Well, I didn't pass my background check at monticello's nuclear plant... I tried to find new work for 2-3 weeks... and nothing came up... perhaps manpower has lost faith in me, or they really don't have any new assignments that are clerical in nature... who knows... so I took the chance and decided to visit the Minnesota school of business in St. Cloud...
I met up with an admissions councilor... and went through the process... found myself signing up for classes and embarking on my new career path to get certification in Massage Therapy.
A couple days later, I meet with financial aid, and realize that despite my being 25 now, I'm still screwed for returning to school... no MN grant money, "maximum" Stanford loans (which barely cover a 3rd of the cost of school)... and needing to come up with an exorbant amount of money... I begin the search.
After a week, I quickly come to realize how fucked up my credit rating is, and how I've screwed up my parents credit rating... no loans are being approved... I'm forced to go to the school itself and take up their personal loan, of which doesn't cover all the costs of school (a little diddy they "Forgot" to tell me about, until I damn near signed the dotted line) So I must pay out a large sum of the schooling 2nd and 3rd semester... this I can handle... IF I had a job.
On the brighter side, I got an extremely part time job at gold's gym... early morning... it'll keep me going to the gym so I don't have to pay for it anymore. Add to that, I added my phone line to my families T-mobile plan, which lowers my payments to only 15 bucks...
So now I have a low level job, and my weekends are still wide open to pick up another job delivering pizza or something... This I could handle...
On the EXTREMELY dim side, the loans I was counting on stopping for the duration of school, aren't... Firstmark once again rears it's ugly head, proving to me that I have made a grave mistake in my past... my first real regret ever... the minute I can pay off that loan, wont come soon enough for me... they are a callous in my life... and only piss me off in their false benevolence. So now not only do I have to pay for most of school in a couple months, I need to keep paying almost all of my loans at the same time... I wasn't keeping up with that so well before... how to FUCK am I going to do that, going to school full time? No one's hiring me, despite calling back... despite receiving counciling from carrier services... I suppose it's Mc Donalds full time now... who the fuck needs sleep anyways?
But time to rant is over, I gotta study for a test in a couple hours Since I lose it all if I drop below a C in classes... and I've failed myself in the process... thank God I have
July 20 2005, 19:20:27 UTC 6 years ago
I'm not a proponent of massage therapists, at least paying money for training, as I don't know if there is a high demand for them, is there one? There is always manufacturing/production work, but I'm sure you've checked them out.
July 20 2005, 19:48:51 UTC 6 years ago
The popularity and knowledge of it's use in medical practice is growing... insurence companys are starting to pay for massage for those who are injured... I would aim for those who workout with sports massage most likely... stopping injuries before they begin. Is it in huge demand? Maybe... maybe not... it's better then my usual pattern of getting crap jobs, and losing them a year later, getting further behind in debt and so forth... this way, I'm trying to put forth a carrer path that MIGHT allow me to get my ass out of my parents house.
There is always manufacturing/production work, but I'm sure you've checked them out
Ayup... either will expect me to work durring school... or I'm not qualified apperently. The search continues I suppose... I'm just glad I got a 15-20 hour a week job at Gold's Gym...it's a start to paying shit off, and aleivates some bills I had with them prior... I just hope they don't fickle out on me.