Well I have found out that it will take a 4 year degree to be a probation officer. I have to have training in Criminal Justice and Social Work too. There are other areas I need too but I’m not totally sure what they are right now. I guess I’ll find out more when I choose a school.
I have checked with the University of Phoenix online and they do have an Associates in Criminal Justice and also a Bachelors in Criminal Justice. That’s a start. Now I have to do some more checking to see if there is a local college that offers online courses. I need online courses more than classroom classes. I can schedule a few classes a week in the classroom but not many.
I spoke with my father about my ideas and believe it or not, he’s okay with it and even said he would pay for it. He just thinks I’m throwing my life away managing this store. I think so too now. Guess I am growing up after all. I don’t know if that’s good or bad. Hey I could get a degree in Electronic Engineering and be the one that puts the house arrest bracelets on the people. That’s another thing to think about because if I got tired of that then I could always get a job in Electronics somewhere else.
Well like my father says, it’s time for me to grow up and do the grown up thing. I still don’t want to be a lawyer like my father but law is something I think I’ll go into. At first I thought I would take Criminal Justice and then go to Basic Law Enforcement Training. Then I thought I didn’t really want to be shot at or have to shoot someone else.
I have made a decision, I want to be a probation officer. Now I’m sure my father will pitch a fit about that one because they don’t make nearly what a lawyer does but it’s not always about the money now is it? I don’t think so but my father makes it sound that way. As a probation officer, I just might be able to help people through the law that way. I’m sure there’s still a chance to get shot or shot at but not as much as if I was a police officer on the streets.
I’m going to do a little more digging into it before I make a commitment and start classes. If I take the classes online, I can still work while going to school I would think. Like I said, I have some more checking into things before I can decide what to do for sure. One things for sure though, I can’t see myself working here for the rest of my life but I can until I get a degree and can get another job. Then I can tell them to ‘Take this job and shove it’. I’ve always wanted to do that ever since I heard that song. Did you know that David Allen Coe wrote it and Johnny Paycheck sang it?
Thank God it’s Friday and I have tomorrow off!!!! I haven’t had a day off in 11 days. Welcome to management of a discount store. I am supposed to get one day off a week but this one calls in sick and that one leaves early for one reason or another and I get stuck going in on my day off. I’m required to work 52 hours a week. I have put in as many as 84 hours and didn’t get a dime extra either.
What the heck am I doing there then? I’m beginning to ask myslef that same question. I used to sort of enjoy my job but not it’s a JOB!! That’s all, a pay check every other week. Sure I make pretty good money if and that’s a huge IF I only work my required 52 hours a week. But at 84 hours a week, my cashier makes more an hour than I do. I really think I need to rethink the whole college thing.
With all of the Valentines stuff out already, I am so darn sick of hearing those darn stuffed animals that sing “Hunk of burning love” and any of the other songs they dance and sing to. If I could, I would take the batteries out of them but then my district manager would come in and realize what I had done and it would be my rear.
One things for sure, I wouldn’t buy my girlfriend a noisy stuffed animal if she asked for one. I tell you what I did find. I found a great web site that I have already ordered her some absolutely beautiful flowers from. They will make sure she gets them on February 14th. I ordered her a live orchid plant that is the most beautiful flower I have ever seen.
I thought I should go ahead and order them because knowing me and my pea brain, I would not realize that Valentines Day was almost here and then I’d be stuck getting her one of those darn stuffed animals and a box of candy. Now aren’t these better than a noisy stuffed animal and a box of candy?
That’s one of the things I hate about working retail. You no sooner get one holiday over and they’re having you put out the next upcoming holiday. We have Christmas stuff marked down 50% to 75% on one isle and Valentines stuff on the isle across from it. It sure makes all of the holidays run together for me.
Now I have to put up the dancing devil that every kid that walks by has to push the button and I have to hear that goofy song over and over and over. I try to keep things like that out of reach of kids but there’s always a tall one that will put it down so the little ones can make them play. By Valentines Day, I hate those things. So if anyone wants to get me something for Valentines Day, make sure if doesn’t make any noise.
It’s things like that which make me think twice about what I’m doing. I just might have to do the grown-up thing and go back to school and get another job………..but not as a lawyer! Me in a suit, I don’t think so.
