CDL Week: Day 4… Whew!

Thursday:

What a nice change of pace today was.  This morning I was at the DMV by 7:30, they opened at 8, and I was leaving by 8:30.  Remember my rant about the crowded conditions and lack of service at our local DMV office?  Well, never mind.  Today was like I haven’t seen it in years; only ~20 folks in line when the doors opened, and by the time I left a half hour later the lobby was empty!

And I almost messed up.  While waiting for my new license to come out of the photo machine two young guys came in carrying their helmets and asking for the motorcycle skills test.  Yikes… I checked on all the endorsements I should have on my new license EXCEPT I forgot about my m/c endorsement from my class C license.  Fortunately it was no problem; the examiner who did the paperwork apologized profusely for overlooking it, and they took my picture again to produce another copy with all it should have.

I was off the rest of the morning and didn’t have to go to the OC until 1pm for a class meeting.  All they did there was give out a few essentials to us new employees (well, as of tomorrow anyway) like our driver’s numbers, fuel cards, and a new pair of boots.  Brandy had us take care of a little necessary administrative paperwork, and afterward Dan talked about what we should expect in the next few days while we wait to hear from our TE.

Once that was taken care of we were done.  So here I’ll sit (calling in daily, as per their instructions) until my TE calls.