I've been a trucker for the last ten years but now I am back home at "Camp Chaos" and I will be working at the Fontana terminal as a safety specialist. I hope now that I'm home I'll have a lot more time for blogging!


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My cell phone rang around noon today. Unfortunately I was already on my phone talking to my last student. By the time I got him off the incoming call was gone... I looked at the screen on my phone and it said '1 missed call... unknown caller'. Bummer. Pretty soon my phone beeped and it said 'voice mail message' so I called my voice mail and the message was from Lynn from Werner in Omaha. "Call me, as soon as you receive this message, we need to speak to you."
I called the number, waited for Lynn to answer his phone and then I said "Hi Lynn, Tom McConnaughy here, I understand you wanted to speak to me."

Yes Tom, we wanted to notify you that after viewing your video that was sent to us, we would like to offer you the Safety Specialist position at the Fontana Ca terminal."

Whew... I got the job

Today, Friday Sept 1, was my first day in my new job. I wasn't even out of my old truck yet! Sue came to the terminal to pick me up and we unloaded the truck. Then we went to Fuddruckers for dinner.

I asked John, my new boss, when I would start my new position?... and just then his phone rang. It was Lynn from Omaha, telling John that I had accepted the offer and I was now on the payroll as of today. So... John hung up, looked at me and said "well our questions are answered... you start today, but after you clean out your truck, go home for the holiday, enjoy your time with your family and we'll see you 7:00 tuesday!"

Wow!! I'm getting paid to be home!! First time that has happened in ten years!!

So, I'm home now to stay! Yea!

Well... I still have to go to Omaha on Sept 10 for 3-4 weeks on training, but after that I will be home for good.

I can be at all the meetings again... that will be nice!

I can sleep in my own bed every night... that will be nice!

Tomorrow, Saturday, and Monday, we get to work in the yard. I think I'm really going to like being a homebody again.

So, with a contented sigh.. goodnite!
posted by Tom at 10:28 PM