My lizard and her tunnel ...

[late30s]

I feel pretty good about my short-term and long-term goals. I start the new job on Monday. I return to school next month. Focusing on helping my son get a car by the end of the year (which isn't about me, but it is part of the financial goals). Buying a house by the end of next year. In ten years I hope to still be in my field, house mostly paid for, and enjoying the vacation time. I plan on buying a house in one of the mountain towns near here. I am really looking forward to going home to that kind of environment.

I would also like to open or help an existing school teach the principles of Computer Science to low income students, within the next decade. This is something I plan on doing for free, perhaps on Saturdays (assuming there is an interest). I come from a low income family myself and I like to believe that if I had the foundation earlier, I would have started in my field much earlier in life. I'm not unhappy with my life at this point, as the decades of customer service has aided me in a lot of other aspects of my life, but I think I would have liked to start in this field earlier. I also think that as time goes on, it is going to become vital to have a few programming languages under your belt.

As far as my own growth, I want to continue to improve in keeping my temper in check, not letting hurt little boy control my words for any amount of time. He tends to surface once in a while still. Kindness will remain paramount in my life.

Dogs are definitely part of my future though ... I can't exclude them! :p

Honestly, everything else in my life has really started falling into place. I'm pretty happy with it. Since June I have bought a new car, got completely caught up on tuition so I can return to school, and got the job. I have seen my boys really step up and show me that I did a great job raising them. My kids are proud of me, virtually bursting at the seams.