"Oh man! School's for fools!"

I received a phone call from the human resources department at Amtrak. I'd been waiting for this phone call for weeks, especially with the price of gas skyrocketing. See with Amtrak, I figure, I can work on the train clicking tickets (or whatever they do on Amtrak) and just getting paid to ride a train from Oakland to Auburn to San Jose or Emeryville to Bakersfield. And even, dare I say it, Oakland to Chicago. ALL THE TIME. I'd be able to get a MUNI pass, take the bus to BART to the Ferry Building and get a free ride over the bridge via the Amtrak bus. Late hours? No problem, the 38-Geary runs all night to the 91-Owl which drops me off in front of SF State. I was incredibly disappointed when the HR man left me a voicemail saying that there is no room for school in my schedule. Well, shit, I've been working for 3 years to AT LEAST get my Associate's Degree. I told my mom the news, that I'd been asked to come in for drug testing for my dream job but I couldn't do it because of school. It was MOM who asked how many classes I needed for my Associate's. It's MOM who's telling me to go for my dream job, to make it work. It's MOM who's as excited about this as me. I went to make an appointment with the VA counselor and grabbed a CSU transfer sheet to see how many classes I needed for my AA in Liberal Arts. I thought I needed a lab science and a "diversity" course (listed on the sheet in bold and italics). Turns out my Women's health class is a diversity course which just leaves a lab science. I thought I would be cockblocked for science until I saw that a Chemistry class that would qualify me for my degree was available online. Score! EXCEPT the lab needs to be taken in class. COCKBLOCKED. I decided to do some research through the interwebz on the position of "Assistant Passenger Conductor." I found a forum where an Amtrak inside released the information that lower-level employees get one consistent day off. Meaning, I'd work 5 days/week but only one day-off would be consistent each week. I cockblocked the cockblock! Of course I don't know if I can choose what day it is, but if I could, I'd be able to take Chemistry online and the lab from 6-9pm on Thursday! How perfect. Then in December I'd have my AA and I could carry on my merry way guilt-free.

Oh if only I could know for sure that this will all work out. Dream job. Hella!