About being 41

My year being 41 will be a time I probably will never forget. I had a job that I hated but at least I had a job. I hated it enough that my wife told me to quit. I told here that there are not that many jobs around so I should stay where I am at. Then my job got cut because of downsizing. I was very nervous and scared. I have always had I full time job since getting out of high school. this was very strange to me. I did not have to get up early and get unemployment to help with my bills. I have had a weekend job for a while that pays pretty good so money was not going to be a big problem. I tried to think of what I would do in the future. With no jobs to be found around here the future was uncertain. My wife said that I should go back to school. I laughed and told her what was a 40 something going to do. She said you need to find something to do. I thought long and hard. I finally set my sights on nursing. There is kind of a shortage at the moment and the pay is pretty good. I like to help people so I figure that I will give this a really good shot. Then she got the ball rolling for me at OTC. I got very nervous again. I have not been in a school setting for 23 years. I have to say that some of the classes I even think are fun. Unfortunately, I think some are not that fun but you have to take the good with the bad. The experience has been very good so far. My weeks seem to be very hectic now. There are some weeks that I don't know if I can get it all done. My wife says just take a deep breath. I usually do get stuff done with no problem. Well this is how stuff went for me at 41. There was excitement, fear, anxiety, but I think that what I went through has just made me stronger. I am 42 now so maybe at the end of this year I will tell you how this year has turned out. It is going good so far.