[QUOTE=SlitherinSisters;1528341]Lol, yep, Iowa I'll admit it, I love Iowa, other than the cold... The hiring freeze totally screwed me over. I had the chance to chat with the guy that heads Iowa Corrections and he pretty much told me I had a job when I graduated...then the hiring freeze happened...

You know...I just saw a posting for State Patrol in Iowa not long ago. I told Blake, my fiance, about it and he just looked at me like I was nuts, lol. He didn't really like the idea of me working in a prison either. He worries too much I think he was really stressed for the first year of our relationship because I was working in a locked unit of juvenile sex offenders That was my favorite job!

That sucks, Slitherin! Dang! If it helps any, it took me a year after I graduated the law enforcement academy to land a job...I paid my way through on my own dime as part of my degree while most normal (read: "more intelligent than ME!") people get hired by an agency then are paid while they attend. Oh well, live and learn!

It's an awesome career field and I wouldn't want to do anything else but then I never claimed to be very smart, lmao! Hahahahaha! Regardless, glad things are looking up for you even if it's not your dream job...hang in there! And truthfully, law enforcement is not any more dangerous than most any other job, really, depending on the area in which you work, obviously. Heck, I've got more scars and sustained more injuries working in a welding shop than I have in the duration of my career, lol! Maybe that says something about my abilities as a welder...hmmm...