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it's been a long time since i've updated my livejournal, there have been countless times where i've wanted to stop and write something in here but for some reason couldn't pull myself to do it. i have no idea why it's so hard to write in this thing, maybe i've become too comfortable being a habitual reader of lj. well anyway i'm here now, and i'm dedicating myself to writing this post.
life has been good to me, extraordinarily good to me, and i really can't see what i've done to deserve it. i appreciate it a lot though, over the years i've learned to not take things for granted, which used to be a horrible problem for me personally. i'm glad i've been able to mature past that state, i hated myself and how i treated others around me. i've been blessed recently, not in a deeply religious way, but almost every aspect of my life has been working out to my advantage, which almost never used to happen, and yes, i'm extremely grateful for it.
fall quarter started last week, which is the start of my program that i'm taking at clark. this program is all about the power utilities industry, and in the end is supposed to get us into that career. when i registered to take these classes i wasn't completely sure that power utilities is really where i want to take my life professionally. the only ting i know about it is that those jobs pay well. even now that i'm taking the classes i feel so uninterested in what they're teaching, making it through these classes is going to be a struggle, but i'm going to try my hardest to do well. there's no turning back from this point.
ever since i got fired from expeditors i've been riding unemployment. usually people who live on their own and pay their own bills can't afford to live on unemployment alone, unemployment pays, but it doesn't pay that well. my mom has been nice enough to let michelle and i stay at her house for very little money a month. through unemployment i've found all sorts of great opportunities for schooling. there are so many grants and free education programs out there you'd be surprised if you looked. specifically there are a lot of programs to support people that have been fired, and are looking to start a new, more stable career path. since i've been unemployed and really have had nothing better to do, i've explored all of these options and have had some great results from it. so far i've taken two quarters of college, and out of the tuition and book fees i've racked up, i've only had to put out $160 of my own money. i enrolled in a program through worksource a while ago, you have to tell them what career you want to be in, what schooling and how long it will take and they decide whether or not they'll fund you or not. well my plan got approved so all of my classes are completely paid for when i register for them, and they setup an account in the school bookstore for me with $300 in, so when i need my books i can get them without having to spend any money.
now that all my classes are paid for, all the money that comes in from fafsa is just spending money. i got a check last week for $1500 from fafsa, since i didn't have any school nonsense to spend it on i bought myself a new laptop. michelle has sort of made a home out of the sony, and i hate sitting in the office when i want to use a computer, so i bought laptop that i could use regularly. i bought a gateway p-7811fx, it has decent specs, it makes for a pretty good gaming computer. so far the only thing i've tested it out with is call of duty 4, i cranked all the graphics up on it and i was surprised the game didn't lag whatsoever, completely smooth.
i have a ton more to write about, but this post has gotten long so i'll save it for another time. that's what's been going on in my life as of late, just in case you were wondering.
-randy
life has been good to me, extraordinarily good to me, and i really can't see what i've done to deserve it. i appreciate it a lot though, over the years i've learned to not take things for granted, which used to be a horrible problem for me personally. i'm glad i've been able to mature past that state, i hated myself and how i treated others around me. i've been blessed recently, not in a deeply religious way, but almost every aspect of my life has been working out to my advantage, which almost never used to happen, and yes, i'm extremely grateful for it.
fall quarter started last week, which is the start of my program that i'm taking at clark. this program is all about the power utilities industry, and in the end is supposed to get us into that career. when i registered to take these classes i wasn't completely sure that power utilities is really where i want to take my life professionally. the only ting i know about it is that those jobs pay well. even now that i'm taking the classes i feel so uninterested in what they're teaching, making it through these classes is going to be a struggle, but i'm going to try my hardest to do well. there's no turning back from this point.
ever since i got fired from expeditors i've been riding unemployment. usually people who live on their own and pay their own bills can't afford to live on unemployment alone, unemployment pays, but it doesn't pay that well. my mom has been nice enough to let michelle and i stay at her house for very little money a month. through unemployment i've found all sorts of great opportunities for schooling. there are so many grants and free education programs out there you'd be surprised if you looked. specifically there are a lot of programs to support people that have been fired, and are looking to start a new, more stable career path. since i've been unemployed and really have had nothing better to do, i've explored all of these options and have had some great results from it. so far i've taken two quarters of college, and out of the tuition and book fees i've racked up, i've only had to put out $160 of my own money. i enrolled in a program through worksource a while ago, you have to tell them what career you want to be in, what schooling and how long it will take and they decide whether or not they'll fund you or not. well my plan got approved so all of my classes are completely paid for when i register for them, and they setup an account in the school bookstore for me with $300 in, so when i need my books i can get them without having to spend any money.
now that all my classes are paid for, all the money that comes in from fafsa is just spending money. i got a check last week for $1500 from fafsa, since i didn't have any school nonsense to spend it on i bought myself a new laptop. michelle has sort of made a home out of the sony, and i hate sitting in the office when i want to use a computer, so i bought laptop that i could use regularly. i bought a gateway p-7811fx, it has decent specs, it makes for a pretty good gaming computer. so far the only thing i've tested it out with is call of duty 4, i cranked all the graphics up on it and i was surprised the game didn't lag whatsoever, completely smooth.
i have a ton more to write about, but this post has gotten long so i'll save it for another time. that's what's been going on in my life as of late, just in case you were wondering.
-randy