Update on Michael

I mentioned back in April that Michael had gotten "bumped" from his job at AT&T.  I'm sure many of you are wanting to know what's going on now.  I get asked all the time if Michael has gotten a job yet.  The answer to that is no.  Actually, we are OK with that.  He has decided that he is going to go back to school.

While this wasn't necessarily our plan, it's seems to be the next logical step and we are at peace with it.  He will start the summer quarter at the end of this month.  As of right now he's just going to go for an associates in IT (more specifically, Network Administration).  Hopefully after that he can get a job where the company will pay or have some sort of tuition assistance to go further if he wants.

We decided this would be the next step for us shortly after the job loss.  Unfortunately it was too late to get into the spring quarter.  It's been quite the waiting game (almost three months by the time he starts), but it's been good for him to have some time off.  His job was way too overwhelming, time consuming and stressful.

Thankfully he has a little bit of time left on his GI Bill.  That will help cover the first two quarters.  The plan as of now is for him to go full time.  We can live comfortably on what I make, so that should be good.  After he gets into the swing of things and sees what this college thing is really like, he may try to get a part time job.

We'll keep you posted on any other news or changes.  As of now, we wait...