I know, way too soon

Well, I just felt that since pretty soon I will be using this blog to inform all you folks about trucking, that I would update so soon telling you about recent decisions concerning trucking. I am going to give my 2 week notice (well, more like 2.5 week notice) on Tuesday (I am of course saying this hoping no one from Sterling reads this). Why this rapid change in plan? Well, mainly because of a week long vacation I was planning on taking. See, I am basically currently scheduled to take in approximately 3 weeks time a 5 day break, and I assumed that I would get my 40 hours vacation time, and after I returned I would turn in my two week notice. I realized that I would have to owe the company some time, since I haven't worked here for a full year, and you have to pay back to the company for vacation time that you took during the year if you don't work there for the entire year. However, I still have one unused vacation day, so I figured thta would covver any time I might owe back. But, I discovered that, for one, I won't recieve my full 40 hour week during my vacation, since I only have about 25 hours vacation built up, and if I used it all, I would probably end up owing some when I left. So, instead of dealing with all of that, with a max of 25 hours, and probably owing some of that back, I decided to just leave earlier than planned.

So, I plan to give my 2.5 week notice on Tuesday, Nov. 27th. Not on Monday, because Monday's are always bad, and full of work, so I didn't want to ruin the day any more (and by ruin, I mean I am a damn good employee, and no one want to see me leave, not the leads nor my boss). And Tuesday instead of Friday because I am scheduled to start work (well, in truth I was scheduled to start work 2 weeks ago) on some new stuff, and I feel bad enough leaving, I don't want them to start this whole new thing expecting me to be there, only for me to leave. I suppose you can chaulk this up to my soul, or my concience, but I would feel bad giving notice any closer to the date I was leaving, or, just leaving without giving any sort of notice, just kind of saying my last night "well, I guess I'll never see you again". And in case you are wondering, that is perfectly legal. There would be nothing illegal against me simply saying that I won't be in tomorrow, or ever. I guess it's simply human decency.

So, basically, on December 26th, I will be starting the Swift driving school, in order to get my CDL, and then start my 6 weeks of training, and then start my career of trucking. Which, of course means that I will be driving over to Lewsiton, Idaho, where the school is, on Christmas day, since I will be starting on Wednesday Dec 26th at 5:00 AM. And since you are probably wondering, I am actually be calling the Swift guy tomorrow to make sure that they will have a school starting the day after Christmas, but since Truckers keep the country, if not the world going, I'm sure they'll have classes starting the day after Christmas.

Keep on Trucking