I lost my job in January of 2010. Ever since then my life has been in a state of perpetual change. I went back to school, so my day to day schedule gets a change every few months, but in that change I have the consistencies that come with being a parent. My wife works a ton of hours to help put me through school, and to pay the bills. While I am very grateful that I have been able to accomplish all that I have in the past three years, I also am very much looking forward to a life of having a set schedule, and standard routine, and one where the nights are fee to escape what the days hold. My life now is a constant barrage of doing "what needs to be done," and I rarely have the chance to just read a book or just watch a movie. I also know that my life might be all roses in the eyes of many, but it is still a grind. I started working full-time when I was 17 and never stopped until I got laid off. So these three years have been so odd, and so out of place. But hey, the daily grind, no matter what it is, sure beats the heck out of the alternative.

edit: I am hoping that when I do finish with my education on this round, and I finally get a job, that I will work until death comes rapping upon my door. I intend to get a masters, and eventually a doctorate, and I hope to never fully retire from work. It isn't that I am a work-aholic, far from it. I just know that I will love what I will be doing so much that I will never want to leave it. So even in "retirement" I intend to be working at least part-time.

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