to short... I dont think you guys know what day care is.

• Could I really do this??? - Kira
  • You can do this with a baby. - Home MT Mom
  • It is hard but only at first... - sm
  • Yes, if you do it right - I did it
    • Babyproof! I still have my babyproof things on our cabinets -sm - Laura E.
  • I don't know how it's possible to do this with a baby to contend with unless you put him in da - It's no different than working in an office
  • another point sm - MTMom
  • Like lots of the women here, I got into MT for that reason (Please sm) - Chickadee
  • the point in a nutshell, IMHO sm - MTMom
  • How many lines?? - Kira
  • A lot of negativity here - I did it
    • Negativity and reality...... - SM
      • Have to say I agree with you - LM
        • Sorry, I meant didn't have to do it at home full time - LM
      • I assure you, MTs NOT taking care of their own kids while working at home is NOT the rule. Its the - HappyMomMT
        • So far HappyMomMT, you are the only negative person in regards to this post. SM - nn
          • Wait a doggone minute here... I would BE MY LIFE... - SM
          • I wonder how much attention HappyMomMT pays to her kids... - SM
            • Well, collectively it probably took 20 minutes of my time to post today. - raising YOUR kids, which is, of
          • LOL, that's exactly what I was thinking - This is NOT a "parenting" debate
            • This career is so closely related to "parenting" that they are one and the same, really. - AnotherMomMT
              • Since when is this career closely related to parenting??????????? (sm) - childfree by choice
                • Heavens, now you're popping in about NOT having kids. You've sure been quiet for a while! - raising YOUR kids, which is, of
              • You're still missing the point. She needs to hear ALL sides. - sm
              • There is a big difference between being negative - BTDT
                • But you are being negative! Your experience sounds horrible, but it wasn't like that - LM
                • But you are being negative! Your experience sounds horrible, but it wasn't like that - LM
          • So, just simply summing it up. You have 2 kids, and they fight while you work, so you just - HappyMomMT
            • To HappyMomMT. Me again. LOL. I agree with you about daycare, I do. SM - nn
        • Hey, don't jump all over me.... - Me again
  • Previous posters are 100% correct. Here's what I've learned... - sm
    • Your first boss really sealed your fate! You had failure handed to you at the start! - NutherMT
      • Did you even READ my post? - No gloom and doom here.
        • Yes, I read your post, and I just re-read it, and I've copied and pasted for you in case - Me Again
    • I wish I had read this BEFORE getting in the field - fg
  • I broke into the field with a 9-mo baby.... - SM
  • You can do it but you have to be determined, have a solid office background helps, obviously an - sm - Laura E.
  • Thanks for the honesty - Kira
    • You have a good, realistic attitude about it. Good luck to you. nm - nm
    • It sounds like you've done your research, and your - BTDT
  • Not to discourage you, but wanting to work at home - BTDT
    • My kids have suffered greatly from me working at home with them home. SM - nn
      • Working full time at home with small children is hard but part time works great - Sharyn
      • Your post should be required reading for anyone wanting to do at-home MT to be with kids...SM - SM
        • How can you NOT do both? How can you NOT take care of kids and do this? Heavens! - HappyMomMT
          • You act like all women are walking wombs..SM - Good God
            • Now that certainly followed the thread! Bravo! Thanks for - LM
          • I love reading your posts..and having my own feelings - validated
          • Kids are demanding and so is MT work. My question is how CAN you do this with kids, rather than how - nn
            • Well, I'm not sure that you really want an answer of HOW to do it versus - HappyMomMT
          • I love what you just wrote - lea
        • I agree - Kira
          • Your time at home with your child is so - short...!
            • to short... I dont think you guys know what day care is. - nn
              • OF COURSE we know what daycare is! Its anyone OTHER than Mom spending the majority of the day - raising YOUR kids, which is, of
                • My kids were out of control before daycare, when they were home with me while I worked all day. - nn
          • OMG! Don't just change your mind immediately because of a few negative women! - HappyMomMT
            • I'm not giving up - Kira
              • I know of a company who is restarting up their mentoring program for newly-graduated MTs. A GREAT - LM
    • MT working at home - Gaile
    • sorry, but I have to agree w/BTDT sm - I agree
      • I second that - PJ

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sick of all the confusion, dishonesty, sneakiness, etc. You never know what is around the corner so after this there will be something else no doubt. I think I and most other MQ MTs just want a company that they can respect and trust. MQ can offer this package and turn right around and change that. Leopards dont change their spots. It seems like they are intent on running this company into the ground and they are doing a good job of it. I dont see how they ever will stand up against the money they owe all of these hospitals. You still have to wonder what prompted them to send checks out to the DQS MTs for mistakes in calculation of lines. Give me a break. Maybe they are trying to settle lawsuits to get out of the MT business and focus on just technology. They sure dont know what they are doing with the MT side for sure. I think they felt they had everyone up against a brick wall but as accounts leave so will MTs or MTs will just move on to another business as the wages get lower and lower so then all the work can go to India. Older MTs will cut back or retire and younger ones will leave for something else when they see what they have to battle with the work left over from ASR or VR for the small amount of money not to mention EMRs coming quickly.

new. I betcha.

Carla,

A long short form is usually easier to remember. So I would definitely assign the short forms as suggested by Kelli:
SmithCThead
SmithCTabdomen
etc

In most Expander programs you would opt for a short short form as you have to type the whole short form before you can expand.
In Instant Text you don't have to type the whole short form: you type the first two letters of your long short form and then you can type any of the following letters.
So in this case you would type smcth for the first one, smcta, and you may also type smhead, smabd

This is possible when you use the Instant Text marker key to expand. If you use the space bar to expand, you may be better off assigning the initials as suggested in the second response, as you would not be able to "jump ahead".

Marianne

 reports they listen to quite frankly.

and contact the Dept of Labor.  If they were stupid enough to put their broken promises in writing, you have every right to start a lawsuit.  We all have complaints about different companies, but what they've done is downright illegal !!!

That's what cracks me up

and I mean that from the bottom of my heart. 

A lot of my weight problem is medical, but I think more so is my emotional state.  I have a very emotionally abusive husband.  He rides me all the time about my weight.  When I was thinner (wearing a size 7 - - now wearing a size 28), he would badger me then about my weight.  It got to where I was sneaking food and of course what happened?  Now it is even worse.  I try, I really do.  I am definitely an emotional eater though. 

My husband rode me and rode me and TOLD ME to get the bypass surgery.  I had everything set up (this was about 5 years ago) with the surgeon who brought bypass to the United States.  I felt totally comfortable with him, and to top it off he is my regular physician!  Then my husband totally freaked and said that with MY LUCK, something would go wrong and he would be stuck with an invalid for a wife, and DEMANDED  that I not do it.  So, here I am - - a total of 160 pounds overweight -- and need to lose 70 of it by the end of February to have insurance.  I get so depressed sometimes that I do not even want to get out of bed.

I am going to look into Alli and the liquid diet mentioned.  I really appreciate your help and suggestions. 

I definitely think I need a support group, but I don't know who that would be.   

Anyway, I am going to look into these things.  I think I will try the liquid diet and see how it works. 

AGAIN, THANK YOU!

I really am starting to feel better about it now.  My biggest fear was that my company wouldn't wait for me to get better.  I don't mind doing the hard work, putting in more time, researching blanks, listening over and over and over, as long as they don't mind getting many blanks for a while ;)

I guess only time will tell. Thank you for the encouragement!

but I seem to operate about 90% on 'muscle memory' , which is why changing accounts is such a problem for me. 

I learned to type in high school which was a loooong time ago.  So after 40+ years of period-space-space I'm supposed quit it because some dilbert decides so?  If this becomes a QA issue, it might be the hill I choose to die on. 

for the feedback and encouragement.  Cranky, I started off on a typewriter too, many moons ago :-)!  I will keep plugging away at it. 

By the way Cranky, what in the world is in the picture.  I have looked and looked at it and I cannot figure out what is in your picture - lol!

Very small neighborhood.  Houses are very close together.  We've lived here almost 7 years and we all know each other and chat and the neighbors help each other out, no matter what. 

These people just scare me because everything is drawn up tight and the "skinny" woman of the house seems very nervous.  I've only seen her "husband" once and he looks as if he may be the thing that makes her afraid.

I have gotten to the point, however, where I will make some phone calls.  The poor dog finally stopped barking, but my daughter went out back with her friends to swim in the pool (behind an 8 foot stockade fence) and all you can hear is "yap, yap, yap."

Geeeeeesh.