I'm looking for some help finding some resources. Here's the deal... I have a job. A decent job, but I don't particularly enjoy it and I'm looking to make a change to something better.

I make decent money doing what I do, but the hours suck. I work 11 hours with a 45 minute commute each direction. Right now it's ok.. because my children are only 2 and 1. But in a few years from now, they'll have after school stuff and I'd like to be closer for that.

I'd like do some research, find a job that I could work towards, maybe get some education over the next few years and plan on making the change in say... 5 years or so.

Where can a person go, or who could a person talk to, to research different careers, and what jobs do what, and to discuss jobs in particular areas. I'm thinking like a career counselor or something like that.

Any ideas, thoughts, or resources?

I work in Beaverton, so anything on that side of town would be best.

Our Sunday gaming group has suffered a few losses recently, and we're seeking another girl to fill our ranks and balance out the estrogen level.

About us: We're all between the ages of 22 and 30, and we all have lives outside of gaming. We started as a gaming group, and pver time we've all become good friends, to the point that we are now friends first and gamers second. We are from all walks of life, including a part-time drag queen, two towtruck drivers, a nanny, and a career video gamer. We are open-minded, and yet not at all politically correct. We all bathe regularly, and require that you bathe regularly as well.

Currently, we're playing in a homebrew campaign setting we are all working together to design as we play. It has elements of Legend of the Five Rings, Pirates of Dark Water, and Last Exile. The current system is Savage Worlds. We game from around 5 PM to 10 or 11 PM on Sundays, and usually meet up earlier for food, beer, coffee, whatever.

Drop me a line if you're interested!

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