OK...

I am not feeling terribly funny today. For months now I have been able to devise new methods and ideas to make life better with duct tape and explain it to the readers. But today, I feel as if I cut off an arm because it kept hitting me in the face. I have been asked by several people to return to Xanga. I have thoguht about this very carefully and have decided to fight the fight. Thank you all for your support.

Since I found out about all of the issues, I feel as though I have been contributing to the affair. I feel like I have to take a shower. You know, that moment whe you wake up the day after and realize you don't know where you are and have to eat your arm off so you do not wake the other person.Work is also weighing heavily on my mind. The thought of having to return is a bit bothersome. I actually like my job, but I hate the politics. People are jumping ship left and right in an attempt to keep from being on the ship when we finally fall below the freezing cold water. I just hope something happens before we are out of life rafts.For those of you who actually read this, I do not have a bachelors degree. I have had opportunities, but have had to decline for multiple reasons:
  • When I graduated high school, I had scholarship opportunities for music at several schools. But when I thought about a career, I didn't see one in music. Polka music just doesn't have the draw it should.
  • When I left the Air Force, I had another opportunity to go back to school but after 4 years in the Air Force, I had been trained in a well-paying career. A career with huge potential. Telephone and Data Circuitry.
  • I went back to school for a short time in 2002 but the checks from consulting stopped coming since I wasn't working and I had 3 kids and a wife to support. So, back to work.

Now, I don't have a lot of options. I am the sole breadwinner and the closest college would require a lot more time and money than I have to offer. Here is why I bring this up...if I go to look for a new job, I often get placed on the bottom of the pile because I don't have a degree. I have 21 years in information technology but the human resources groups (note to Catbert) look for the degree.

This brings me to my point (as I almost always have one). Get your degree! Finish school on your first opportunity and get the degree. Even if your degree is in coffee maker security, get the degree. I WILL get my degree. Even if I am 92 when I finally receive it, it will come.

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Groom said…
Keep the faith!
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