Thinking...

So I'm sitting here thinking.

I know. I smell smoke too.

There are too many things running through my head right now.

One is how much I hate my job.

I cannot work there any longer. It is against everything I believe in to do my job every day. I have a very hard time working for someone that feels no sympathy for "the little guy" just trying to make his way in this world.

I work for a company that sells maintenance supplies. Anything companies may need to make their business run, things like bin liners, cleaning chemicals, right down to the take-home containers you get when you visit some of our local restaurants. We do a ton of business in the NEW area.

My issue lies in my boss's thinking. He has no problem jacking prices up 40-60%. I have a very hard time charging some companies almost triple the price of what we paid for items. Sorry, but unlike most people, I have a conscience.

I also have a hard time being the only one that works in the office. This makes me everything from Customer Service to Accounts Receivable/Accounts Payable. I have little to no accounting background. I can do the basics no problem. My problem lies in when trying to give my boss an answer to a question, if I can't spell it out for him - literally - it's a huge problem to him. Put it this way - I had to type up a "how-to" sheet, complete with pictures, on how to use Facebook. Seriously.

The thing that really set me off recently is this. I totally understand that it's his company. He can do whatever he wants with his money. Recently he went to a local golf outing. He got too drunk to drive himself home. So he called a cab. To take him to another bar. Then when it was time to go home (for real this time) he called another cab. The next day he had me pay his cab fare with the company credit card and write it off as a "Travel Expense." Sorry, but that really REALLY bothers me. Just like how he pays the guy that mows his lawn at home with the company account and writes it off as "Building Maintenance." Our office is in an industrial park. We're surrounded by concrete....

So I've decided this.

My wonderful mother-in-law and I toured a new college in Green Bay (my mom already had plans or she would have been with us). I only say "new" because it's new to the Green Bay area. The college itself has been around for 125 years with locations in MN, SD, and now WI.

I loved it.

And I loved that my mother-in-law is so supportive in this. My entire family actually. So with their help and support I am going back to school.

I'll hopefully be starting in October in the Veterinary Technician Program. In two years (God willing!) I will have my BS in Veterinary Technology. Something that I have always been interested in. Unfortunately it was never offered in the Green Bay area until now. I'm very excited.

Now I just have to give my notice at work and find a job that will work around my schedule. I'm still in the beginning phases of everything, i.e., finding Financial Aid information, how the Hell I'm going to pay for college, possible "moms going back to school" loans/grants/scholarships, etc. So if anyone has any ideas or hints for me please let me know.

Oh, and wish me luck. I'll need all the support an encouragement I can get.