Knock their socks off, Dizzi. (nm)

• Chalk one up for the American MT - sm - dizzi
  • Good for you - SCMT
  • Along these lines, I have another experience you will all be glad to hear...sm - JLH
    • outsourcing - dede
      • One small step for MTs, one giant step for the US! -nm - Alright! Way to go!
  • You go girl!!!! NM - Daphne
  • Chalk One Up for American MT - AnotherOldTimerMT
    • That's wonderful... - mtx3
  • Wow - that's awesome! - ER MT
  • Knock their socks off, Dizzi. (nm) - Misha
  • Good news. Woo hoo! - Diane
    • Congrats to you! Show them what we U.S. MT's are made of ! n/m - Strive for perfection

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I have alot of trouble with arthritis and stiffness in my ankles probably from years of pressing a foot pedal and was thinking of trying battery operated heated socks, like they sell for hunters, fishermen, etc.  Just wondered if anyone else has ever tried them and how they work.  My poor feet hurt so bad tonight, I wish I had a pair here now. 

I think that mothers that can stay at home while working and raising a kid or two is wonderful, and YES being an MT mom at home is a career. I've spent many many years in the workforce outside the home, single and married, with and without kids. Not all of us working moms fit the stereotype (if there is one) that we don't know how to find jobs outside of being an MT at home. I have a BS degree from a real accredited university and everything (one I'm sure everyone has heard of), plus what I learned from MT schooling. I'm not trying to say I'm sooo smart or anything, but just trying to shoot down the idea about stay-at-home moms not caring about careers or anything, just pumping out the kids. I am not a supplement to my husband's income. We absolutely need what I bring in financially. I took a pay cut when I was making as much as my husband at one point outside the home because I wanted to have a career that I loved while raising kids. I didn't want my kids being raised by strangers in daycare. So there to all of you who look down at MT moms.

Just adopt a steady, calm exterior as you perform both jobs.  I would not try to get it all done.  I would do what I could but not frantically.  That's all you can physically do.  They can't expect all of it to get done with all of those interruptions.  It's not conducive to doing good work for either "hat" you are wearing. 

And since they are so fond of doubling up duties, tell them you'd like a free Pap smear, since they are doctors and went to med school.  Sheesh.  This is the most put-upon career, and it never stops to astonish me what new lows people will go to, to cheat us.  They must be good limbo dancers. 

Good luck to you.