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I am so grateful to all of you, the private posts, the ones here, for really SAYING something.  I am taking another look at the current in-house job. 

1.  What the monster manager did was not let me have 2 sundays a month off so I could see my family and go to church.  This is a long story, but I would not be in this midwestern state were it not for family, 42 miles away.  Not only that, she has repeatedly demeaned and insulted me, and dehumanized me.  Now that I type it publically after all your information it does seem a little petty, but there's more - I got up this morning and drove the 50 miles required to get to my church - it's a certain type of Catholic mass church - and drove the 50 miles back to get to work on time.  That's all I had to do.  I do see my family more or less. So I have been ranting and feeling sorry for myself when things were good in many ways, and I don't have to buy into her bull. 

 2.  I did spend money on some books, upgraded Word, and I have Express Scribe. I have gotten to the practical portion of the tests 4 times, and have blown it badly twice.  That was a lousy dictator - but I made a mistake and put words in quotes rather than blanks.  And I put too much information on one app (about the old bag manager) and left something important off another.  So it is my fault in the end, though I think standardized transcription testing platforms would be a good thing.  I downloaded 4 different testing platforms.  I aced all the written tests. 

3.  You all are almost 100% in telling me how lucky I am.  I am believing this and in fact will hang on.  She (the demon manager) has been here 40 years and I think that's why we are not outsourced.   Thank you for all the excellent and honest advice. 

When I worked for a national, up thru 2 years ago, I was getting $1.75 page and heard they got $4.

I am going to see the doctor in 2 weeks for a consult.  I have been kicking the idea around for several years.  One month, it won't be so bad and I think, "I can deal with this."  Then the next few months, I lose at least 2 nights of sleep because of having to get up twice a night to change...stuff, and I think, "Why didn't you call???!!!"  And also scheduling my life around it and constantly counting days on the calendar, not exactly sure when it's going to arrive.  Last year, I got my period in the Atlanta airport on the way to Disney World.  I was crushed!  Also last summer, I knew I was going to get it sometime while at the beach, so got 2 months of birth control pills and took them continuously so I could skip a period, but the pill has a set of symptoms all their own for me!  So, it's definitely time to look into this more closely!

Thanks again!

Thanks for the feedback.  I will just have to find one that has enough space for everything so I am not defeating the purpose of getting one! 

          Thanks, again.

            bookworm

I do really need to see a PCP/psych because I haven't been to a doctor ever since my son was born and that was 4 years ago.  I am lucky now because I have no medical problems and have not had any my entire life but there is a long line of family history of cancer, cardiac problems, lung problems, etc....and not only do I want to trim down to help my self image but also for health concerns.  I want to be here a long time for my son and if I can lose now before something drastically happens then I will be okay.  I feel like there is something sabotaging my weight loss.  I have been buying the right foods, making sure not much bad food is in the house.  I guess it just takes time. 

Thanks to everyone for the suggestions.  Food is an addiction just like cigarettes, drugs and alcohol.  It is hard to overcome but we can all overcome anything that we really set our mind too and if we have support then that is even better!  Thanks again.

Some of the things said have given me MORE cause for thought.

I did not want to start a school.  I would not expect to make a large amount of money mentoring.

I just can't seem to let go of the idea that there is a large gap between someone graduating from a training program and having the ability to start working, ESPECIALLY at home.

Again, thank you for your time.

Thank you to all of you for your replies. I really appreciate your insight on different thoughts to consider, and your experiences with children of your own, as well as the suggestions you made about keeping a food diary to track foods to try to find the culprit. It gives me some different thoughts to entertain as I have been driving myself crazy trying to diagnose the problem myself (even though I know this only makes the test result waiting process worse! lol)

Hopefully, it will be no big deal and he will 'outgrow' it soon or maybe even be put on medication to prevent it or something. In any case, I will keep you posted on the results of the abdominal x-rays. Thanks again for your support! :)

am going to think long and hard on this this weekend.  Stability is definitely an important thing.  Money can be worked out to be about the same.  Flexibility is definitely important.  The weights are still leaning more towards the flexibility, just not enough!   Thank you all again.

I think I am going to prepare myself to go back to teaching, keeping this job until I have a teaching job.  I could use the additional insurance benefits as well, since my husband's job provides really awful insurance, and I'd love not to have to work when the kids are on breaks.  MT has been a godsend while I was at home with a toddler, but now that the "baby" is in school... This paying later and later is just getting to be too much.  My parents won't be around forever to bail us out!

Again, I really appreciate all the responses.  You all are great!