It has been a little bit since Sarah finished school and has started stepping into the career path she has chosen. With that, I have been thinking about going back to school myself. Over the last three years I have made very good money supporting the oil industry with my welding and machining skills. But honestly I don’t support the boom for more and more crude. And because of that I am a hypocrite. I am not going to post here about the earth and the damaging effects the oil industry takes on it while draining its resources. That is not what this post is about. This post is about what I want with life. And what I want with life is to not have my thumb print on the sink holes and oil spills in our water supply. If I am going to do something with the rest of my life I want it to be for someone else. A service if you will.

After much thought and research I have come to the Commonwealth Institute in Houston Texas. I am thinking hard about getting into the mortuary business as an embalmer. Through the institute I will be able to get an AAS degree. That is an associates of applied science. And as you can guess, you know what it will be applied too.

Some people look at this type of career and think it is morbid or creepy. But it is in fact not. It is a respectful career that honors and serves the community at a time of need. And although the money will probably be half what the oil industry could offer me, there is one thing destroying the earth could never offer. And that thing is called fulfillment. Stay posted for future details. If things keep moving forward I will be hanging out with dead people in the near to distant future.