Apologies for not updating sooner. We have been slammed at school. I will give you all an overview of what was all said and done over the past 3 days.
Monday: This was our last true night class. We started the day off by attending our benefits class. We also received our Steven's driving handbook. It's huge! After the benefits class, we went on the road to drive over our DPS driving test route for the rest of the night.
On Tuesday, we had to be at the DPS at 630a.m for our driving test. I really don't understand why so early since they open at 8 and they bring us to the front of the line anyways. Nevertheless, we only got 4 hours of sleep the night before. When it came time for my turn, I proceeded to start my airbrake tests, but I forgot to turn the ignition back to the 'on' position after turning the engine off. I caught my mistake, but it was too late. I failed my driving test before it really even had began. I was so pissed off that, in my sleepless stupor, I had forgotten something as simple as that. I also felt very cheated for the fact that I caught my mistake right away, but yet I was still failed. Luckily, you get 3 tries to pass it. After the DPS testing, we all headed back to Steven's to attend some more classes. We had a class from the fuel department talking about fuel economy and fuel bonuses. We also met our driver counselors. They are basically our mentors while we are on the road with our trainers. Once we were finished with that, we got another drug test. I was kind of worried about this one since I had recently taken some cold medication...some of which was Claritin D which, I have heard, can pop up as meth on a drug screen due to the pseudophedrine. I haven't heard anything about it, so I'm assuming that it didn't pop up or that it is a non-issue. I did the best that I could with the medication. I tried to ask people at Steven's, but nobody there could give me a straight answer about what was approved or not. I just made sure to stick with stuff that was non-drowsy.
Today was the First of our 2 loooooong days. Today was 630a.m-9p.m, and tomorrow is 7a.m-9p.m. First of today was the DPS again. I nailed my test today with a 97. The DPS examiner actually told me that, out of all of the Steven's people that she has ever tested, I received the highest. Now whether that is the truth or not is a different story...but I like to think it is! After the DPS, we went back to Steven's for more classes and some skills driving/backing. The First class was for Alliance Leasing, and the Second class was actually all for filling out our pre-employment paperwork (w4, I9, etc.) When we were finished with the classes, we went out to start our skills backing. There are several areas including 45° backing, 90° backing, the serpentine, straightline offset backing, and Hunt's Point. Hunt's Point is an incredibly difficult dock to get in to in NYC. So far, I am the only one in the class to get it...it took me 30 minutes, but I backed her in there!!
Well that about wraps up the past 3 days, and I'm tired. I'm heading to bed now. See you all soon!
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