29 May 2009

Not much going on here:

Yep, not much happening right now, but it looks like things will be picking up here really soon. The weather has been really hit and miss the last week or so, so I haven’t been doing very much out-of-doors.

Oh I putter around in the garden every few days, maybe cut the grass, tend to the seedlings on the back porch, putter around the house, cleaning, picking up, doing laundry or dishes. Oh and the occasional bit of studying, too. Actually I should be studying right now, but I’m just not into it.

But like I said things will be picking up soon. We have Relay For Life coming up and there are several events that will take up my time. The 6^th is our annual roadblock. This is where I’ll stand out in a busy road for six hours in the hope people will stop and give us a buck or two. We really don’t hold out much hope this year with the economy being what it is, but I’ll be out there anyway!

Then on the 12^th is my tenth anniversary being married to my wonderful wife. It’s gonna suck that I have a final exam that same night so maybe we’ll go out later that night for a late-night snack.

On the 13^th is the annual Relay For Life motorcycle ride. Last year we had 160-170 motorcycles involved and I forgot to take my camera! Oh, well, I’ll just have to remember it this year. I don’t know if M will be coming or not, since she doesn’t much care for riding in a group. To tell the truth I don’t like to ride in a group either, but I’ll do it for a good cause.

Then, last but not least, the actual Relay For Life event for our area is going to be the 22^nd and 23^rd and we have a bunch of work to do leading up to it. Our Church does chicken dinners so we have to get all the fixin’s ready and set up the campsite early so we can get to the cooking part in time for everyone to arrive and kick off the event at 7pm that Friday night. I also plan on staying the whole night. Last year our minister’s wife was the only one to stay at the site all night and I felt as though we as a group had let her down. So I’ll break out the tent and the Coleman stove and some of the camping gear and make it a nice and comfortable night for whoever decides to stay.

On another Note:

I just found out yesterday that the college that I’m attending is practically useless. Let me explain.

My long term goal is to eventually get my Bachelors degree in Occupational Therapy. That is going to be a long time down the road from now, but still, that is my goal. Well I just found out that the credits I’m earning right now at this “business” college will not be accepted (at all!) at the college I will eventually be going to for the Bachelors degree. So I will have to take all the same classes over again to get the credit for them. So why in the HELL am I going to this business college?

Well that is a bit complex. I need to get my foot in the door into a medical career. So I’m going for an Associates Degree in Medical Assisting. But I thought it would be a step forward into getting the Bachelors degree later. But it isn’t really a step forward, come to find out. But I’m getting all of these student loans and I will eventually have to pay them back. But why do it when I’ll have to do it all over again?

Aw, hell. I don’t know what to do anymore.

Better News:

I think I might have finally gotten a good line on a position at the VA. Everything so far has it looking pretty good and the comments of the HR guy when I handed him my employment package were very encouraging. Let’s just say that he has had to refuse packets because people didn’t read the instructions. He was very happy to “Finally get a complete package on the first try!” I had actually spent several days making sure I had EVERYTHING complete and done before I handed it in.

The open period for the position ends 11^th of June, so I hope to hear from them around that time. Or even sooner if possible. It take the VA a long time to get a new hire in because of the background check and all that so I hope that things will speed right along!

Oh well. I have high hopes, but low expectations. You never know what will happen and I would rather not be too disappointed.

I’m Alive… So Far…