Monday was all drive time. We started off learning parallel parking. I like that we did parallel parking First. A lot of cdl training schools will teach you straight line backing, then 45° backing, and then parallel parking. By doing parallel parking First, you are learning straight line backing and 45° backing at the same time! After parallel parking, we did laps around the hill to fine-tune our up-shifting and downshifting. I spent another day at the DMV finishing up the tests, but now I'm finished with everything but the driving portion.
I wanted to tell you all about the hotel. Where we are staying is called the Crosslands Economy Suites. It's an Extended Stay Hotel, so you get the basic "extended stay" amenities such as: a coffee pot, silverware and dinnerware, cups, a microwave, mini fridge, and stove. If you're lucky, you'll get pots and pans, and maybe even a toaster! If you're super duper lucky like me, you'll get a big room with queen size beds instead of the tiny rooms with single beds. I would definitely suggest bringing your own towels as towels here are few and far between. They never have any towels to give us...basically because people steal them. On one hand, I don't blame them for not replacing things that people steal, but at the same time, I shouldn't be punished for somebody else's wrongdoing. Also with the hotel, management basically treats you like crap...even though you are, in essence, paying for the room. This morning, the hotel manager just comes walking into our room to "see if it was still occupied." No knock, no "Hey, I'm about to come into your room!" Nothing...and then he got pissy with us when we jumped on him. I just keep reminding myself that I only have another week and a half.
I will take video of the hill today along with posting up some pictures of the Steven's yard and whatnot.
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