Latest Update:
As of last week, due to circumstances outside of my control, I was forced to withdraw from this class. The normal schedule for this class is 6:00am-2:30pm Monday thru Thursday. After leaving class, I would go directly to work & get there usually by 3:00pm & be there until about 9:00pm. Then I'd get home & the wife, who has been home all day, would need me to help her with housework as well. Ugh!
Well, last week, they changed the schedule for the Thursday class to 8:30am-5:00pm, which means I would have to miss an entire day of work basically. The way traffic is around here, at 2:30, I can make it to work in 20-25 minutes, easy. At 5? I won't get there until at least 6. By then, I've lost the usefulness of going in & I can't afford that with rent being due on this paycheck. Plus, this class they changed the schedule for is a mandatory class you have to attend in order to get certified & being that I couldn't be there for it (on top of the fact that I wasn't really doing all that well at the end there with my welds. They looked good, but I wasn't getting very much penetration on them & was starting to get discouraged by that, being that is a big deal). But, I withdrew in good standing with a B+ average, I can retake the class another time, not have to go thru the interview process again & start over. That does mean I'll have to start over from the beginning, but that's ok.
Now, I have been thinking that instead, I would really not like to be in welding at all. So, I may start looking for classes just for electrician so I can get my Journeyman license & start doing side work on the weekends. But that'll be down the road a ways. Right now, I am focused on getting thru the Christmas season relatively unscathed. I slipped a disc at work in my lower lumbar region & have been in the shape of a question mark ever since. Thankfully, this is a short week & hopefully they'll have me on training people this week so I can actually be of some use while on light duty.
Anyway, I thank you all for the encouraging words & support. It sucks that it went this way, but it is what it is. Can't know what we're walking into until we walk into it & sometimes we find out it ain't for us. But at least I tried, right? I'll keep pressing on til I find the right thing.
As of last week, due to circumstances outside of my control, I was forced to withdraw from this class. The normal schedule for this class is 6:00am-2:30pm Monday thru Thursday. After leaving class, I would go directly to work & get there usually by 3:00pm & be there until about 9:00pm. Then I'd get home & the wife, who has been home all day, would need me to help her with housework as well. Ugh!
Well, last week, they changed the schedule for the Thursday class to 8:30am-5:00pm, which means I would have to miss an entire day of work basically. The way traffic is around here, at 2:30, I can make it to work in 20-25 minutes, easy. At 5? I won't get there until at least 6. By then, I've lost the usefulness of going in & I can't afford that with rent being due on this paycheck. Plus, this class they changed the schedule for is a mandatory class you have to attend in order to get certified & being that I couldn't be there for it (on top of the fact that I wasn't really doing all that well at the end there with my welds. They looked good, but I wasn't getting very much penetration on them & was starting to get discouraged by that, being that is a big deal). But, I withdrew in good standing with a B+ average, I can retake the class another time, not have to go thru the interview process again & start over. That does mean I'll have to start over from the beginning, but that's ok.
Now, I have been thinking that instead, I would really not like to be in welding at all. So, I may start looking for classes just for electrician so I can get my Journeyman license & start doing side work on the weekends. But that'll be down the road a ways. Right now, I am focused on getting thru the Christmas season relatively unscathed. I slipped a disc at work in my lower lumbar region & have been in the shape of a question mark ever since. Thankfully, this is a short week & hopefully they'll have me on training people this week so I can actually be of some use while on light duty.
Anyway, I thank you all for the encouraging words & support. It sucks that it went this way, but it is what it is. Can't know what we're walking into until we walk into it & sometimes we find out it ain't for us. But at least I tried, right? I'll keep pressing on til I find the right thing.