Farmers Burning Grass, Training, and Stuff

I noticed a lot of things in the past few weeks ... one is farmer's burning their fields. I asked around and I was told they burn the fields to kill weeds ... clearly these guys are much smarter them I am but who knew a little grass fire was a good thing?

I also noticed farmers are the hardest working people in America ... not uncommon to see tractor after tractor working the fields 1:00 in the morning.

Another Change in my End of Training Scheduled Date?

An office employee at Moberly is questioning the date my training officially ends ... they believe (and so do I) that it ends a few days earlier ... I believe the mix up was because of the day cab mentor I had for four days was not included in the original calculation ... but to be honest it does not bother me to stay here another four days ... can't wait to go solo tho!

A Truck Coming Soon

Just spoke to a friend going through the training process ... he is a few days ahead of me so he is in Edwardsville now ... he just finished his road test (told me it was a piece of cake) and was given a truck, same with another guy I know ... so it looks like I should have a truck waiting for me when I get there ... looking forward to it!!!

Stuff

I sold stuff at my parents garage sale only to buy stuff for my future truck. I have GPS, CB, cooler (with plug in), truck road maps, inverter, laptop, business software, etc etc etc. In the next few weeks I should have 99% of what I need to travel the roads ... my plan is to keep to the bare min and start saving like a crazy man by mid year.

GPS

The Magellan 4250 GPS I purchased works great (especially for the price I got it at!!!) ... only two flaws I have found so far:

1) The hands free blue tooth connection between it and my phone could be better but I think that can be fixed with better placement. Worked great in my car but the truck is a different story.

2) Traffic Updates does not seem to work in the country. Major cities are covered but I was hoping to see delays by an overturned chicken coupe!!!

Everything else is great! To many features to mention but some of the key features or toll avoidance, car restrictions, predictive text, easy call feature, voice guidance, and more.