Passed me by

Looking for a new job while in a relatively secure position is a scary thing. Yet in the middle of chaos and underappreciation, I took a chance to move to greener pasture, to an institutional icon. I fear that I waited too long. The position is filled. I guess it tells me what my path should be for the immediate future: stay where I am and whip it into shape. If I get my way with the things I'm working on right now, I'm going to revolutionize the place and have wonderful and impressive new bullet points on my resume. And the credit will come back to me. I'm building great things for the future.

It also makes me wonder that if I am going to continue to this field, if I'll ever be able to move out of middle management without advanced degrees. But I'm between a rock and a hard place on this decision - it's always been in my plans to go to grad school, but there is no way that I am going to take out more loans to do so. Maybe I should just stick it out and let my years of experience - and pension - pile up. Then we shall see where the road will lead.

Mega millions is up to 89 mil - it only takes a buck, right?