Well well well...

Looking at this year in review - it's been a helluva bad year. First, my wife's Mom dies, then her dad gets hooked up with a girl who's 7 years older than me, then we have to put our cat to sleep, and continuing daycare costs and such put us basically in the poorhouse...

But there's now a light.

First thing was - is that I managed to score a B in my last class - a math class that I had to take to finally get my damn sheepskin. So for starters, I finally got that Bachelor's degree a comin'. That right there - signifying the end of my long and arduous school career - is a huge relief considering, I've been "back in school" for almost 7 years now. But, now that that money pit has been escaped (once I make my final payment), then it's done. Wait six months and pay off a 180/month school loan. I can handle going to work, and coming home.

No more having to go to work at the butt-crack of dawn, go to work, get off, go to school for three to four hours, while dealing with snot nosed punks who are all in bands, and are only concerned with the next party (college kids), then either go back to work, or go home, and have to hit the sack, to do it again the next day. No more having to stay up until 2-4 in the morning, running to Kinko's for printups because you have an assignment due the next day. No more having to continually put money on the parking card - and always wondering if you have enough on it... No More!!!

I literally feel almost lost - what will I do with my time now? Get re-addicted to the video games that I used to soak myself in so long ago? Get re-acquainted with the role playing games I used to enjoy? Start building model rockets again? Now that I have all this extra time after work - what shall I do? Obviously, taking care of the kid(s - when the second one finally decides to show...) would be first priority - but when they're not around, or asleep??? I don't know what I'll do!!! (this is a good stress - I'm not worried about it at all!!!) I got so used to having to worry about something after I get off of work - that it's hard not to have to worry about that anymore! LOL!!!

Oh.. the second light.... Well, I've been offered Department Manager at Lowe's. DM of Building Materials, Millworks, Lumber, Hardware and Tools (yeah, five departments...:roll: ) We are talking a substantial raise over what I was making. Substantial. May I say that again? Substantial! I ranted previously that I'm 30 and not even making 25,000/year - well not anymore. It's well above the 30,000/year mark!!! So the money has finally started rolling in.....

Who knows? I may even have to say screw the side work.... (although, I love it so... having that extra money rolling in, is quite addictive...) Although, unfortunately, the money wont' start rolling in, until January 6th.. which is okay, I guess, in the end.

Do I want that kind of responsibility? Sure! I say bring it... It gets stifling when you outsell the specialists in your department, and handle all the freight. Doing this means that I won't really have to worry about putting up stock, and doing projects... I can delegate that out. It's great!

Slightly unnerving though.. here are a bunch of people whom I already know - that I'm going to have to turn around and lead...
Well, it's all good though - luckily I'm good with everyone.

So those are the lights that have shown up here in December. Still haven't gotten to meet baby #2 yet... but should soon enough.. (the wife and I are wondering when in the hell this thing's going to show... :roll: )

Either way, I'll keep y'all posted on that part!!! But yay for me otherwise!!!

HASTA!