A time of Reflection

Well it has been quite some time since I last wrote in this thing. And to say a lot has happened since then would be an understatement of the greatest proportion. I have lost my job! I am sure you all know that by now, but in the off chance someone is reading this on the Internet, I am informing them.
I have not been unemployed since 1989, and then for only two weeks while we moved back up to Salt Lake from Las Vegas after school. This is a really weird feeling. I am not used to it.
Luckily I am taking this opportunity to go back to school and finish my degree in Respiratory Therapy. After this I want to pursue a master's in Health Services Administration. My goal is to put my self in a position that as few people as possible have control over my life and job. Time will tell if I am successful.
I loss my job because the company that I helped to form after leaving the U (I worked there for almost 15 years) was bought out by another company from Indiana. They decided that they could use someone else to manage the place.
Now I don't like not having a job, but I have to be honest. I don't think I would have lasted long there anyway. I did not like this new company, nor the way they went about doing business. I felt they were unethical in much of what they were wanting to do. I tried standing up to them to try and protect my people and try and be as ethical as I know we should be. It seems they didn't like this much, so out on my rear I went. Some would call me a fool for losing my job in this manner. By not agreeing readily with everything they wanted to do, it jeopardized my job. And having a job is really important, especially in these times.
I just couldn't do it. I had worked for seven years building a company that had a growing respect and acknowledgement in the community for doing things the right way and in an ethical manner. I just couldn't sit by and watch them throw it all away.
So time will tell whether I made a wise choice. Will the future hold bigger and better things for me and my family. We'll see.
Thanks to everyone who has been so supportive of me and my family. This is a big change for us and it might require even bigger changes before it all works out. I love ya!