works for Wal*Mart, who by the way needs one year too. Anyway, I took a nap in the back and that was one of the best night?s sleep that I have ever gotten. It was wonderful. I want to do this thing now more than ever. Sometimes when I am driving and I see a truck, I feel as though I am having a love affair with it. I love them and yet and still so close but yet so far. What should I do? Am I the only one that feels like this?

[fozzy]

Once you are responsible for children, your responsibility is THEIR dreams. When they are grown and gone, then you can have YOUR dreams. Quit dreaming about something that is basically horrible for kids and start dreaming about making sure they have a chance at theirs. Dreams are for children.

[puppetnm]

A Big 10-4 Fozzy.......yes! Great Reply.....

[jesterjess]

I do agree that this is a tight situation for you, and you need to choose very wisely. Your family must come first, and you need to realize what kind of future your children will have with a non-existant mother. Are they prepared to be raised by a family member for your dream?

However, I don't agree the statement that dreams are for children. If you stop dreaming, then you stop living. I sure hope that no one ever stops dreaming.

Just a few words from a few important people.

*When our memories outweigh our dreams we become old. Bill Clinton
* Hold fast to dreams for if dreams die, life is a broken-winged bird that cannot fly. Langston Hughes
* The indispensable first step to getting the things you want out of life is this: decide what you want. Ben Stein
* All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes, to make it possible. Thomas Edward Lawrence
* The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams. Eleanor Roosevelt

[animangus]

Listen to the above advice. When your children are grown then you can follow your dream, and don't think it will be to late then. I got my CDL when I was 50, so 36 is NOT starting late in life. Also many companies will look at your age as a plus. Older people have more maturity, better work ethics, etc... than a teenage newbie fresh out of driving school.

Best of luck in your future

[dechiknhaulr]

Originally Posted by fozzy

Once you are responsible for children, your responsibility is THEIR dreams. When they are grown and gone, then you can have YOUR dreams. Quit dreaming about something that is basically horrible for kids and start dreaming about making sure they have a chance at theirs. Dreams are for children.

If she has all that to say about a job she's never done, but has nothing more to say about her children other than they are standing in the way of HER future, then maybe placing the children in someones elses care is best.

Once the love affair is over, she can always come home to claim her children. The courts always see fit to return children to neglectful mothers.

[jesterjess]

Ouch... But, I agree with the ChiknHaulr.

[bigjoe]

She is imagining what it will be like to take a shower in a truck stop?

I have took a bunch of 'em in a T.S. and its no grand affair. Until TA improved the shower system by automated kiosks you had to wait in a long line for a key. You had to wait in line to get the key when you were called then another long line to return the key & get your deposit back. Even before that I remember when there were no private showers. You just walked in the men's room, found an empty stall, pushed back the mold lined curtain and stepped in.

Anyone who dreams about such a trivial thing is in love with the fantasy side of the job. These are the type who wake up to harsh reality and realize how hard the job is when the romance of the road has waned.

I hope these children do not become orphans of the road.

[gilletts]

I am in need of a co-driver.
We run on a dedicated account out of Plainfield In. and we are useally home a couple of times a week and useally at least one week end day.
If interested you can E-mail me at gilletts@ccrtc.com or call H - 765-386-6223 or Cell - 903-466-2894

Thanks,
Steve Gillett

Originally Posted by blbrown4

Can someone advise me?????
I am a recent grad of Feb-07, Humble, Texas. I started this thing late in life. I am a 36 year old with a 15 and a 10 year son. As a child I was told that this line of work was for men, so upon graduation of high school I did not do it. In my marriage, even though my husband got his CDL I was reaffirmed that this line of work was for men only. Well, now I know what I want to be when I grow up, A Truck Driver. With five months in and a divorce behind me, I am still having a hard time with this dream of mine. None of the local companies here in Houston will hire with less them one year experience. I want to go over the road, but I have no accountable family members that can watch the children. What do I do???? I really want to do this. I even have dreams of driving. I can only imagine how it will be to take a shower at one of the truck stops. Recently I took a trip with a friend who works for Wal*Mart, who by the way needs one year too. Anyway, I took a nap in the back and that was one of the best night?s sleep that I have ever gotten. It was wonderful. I want to do this thing now more than ever. Sometimes when I am driving and I see a truck, I feel as though I am having a love affair with it. I love them and yet and still so close but yet so far. What should I do? Am I the only one that feels like this?

[texdrifter]

The kids come FIRST - enough said