Today we drove back to Cullman for the last time to do our "week zero" meeting. Dahnell drove the three of us so Marcus and I actually got to get some sleep in, which was much needed.
When we got there we ate breakfast at the Omelette Shoppe and then went in to our meeting. In between those two I called Sprint's customer service and set my phone up so that it only costs me an extra $5 a month to do roaming calls. That seemed a lot better than $0.50/minute, and it gives me 1,000 minutes, because we've got a 2,000 minute plan.
The meeting was more of the same -- like sales school. We learned some new stuff though, and got all excited about our first day of selling which is either tomorrow or Wendesday for all the first years. My first day of selling will be tomorrow, because I am "following" on Wednesday.
After our "week zero" meeting we drove back to Jackson County, and went straight to Dutton, which is this small town that I'll be working in all of this week. We went into their town hall / fire station and got everything worked out so I could solicit door-to-door. Then we picked the house that would be the infamous "first house" for me. (Way to pile on the pressure and nervousness, guys...)
Then we drove over to Pisgah. We tried to do basically the same stuff we did in Dutton, but by the time we were done, we ran into a new 'adventure.' Dahnell's car wouldn't start. That was pretty nerve wracking for about two hours, until finally the town's water service guy decided to help us out. He'd walked by us a few times already doing his business, but this time he was curious. He gave us a jump and we were on our way again.
Next -- the banks. We checked out some banks and finally decided on Regions Bank. We worked on opening an account there and got all of that situated. I still need to go back at some point though, because nearly all of my picture IDs are recently expired. Luckily, one was only expired by a week though. It is a National ID given by the Uniformed Services, so they thought they could accept that. Now I just need to get an Alabama ID or Driver's License within 30 days and let them make a copy of it for their files.
After that we came back to our HQ. Dahnell left us with a few things to do. We did all of them accept going to the Sheriff's office, and now I am using my little bit of free time to blog while I can.
Tonight counts as a Sunday too, so we get to go to bed early again. That will be nice if it happens.