Day One - It all begins here

Day One.

I actually surprised myself to be up so early, and be on time to classes this morning.  Spent so many days getting up at the "crack of whenever", and was currently runnin' on 4 hours or less of sleep...yet there I was, at 9AM at their doors, ready to get me some learnin'.

I didn't really know what to expect, so I went in blank.  I thought for the sake of my sanity, I wouldn't try to figure out what was gonna happen - I'd just let it happen and roll with it.  That seemed to work just fine.  Jim, the coordinator I spoke with, started my day out by supplying me with an invoice he received to not only give me an example of what one could look like, but also to show what he (over)paid for his "support", and a breakdown.  This was a result of a chat him and I had previous to today where we talked about my services I'll be offering.  Anyways, I took at look at this thing and spotted so many Red Flags I nearly fell over.

But an amazing thing happened...

As I read the invoice, I thought to myself, "Hey...if this knockoff can make what he charged, for what I wouldn't even consider any real 'work' done...then not only will *I* succeed, I'll make a killing!"

Now back to the class.  It was very "I talk, you listen" which doesn't sit well with me at ALL, seeing as how I'm used to a more interactive style of training, but I reminded myself that this was just for 8 weeks.  "It's just 8 weeks J...just 8 weeks."  Very dry material, and very hyperactive instructor (babygirl needs some Ritalin), but I learned some new things already just on Day One.  Off to a good start all things considered, and if I had any doubts about my chances at success, they were all but eliminated today alone.

Overall, I have a feelin' I'll be buttin' heads with  the instructors from time to time, as their method of instruction is in contrast to my ability to learn...but I'll just keep reminding myself that it's only for 8 weeks, then I don't have to be force fed their rhetoric and monotony.  As an added bonus, not only are prospects lookin' good as-is, I may be able to finagle my way into absorbing the class as a client for my business.  ALL systems they have there are systems I know intimately from my time supporting OEM computers, so this would be a walk in the park for me.  Chances are, I'd be able to make a payday there and still charge less than they're paying their current IT guy.  I'd hate to see someone ousted, but in games like this, it's survival of the fittest...laws of the jungle have to apply.

It's just Day One, but I can say that I have every belief that this decision I made was not only the right one...but the best one.  Those steppin' stones between me and my dreams/ambitions are being laid down as we speak.  The first stones of my new Kingdom have been placed.

I imagine I'll be sleeping soundly tonight, dreaming away of times when I'll have little worry for anything anymore...and all because of one decision.