Eeyore is my mascot.

I have been unable to shake off the little rain cloud above my head lately. The theory we are learning is becoming more complex and I have had little time to practice. Actually, if I am honest, I have had time to practice, but have chosen to do other things instead. Like, sleep.
As we were learning to write out numbers one through twenty, I was all for writing them out phonetically. However, we have just learned to write twenty-one through ninety-nine. These, I do not enjoy writing out. Today, I tried using the number bar and found that I was able to keep up with the dictation much easier.
Things in LIFE just seem to be getting more complicated as if to coincide with the growing difficulty in learning a new skill.
I had thought that I had successfully avoided the "drama" that often comes with working in a retail environment. However, I seem to have been sucked in unwillingly, and unwittingly. I was simply trying to explain that a recommendation of mine was not bad and that there were other circumstances for my recommendation not being what others had wanted. Having said that, I seem to have revealed information that has people at work, once again, gossiping. UGH!!!
I dislike gossip about as much as I dislike dog crap on my shoe. Not to say that I am perfect. Obviously, I have gossiped before and may possibly do it again. However, I have learned, as I have grown older, that it should be avoided at all costs.
I like to go to work, do my job, get along nicely with those I work with, and go home. Simple. No extra baggage.
So, with school becoming more of a challenge, work becoming more of a soap opera, and bills becoming more of source of stress, I find myself asking questions. Questions like, should I stay in school? My pitiful income can barely feed my family and with my school schedule, I cannot pick up more hours at work without never seeing the family I am trying to feed. Is it really worth it? Will I really be able to get a job right out of school? Or will employers want someone with experience, so that I have to sit in with other court reporters not making a dime until said experience is gained?
I really want to finish school. I will finish school. It will be the first thing I will have actually finished in my (almost) 28 years.