"In the adult wold, there is no easy." -Nicolas Cage
Professionally, I finally, finally got vested at work as of Feb 1st. This has been my ongoing goal at work for at least the last 2.5 years (once I reached the halfway point) for classified staff at the UW. There was no big party, no acknowledgement, just another day at work, but for one that was a major milestone for me. On one level I feel I may have just wasted 5 years of my life, just getting by, but not doing work that was particularly meaningful, but it was important to me because of my impovershed family background. At this time, my mother is beginning to enter her late 50's with zero retirement planning and total fear about the future. One of my other goals in life has just been to learn from her mistakes. Besides a grad school program that I am applying to this year (which seems like a long-shot for me to get in) I'm trying to figure out what to do next in my work life. Thinking about it just makes me tired beyond belief and realize how much I just need a break and to t