and a revision...

I think it's always good to put ideas down on paper or well e-paper to let them seep outside the mind... and that is what I have done. I have come to realized that one yr of school vs two years is not that bad. What I have realized is that if I do school during the day and end up getting home at 1:30 or later in the morning that I won't allow enough time for me to settle down or even do the simple chores that can be done in say thirty minutes like dishes or a quick vacuum. I also realize that if my days off end up being recovery days from exhaustion then I am not on a good track since having designated days to sleep in.. recover.. be lazy will only alter my body in a negative way. I also realize that I would become an exhausted slug and not be an adequate dad for my daughter. I'm reverting to my decision to do evening classes. I found out they run mon through thurs 5:30-9:30.

Reasons. 1. Getting home at 9:32 gives me hours to wind down. Yes I can get there within thirty seconds, but I give the 1 1/2 minutes to leave the classroom and get to my vehicle. 2. Not having class on friday I can keep my schedule and that will give me plenty of time with my daughter. I would be having a hard time trying to get a schedule that has good days off. Example I could try for a sat sun off, but that means I would get off work at 2am. And if I get classes that start at 7:30 or 8:00... that is not much sleep at all. Five hours or less five days a week. I can keep my current schedule of going in to work at 8:30, which is nice. I can get skye to preschool with no problems without having to get up even earlier for either one of us. I would have enough time to stop by home after work to grab a snack and then back out the door. But another four hours won't harm me. I can eat dinner afterwards. I have to say I do enjoy the option to go anywhere for lunch if I am wanting something specific even though I am trying really hard to just eat some simple pbjs for budget reasons. 3. Holiday hours I'm really not too worried about. They usually give you the option of two shift types. One is earlier and you work just eight hours a day six days a week, but can be held the full twelve, but a good chance of not or coming in at ten am and that is the one where you will be staying late vs the earlier shift. I learned the careers have to get in their overtime amount before the contract employees can even go over 40. I'm just going to put my trust in that everything will work out with school and work on hours 4. By doing evening classes once I get a few classes done and know the basics I can start my job searching/applying. I can always work the new job while I finish up the rest of my classes. But schooling during the day makes it much harder to do. Yeah I could just jump to evening classes, but that means my window of job searching is limited... just can't jump to evening classes half way through the semester... 5. I can actually be somewhat social and get out for a few hours as well. 6. I do remember working the evening shift when I started and I was way more tired doing that then when I switched to day shift. I feel more confident with this decision.