The Long Way

Well, this morning went surprisingly smooth at the MVD. Since a few of us were able to drive ourselves there we beat the bus and the hordes of people. After checking all our paperwork the licensing people took us into a testing room and gave us four hours for all three tests. So I went to work and after about twenty minutes I was through with all the tests. So now I knew something had to have been missed…but no, they called my name a few minutes later and took my picture. They give you your test results in a sealed envelope so I don't know what my scores were just that I had passed all three tests. I guess only the driving school gets to open that envelope!

Yesterday was a pretty easy classroom day. We started with defensive driving, then map reading and trip planning and we finished with HazMat. Most people cringe when you mention hazmat but you would be surprised some of the things that are delivered as hazmat! Like; paint, batteries, household bleach…etc. Of course there are real hazardous material loads but you have to have years of experience before they let you anywhere near the fun stuff.

I will start on the range tomorrow morning at 5am. That means no more classroom stuff, finally we get to drive the trucks! I have meet a guy in my class that actually drives further than I do so we are going to start car-pooling. I am supposed to meet him @ 4:15 Tuesday morning just off the 60. We are going to switch-off driving a few days at a time so that should be a designated nap time as it should take us about 40 minutes to make it from East Mesa to the range which is in South Phoenix.

OK, Since I got finished so quickly at the DMV I need to go enjoy some quality daytime TV. For my money nothing says high value sunlight sleeping like Judge Judy!!

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