If you're a bird, I'm a bird

Well, as a Personal Vehicle Driver (PVD) for UPS, day-to-day its a roller coaster. The weather, the amount of stops, the number of dogs barking, conditions of the road, how packed the car is, etc.  So Day 5 was rough. I had the most stops I had ever had, 48 that day. I got hung up at a couple paces because I couldn't find house numbers on the house or mailbox. Why?? Some stops I had a difficult time locating the package in the car so that took up time. Then I felt like the order of the route was weird and GPS was having me retrace and backtrack a few times. Needless to say, it was almost 8:00pm when I got home Tuesday night. I don't even know how many miles I drove, but I put in almost 9 hours.  blocks of cotton after being harvested Then there are days like yesterday and today (Day 6 & 7) where I have 31 and 21 stops. Everything about the day was easy- packing the car, finding the packages, following the route, and finding the houses. It was beautiful weather, rode...

The last time I blogged it was about my horrible work conditions in the Beaufort County School District. My blog post was so poignant that the district asked me to remove it. It's okay, it had 106 views before I hide it and the intended audience was among those. I am writing about the new adventure I have in my life right now. After working for a temporary agency for a few months at different local businesses, I decided the apply for a PVD for UPS. I am already an Uber driver so I thought it would be very similar, just transporting packages instead of passengers. I went to an orientation, they did a vehicle inspection. Vehicle can't have logos or bumper stickers, can't be a "hoopty" car with rims and low suspension, has to be a 4-door sedan or SUV. They check your 3 year driving record and can't have any moving violations, they do a background check, and there is a 2-hour paid online training. The PVD rate this year is $21/hour plus mileage at .54 cents. M...