So here it is, almost a year since I graduated with my AZ and I have stalked every unsuspecting truck with or without wheels, armed with a loaded resume. I feel like a walking pariyah with leprosy; nobody is brave enough to hire a rookie in this "Economoney".

I'm sure I suffer from that serious disorder that rookies get by now if their skills get stale: DS, aka DOWNS-SHIFT SYNDROME.

Schneider has put a hold on their Advanced Driver Training Programme, so I'm finding it a challenge to find more self-insured carriers that will pay out $6K to train me to their company standards. What the Hell. Anybody out there in the cyberyard have any ideas?

You can't eat an elephant all at once; you have to start off with one spoonful at a time.

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Cynthia Mieske