Got a call this afternoon from the C.R.England placement coordinator (who said yesterday morning at 9am that she would call me back within 30 minutes), giving me the name and number of my phase-2 trainer. I called him and left a message and continued down to my new favorite coffee shop - Jack Mormon coffee. Two hours later she called back saying that trainer is no longer training. Instead he's found a permanent 2nd seat driver. So now I'm again waiting. And unfortunately not making any money while doing so. A bit frustrating.
So here's my plug for Jack Mormon coffee.
As you might know, I've been very particular about my coffee for many years. Of the brands found in supermarkets Peets has been my favorite for years and I'll still go out of my way to stop at a Peets coffee shop when I can find one. But Jack Mormon is better. They have just one shop in the "avenues" neighborhood, dedicated mostly to roasting which they do on the spot, on demand, in four small single pound roasters from the collection of about thirty 'green' beans they keep on hand. Following through on the 'on demand' theme they have a "Clover" single cup brewer which makes the best cup of coffee I've ever had. Clover was purchased by Starbucks last year and taken off the market.
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Friday Update: Got another truck and spoke with the driver this time. He's currently crawling through Nebraska in the snow on his way to Salt Lake sometime tomorrow (Saturday). We're heading to Washington State. He says he's been running with each driver taking ten hour driving shifts. That's what I was hoping to do once I go solo so this will be an interesting test to see if my body can handle it - ten hours of driving, ten hours of sleep/etc.. We'll certainly get lots of miles that way, in good weather more than 1200 every 24 hours depending on how long the load/unloads take.
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