20/20 Employment Hindsight

I work at ACE Hardware. It's 45 minutes away from where I live. It's wearing me down. Three of the guys I was hired on with and I have gotten into a tight-knit clique: Mr. Popcorn (me), Mexican, Truck-Driver Dude and Rich. TDD is quitting next week, and he offered me a job at his trucking company, US Express. My salary now is pretty good at $10.25/hour, but there's a job around here at Schenectady Steel for like $14.50/hour. Now I know I'm going to be quitting ACE soon, but this is getting tiring. I need a job I can stay at, y'know? I need benefits at my age. What really pisses me off is that with my education I can't get anything related to my preferred field. I'm already in debt with college loans and ITT is like $5,890,342,567 per class minute. I want a job I can stay at for a loooong time. I get self conscious about hopping from job to job, but I can't really help it. Sears and Transworld paid way too little, as did Taylor News. Now ACE pays good, but the 45 minute drive on Rt. 87 is hell. Right now, all that could go wrong at Schenectady Steel is if I abhor the place. I mean a guy's gotta enjoy work, right? Damn...