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Mine was silver with a black vinyl roof.  I paid more for the wheels and tires then I did for the car!!!  Had it re-painted and LOVED it.  Only girl who could drive a stick and was proud of it.  teehee!  Them were the days!

I brought him home from the vet on Saturday.  He was still running a temperature, but it was much lower - 103.  It had been 106 when we took him to the vet.  He was still lethargic, but had started to groom himself.  I have antibiotics I have to give him twice a day, by Sunday afternoon he was becoming playful again and was drinking a lot more and started to eat more.  Today, he is back to his old self.  Attacking my PC wires and walking on my keyboard, trying to get my fingers when I type.

I am so relieved! 

QA/editing, MT job to go with this start-up publication?  Well, they asked me to write my first article.  Yesterday was my day off.  I had to write an article on Easter.  Nerve wracking.  On top of all of that, not sure if ya'll know who Chris Tomlin is (popular Christian singer), they wanted me to interview him while he is on tour in Atlanta Friday night with press passes, tickets, photographer, the works. OMG. Anyways, his public relations assistant contacted me Monday to cancel the interview because of Chris's tight schedule, BUT in return, is sending me his new Amazing Grace CD?? and another signed CD, plus tons of info and pics on Chris to write or publish a story in this new publication.  The editors are leaving this totally up to me.  Unbelievable.

Had another meeting today where I presented all of my info I've been working on for them including my Easter article - 1,000+ words = Editor scanned it over lunch (there were 4 of us there), my palms were all sweaty, and he says, "This will work.  We'll use this."  Again, unbelievable.

All of these doors are just swinging wide open. Big, huge corporations and companies are advertising which is great for this business.  We are all Christians and I'm finding that as long as I keep this into perspective and not focus on me, but God and allowing Him to use me, there is nothing I can't do.  The same goes for you, too.

I know some will be happy for me and others not. I'm so sorry if I sound like I'm rubbing this in your face.  This post just shows that there is life after MTing, although I'm not quitting my day job yet.  I am, however, going to ask to go down to just 3 days a week, especially since I spent 12 hours writing yesterday. I can't do both.  I still have little kids at home!

Will update later - I know a few people asked and I wanted to share what I decided to do and what this publication wants from me = little, ole, unqualified me.  God is so good.  He can promote and He gives you the knowledge and wisdom you need to perform your job.

years old and still work full-time. My kids are older now and pretty much self-sufficient. I would still have to work full-time though - need the money too much to go part-time.

I was thinking about going into the field of speech language pathology but not absolutely positive on that. The only thing I am positive about is my income as an MT is at a complete stand still and I'd like something to fall back on when this field no longer suits me.

Are there any other Moms out there going to school and working full-time? I'd like to hear how it's going for you.

I've been an MT forever, and am now 58.   Retirement for me will be out of the question, but as we all know, the MT profession has taken a nosedive in past years, and the outlook is bleak.

From what I've read so far, an ultrasound tech can become certified at the proper schools without having to already have had extensive college.  (Only 2 years here, and that was in English, not pre-med, biology, science, etc.)   

Have any of you tried the same thing, or know people who have?  I definitely have to do SOMETHING, and time is obviously running out.  I also don't care for nursing. 

Any feedback appreciated!!!     

there was a news story about a flight attendant who had taken 'provocative' pictures of herself on one of her company's airplanes after the passengers had disembarked and posted them on her MySpace page.  One of the company execs happened to find it and they fired her, primarily because she both listed the company name and revealed those photos with clearly displayed views of the company logo. 

I would think that this situation is very similar in principle.

Selectric typewriters with 6 carbons, all of which had to be erased if there was a typo or, more likely, a dictator's changes.  If a doc's dictation stumped us, he (very few females then) would get a tug on his sleeve, asked to listen to what he said and explain.  Having worked in a teaching institution, these doctors were more than happy to impart their knowledge to anyone who would listen. 

Then came the mag card machines, then computers. 

The dictation I listened to on IBM belts, then tapes, was a lot clearer than most of the digital dictation I'm subjected to now. 

And no MTs worked on Sundays and holidays, and certainly not every Saturday.

Remember mickey mouse ice cream bars?  They were shaped like mickey's head and the face was vanilla ice creame with chocolate ice cream for eyes and mouth.  His ears were chocolate covered.  I don't think they make them anymore.  What treats do you miss that you can no longer find? 

"Keep putting out those fires of MQ discontent, or at least until the big guns with the lawsuits put out MQ for good"

I have to laugh when I hear this, over and over again.  How MQ is going down.  When?  Come on people.  They are still hiring people, they still have accounts. They aren't going anywhere.  So some MTs have a class action.  Anyone can sue these days.  Do they deserve it, sure.  But I have been hearing about all this for years now and frankly, I am so tired of this old news. 

I just feel like I don't know what to do anymore.  I'm 43 and lost my dad (78) back in October.  I miss him so much.  I still have times every single day when it hits me.  A little memory will come back, and I'll just have the punch in the stomach feeling. I'll type something in a report that will remind me of those final weeks and just feel sick.  Just now, I was just going along, doing my work, and out of the blue I remembered how he always had to take his pills with yogurt or applesauce, and I could just picture him, and I started crying again.  We moved out of my home state 7 years ago, but before that I worked with my dad, just the two of us, for 13 years in his printing business.  He would call me nearly every day, still, whenever he had a problem or needed help with a computer issue or something.  Sometimes I'd get irritated because after not working on some of the stuff for years, I couldn't really remember some of these things.  Now, I'd give anything for one of those phone calls.

Anyway, I normally wouldn't post this kind of thing, and I know there is an Emotions/Depression board, but there is more activity here and I'm feeling like I need some advice from those that have been there.  I don't really talk to my husband about it too much.  I usually have these times during the day or late at night when I'm alone.  I just try to keep it pretty much to myself.  Our neighbor lost his wife back in July and he is over here pretty often.  He still is having a rough time, and my husband has made comments about how it's probably harder when it's your spouse.  In a way, it made me feel like maybe I'm letting this go on too long?  I have my dad's pictures by me and I wonder if maybe I shouldn't because they too make me cry.  I guess I just don't know.  I just know that every day I just miss him so much and have to stop and cry and I don't know if I need to go see somebody, or this is going to get better and pass, or what.  

I've run into a lot of people in this field who say, Just go get your own accounts, yet very few do. why?