Introduction

I am a graduate student in my final semester. I will graduate with an MS in Accounting and a concentration in Information Technology. It has taken a very long time since I only go to school at night. I cannot wait to wake up on a Saturday and be able to roll over and go back to sleep, if I want.  

I worked for over thirty years in the accounting field. I liked my jobs, but as soon as I learned all I could, I moved on to the next job. It was not until I took my first college class in 2003 that I realized exactly what it was for which I was looking. I needed to learn. I decided to get an Associated Arts degree in accounting and I have never stopped. I lost my job as general manager and accountant for a chain of shoe stores when the owners sold to a family that thought they could run the business themselves. I decided that I should find something I really liked while I got my degree. I wanted something other than accounting, because accounting leaves very little time for anything else. The first job to which the agency sent me was a secretarial position, and I am still there today. I was hired two months into the six-month, temporary assignment. I am worried about how hard it may be to get back into the accounting field.  

I hope this blog assignment will help me understand the importance of a blog. I read newspapers online and I see all of the blogs at the end of the articles. I always wonder if these people have nothing better to do. They seem to know each other and it appears as though they blog many hours a day. I hope this assignment does not subject me to the blogger fever. One of my goals after graduating is to step away from the computer and get back out into life.