Well times in this SD town are hard. A lot of places are laying off many people. I got the boot from my employer too. The good news is the state will help, if I (we the unemployed) do volinteer work for local organizations. I am totaly cool with that, but I would rather be working. Any way I'm doing my time (lol) at the local animal shelter. I start in the morning. I'm glad they didn't put me with any place else, to me any animal work is not work at all. Also next week I start a career training program, it starts with a 2 hour aptitude test to see what emplyment feilds fit you. I took the test before, and I already know what the top ten jobs are that would fit me best. Some of them would require me to go back to school.The people I am working with said that if the top jobs would have me going back to school, they would help me find the classes I need to take, and help with the loan papers.
Seeing as most of those top ten are in the pet care field, I'm all for it. If I do get back into school I think I will try to get into vetrinary medicine, and add to it I want to specialize in exotics, as around here it is a growing market with few people knowing anything about careing for animals like my bp, or most any herp.
I have to quote a country song for a moment "the clouds are dark, and the wind is high, but i can see the other side"

Wish me luck in the next few weeks. Maby I can help make a differance in this forsaken place.
Jamie