Okay, so it’s been a long time since I posted. I know my dedicated followers have been waiting on my delicate pearls of wisdom. Of course when I say “Dedicated Followers”, I really mean “she”.
Instead of posting on Politics or Gaming, or even my search for those willing to send me their personal boob shots for my desktop screen saver, I’m going to prose about how life has changed for me in the past month. So sit back and get comfy. This is going to be riveting (for those that like rivets)!
September 30th marked the end of my six and a half year long contract with the state. Fortunately, I was granted plenty of warning about it for me to get with my company to find something new, as well as explore other opportunities. After several months in discussions with my company, there didn’t seem to be anything that I could jump into. So I was looking to be laid off.
I wasn’t too upset over this since Obama has crippled our economy and is doing everything wrong in the area of job creation (and foreign affairs, health care, carbon emissions, etc.), so I knew finding a job would be difficult at best. That said, there are holes in my educational background that hinder my employ-ability, so going back to school is obviously my best course of action. So on September 25th, I enrolled into college. Kind of scary, since I haven’t been to school in over 23 years. But hey…contrary to popular belief, I do love to learn new things.
Now I’m a college student, and day one after the end of my contract, my company tells me that I’m too valuable to just be dropped. They are going to keep me busy on some stuff until they can find me another project to run. I just love managing projects! So this is a good thing, right? No loss of a pay check AND a full time college student. HELL YEAH!!! Wait a minute! How much time is in a day? SHIT! Full time job AND full time school???? Look, I’ve been off Methamphetamine’s for a very long time, and I’m not going back, but life has now turned into a time intensive endeavor. Reading isn’t my strongest suit, you know.
Since I’m not managing a project at this time, my company has me going back to computer and printer troubleshooting and repair. No big deal, this is easy stuff. The problem is…I’ve let all of my certifications lapse. So in order to repair equipment, I have to get re-certified. You know what this means???? That’s right! MORE FUCKING READING!!! So the first couple of weeks I’ve been reading from 8-5 for my re-certifications, and then from 5-9 and 11-2am, I’ve been reading for school! Didn’t I mention that reading wasn’t my strongest suit??? Good Lord! What the hell happened to my master plan of going to school at night and sleeping during the day? I mean…don’t get me wrong, I love working and getting a paycheck, but that wasn’t supposed to be the plan. Sheesh!
Okay, I’m bitching. Don’t take that to mean that I’m unappreciative of the situation that I’m in, because in truth…I’m sitting pretty damn good. It’s really nice to know that the company that you’ve worked for for over ten years, respects you enough to do everything they can to keep you employed. Say what you will about Pomeroy IT Solutions, but my management staff is taking care of me, and I’ve never had that happen in the 30 years that I’ve been in the work force. So obviously, anything that they throw my way, I’m going to do.
Back to school. So for this quarter, I have Business Management, English Comp and College Math. Math is easy. Yes, I needed a refresher in how to work the equations, but I’ve never really had a problem with math. Business Management is not something that I’m even remotely interested in. However, my instructor is pretty fun to watch. For that, I’m giving it an honest effort…even though I have philosophical differences with what is being taught. Of course, I’m not keeping those differences to myself, either. But I am bringing them up in a respectful manner, as to not cause grief. I know…totally out of character for me. *shrugs*
English Comp is just awful! Nothing in this class is exciting or even useful to me. This is my one and only online course, and I’m hating every moment of it. Who writes essays???? This class should only be for budding journalists and novelists. Thesis? WTF? I got a Thesis for you! Everything we’ve been assigned to read and write on, has been hypocritical. Keep your sentences brief yet detailed (Check! As a technical writer, this is essential); don’t ramble (Check! Falls inline with brief sentencing); use a minimum of 200 words to comment on subject [insert any boring as hell subject here]. 200 WORDS! I can do it in 75 using brief detailed sentence structures! What? I can’t ramble? How the hell do I fill in the other 125 fucking words???? If brevity is the soul to wit, then why the hell do I have to have a minimum of 200 damn words?
I wrote my instructor asking that very question. I also explained that I find the class useless, and that I’m only doing it because it’s required. She told me to hang in there, I’m doing a great job. No comment on my questions of the 200 word thing, just “hang in there”. Now, she seems like a very nice lady, and I really don’t want to cause her any grief, but Susan….I’M GOING TO RAMBLE TO SATISFY YOUR 200 WORD REQUIREMENTS ON THE BORING AS HELL TOPICS THAT YOU HAVE US WRITING ON!
*sigh* Okay, where was I. So for the most part, I’m reading and getting paid for it. Then I go to school and read…and I pay for it. So going back to my math, shouldn’t I be able to cancel something out here in order to simplify?
I want to thank those of you that have encouraged and supported my going back to school. Please don’t take my bitching as a sign that I’m not glad that I’m doing this. It’s just me bitching to take a break from all the damn reading.
A special thanks to my wife who not only supports me, but does everything she can to take care of me. Everyone knows I don’t deserve her, and I couldn’t agree more. But I’m happy as hell that she loves me.
Okay…back to the books (and twitter to look at boobs in between paragraphs).
Hendo
Comments (4)
“That said, there are wholes in my educational background that hinder my employ-ability, so going back to school is obviously my best coarse of action.”
“wholes”? “coarse of action”?
yeah…those pesky “wholes” in your education background should be addressed. Start with a grammar and spelling “coarse”.
No…they are whole holes
as in, complete holes. o_0
Ok, so it was you that told me when I went back to school several years ago that I should be finished by the age of 37 as the brain stops functioning in that way at that age.
That being said, when I went back to get in the program I had to write an essay and ya know tht should of been the first hint of what was to come. We had a paper due per week, between 6 and 10 pages and at the end of each class it was topped with about a 20 page paper while you were writing the paper for the next class you just begun. Did I mention that we also were writing a thesis? So about every 8 – 12 weeks we had a chapter due.
So for those of you that are trying to keep count -
every week 6 – 10 page paper
every 7th week, 6 – 10 page paper and 10 – 20 page paper for the “final” of the class we just finished.
and periodically had to turn in chapters of a thesis for review. so over a 52 week period that was about 800 pages of crap that I had to fluff up. And being from a technical background and having to write out specific instructions fluff is/was not my thing.
At the end of the program I was writing my essays the day they were due, full of shit, aka fluff, and the end result was I missed graduating with honors by 19 hundreths of a point.
Keep your head up, learn fluff, and just get through it. I am certain it is an experiance that you will not forget and will cherish when you are done.
Good luck, and thanks for the site.
Just look at your blog and you will see how to write flugg.
Hey there Great Bald One! Fortunately for me, you had it worse that I do. My instructor is just interested in word counts and APA style formatting. Fuck that. There’s no reason for APA style anything.
When it comes to fluff, I can do some fluffing. No, I’m not now, nor have I ever been a fluffer. Just wanted to make that one clear.
My daughter loves writing essays. Obviously, she didn’t get that from me, but bless her heart for it. I’m not sure, but I think she may want to go into journalism. And if thats the case…writing essays is good for her. And if she loves it…then she’s going to excel at journalism. I couldn’t be more proud!
Great to hear from you BaLdOmEn!