So, today I registered for my classes at community college! They are just waiting to get my transcripts and I need to pay my tuition by the August 2nd. So, yay.

I was only able to register for two classes being this late into registration. They are both online classes, the only way I could take them, and a lab. They are Basic Computer Skills and Anatomy. The only one that worries me is the computer skills class because technology has never been my friend. Together with fees it will run me about $512 all together. The first CNA class will only be about $125!

I might have to eat a lot of ramen for the first month or two but it will be worth it to get the hell out of housekeeping.On that front, the worthless old man that I work with, the one that has to retire before they make me full time, is considering leaving at the end of the year! That means I get to work year round, get more pay and finally get some benefits! 

Here’s hoping.

Yesterday I went to the community college and picked up a packet of information and paperwork to fill out to attend. I have until the 1st of August to register for fall classes. Since I found out that I will not be made permanent until Lazy Ronald retires next April, it has given me a bit more motivation to get the hell out of there as soon as possible. I am going to turn it in on Monday and hopefully speak to an adviser on what I need to take. 

Speaking of work, the reason I was able to go because I had Thursday off from work. Since they have consolidated our departments for the summer, which is usual apparently, and it will continue into the fucking fall because their building is under renovation, is that in order to keep things “fair” they make everyone work a weekend day in exchange for a week day off. Which fucking sucks because you will never get two days off in a row. So if you want to go anywhere for more than a day you are fucked! If it where fair, they would not treat the people in our department do that and just the assholes that were brought in. 

Also I got into it with a girl I work with. One of the new positions created during the summer is a doorman like position where a person sits in a chair and waves everyone to the right entrance. I merely remarked that it was a nice change of pace from standing behind a counter for 8 hours and she went ballistic and started accusing me of accusing her of being lazy. I reminded her that she was and that I only knew what her ex-best friend told me and then I walked away. In typical crazy bitch fashion she started yelling at me across the main floor as I walked away. She then went into the head manager’s office and tried to get me in trouble. He did not believe her and knew that I meant no harm. The situation defused. Also, she got in trouble with the other supervisors for not respecting the chain of command and going over their heads. They said she is also on thin ice over snapping at other co-workers, lying about being pregnant and faking an injury. 

I also found out my friend Ms. Ruth got a new position and is moving to another department. I will miss her but she will visit and she will be better off than she was. She has a fair share of assholes to deal with, even more so because they give her hell for being Jewish and Canadian. She is the nicest and most generous person that I have ever worked with there. I already miss her.

And the last time I visited my mom she went on another tirade about the length of my hair and the way I am dressed. She kept trying to rationalize her disapproval by saying that I will be more successful with getting jobs that I am not qualified for and that girls will give me “a second look”. Not just any girls, the “girls at Wal-Mart”. Wow, mom. The number one place to pick up chicks. Especially with no teeth and no fucking future. My whole life I have been the invisible man. No one gives me a first look so why should I go out of my way to impress some superficial moron? Besides… I am happy to some extent the way I am! My love life is none of her God damned business. I barely have a social life because I went to school for five years and worked 7 days a week to keep MYSELF up the whole fucking time. I have only two real friends in this world and I cherish them for that and they are all I really need. 

I want out.

“One of these days I am going to tunnel out of this ocean of shit I’m in.”

I talked to my mom tonight about my plans to take classes in nursing. She was ecstatic over it. She said that I would be perfect for it and that I would make a lot of money. She told me that she wanted to be a nurse too. But life got in the way, and by life the abysmal marriage straight out of high school to a man who was seven years older than her and treated her like shit. And, the demon hell-spawn child that was my sister. 

On another note. I might be getting a permanent position at work soon. One of my co-workers, the world’s laziest douche bag, is going to get his knee replaced next month. He weighs almost 400 pounds so he is not going to be coming back any time soon. On top of that, he is expected to retire this summer. He may have to hurry up and retire because of his knee which leaves me open to take his spot. That means almost $3 more per hour and state employee benefits. Yay.

I asked a girl that I work with about the nursing program that she is going into. After the general education is out of the way, it is only a two year program. If I can keep my current hours, I can take evening classes each night at the community college and get my certification. It might take me a bit longer, because I might just take only 2 classes a semester. But, it can be done. 

One of my supervisors says that there is a high demand for male nurses because the population is getting older and heavier. I now have more motivation to start lifting weights again.