Changes coming!

Today was a day shift school. I have alot of sick time I won't get paid for when I leave FSI, so I have been using it some each week. I work 5:50 to 12:30 and take an hour sick time Mon-Wed. Thurs and Fri I take full sick days. I am still on call basically anytime there is a problem, but not much going on now. Sooooo, Thurs and Fridays are daytime classes.
This morning we had classes on communicating intent, ie brake lites when slowing, turn signals for lane changes, warning others behind you of hazards, etc. We also went into space and speed management, night driving, and winter driving. We also had alot of discussion on getting too tired to drive, and the consequences.
There are four of us that will start driving next week. We are looking forward to finishing classroom work for the most part tomorrow. There are 11 drives to complete and each is 4 hours. The drives start out with goin out past the airport on an access road next to I-80 that ends at Salt Air and also around the international center, which is an industrial area just west of the airport. Some of the other drives go up thru Logan and back down Logan canyon, and there will also be some drives down Parley's Canyon (Park City to Salt Lake) one using jake brake and one without.
5 of the drives are strictly backing for 4 hours, straight line back, offset back (basically pulling forward, then backing into and straightening in the next lane), a parallel park, and backing into a dock from 90 degrees off.
Tomorrow we will be having a pot luck for lunch. Kim is making potato salad, Dan (one of the instructors) is making sloppy joes, not sure what everyone else is bringing, but it will be kinda nice for a Friday lunch.
Weather is supposed to go to crap tomorrow so won't be doing much this weekend.
Hard to realize this time next month will probably find us in Tacoma!
I have heard that some are reading this, and glad to share. I read a similar blog about a guy going thru Sage schools in San Antonio then going thru training with a company in Missoula Mt, and his first runs. It was interesting to keep track of his daily progress, so I kinda stole his idea. We hope to keep this going till after we get on the road.