I can’t say I personally know anyone, all our drivers at work are just DOT as I guess our boxes are just small enough. My cat would love the time together, he’s overly affectionate and guarantee would spend his life on the road on my lap, I’ve been on vacation and he’s loved every minute of my being home. A little while ago I actually saw a truck go by with a bunch of growing cups of cat grass growing in it and I thought that was adorable. The only thing that’s held me back is 1 I love my job on the caring for plants aspect, and also my biggest life goal is to own my own home, and if I’m always on the road I’m really not going to spend much time at the hone I want so bad. We have 1-2 truckers in our apartment complex, I haven’t seen one of the 2 in a long while, but the gaps between seeing that one are usually longer than the one that’s currently home. I would absolutely love to see the states go by as I travel. Also the whole being a lady person in what I assume to be a male dominated industry as I did work at one of the service plazas on the mass pike several years ago and don’t think I met a single woman trucker the whole time I was there, lots of angry guys when the comdata wouldn’t go through as there was traffic and they didn’t enough miles for refuel, fun times. I live for audiobooks, because of my current job, so to just listen away and drive doesn’t sound bad at all, though long drives and bathroom breaks are a little less easy as a woman. Makes me wish I could actually hook my CB up in the work van because when I was taking my own car when training I enjoyed that the most.I loved driving trk..I have been in the 48 Continental states, my cat has walked on the ground in all those states...driving OTR was not a career choice...for me it was a life style...in my trk were plants, my cat, TV refrigerator, food talking books...everything I personally needed...I saw things and been places that the average person doesn't get to see or do...I can't say enough abt my life as an OTR driver...I was very good at it, and won several contests, do you have anybody who drives a big trk? They can teach you...driving school is not necessarily needed. I went to driving school on some kind of a grant, didn't cost me a dime...please don't give up on that dream...I got injured in 2003...retired me and I can't tell you how much I miss it...I won several awards beating out men (woo hoo!) in backing contests with a 53' trailer...my first award was at the Big Iowa 80 trk stop...I beat 12 men in a backing contest...I freakin loved driving and my ego made me practice and I was a damn good trk driver...circa 1980...sorry for the blurry pixView attachment 288442View attachment 288443