What does everyone do?

Hi,

I am 29 yrs old, and been married for 6 yrs. I am a mom to 3 boys. My step son is 10, and my boys are 5 and 2. They keep me busy.

I am a part time Nanny for a great family. I went to school for teaching, but never found work. I actually think I get paid better doing what I am doing now, and I love my job. I love getting up in the morning and going to work. So that's a bonus, not many people can say that.

I'm from pittsburgh, pa, I have lived here all my life. I want to move south someday, but not until my boys are older, my whole family is from around here and they are my/our support system.

Hi there! I'm 32 and a Stay at Home Mom of 2. Dylan is 3.5 and Emily just turned 2 in December. I live way out in the country in Ontario Canada.
I was a Adminstrative assistant for 5 years then a Greenhouse worker when I discovered that sitting at a desk was not for me! I love flowers so working at the Greenhouse was fun. My current job is really all I've ever wanted to do so I'm right where I want to be

I don't post much but have been on the site for a while now and had good luck with it.

Nice to meet you too.

It is very fortunate. Prior to studying Metaphysics I worked in corporate security for the oldest retail company in Canada in logistics. I studied Loss Prevention, post secondary and worked in the industry for more than 10 years. I was laid off in 2009 and orginally planned on applying to our Police Services. I trained for the test and one day decided it wasn't for me at which time I made the incredible leap to metaphysics. Quite the change however, so very worth it.

It's great to have the freedom of choice.

I am a 47 y/o mom of 6. I was a full time mom for 12 years till my youngest started school and I had to go to work or go insane :laugh: I have the good fortune to be married to a fantastic guy. I am a home care provider to a 60 y/o stroke patient that I care for 8 1/2 hours a day 5 days a week. I love to ride my motorcycle,read,cook and work out.

It is great to meet you all.

I am a 47 married woman who works for a High School here in Ohio and I am the school registrar. I've worked there 27 years so sit on my rear most of the day. I have two young girls 10 and 8.

I have slowly put on weight over the past 10 years and at my all time high. I had foot surgery last year so was off any exercise for a while. Then I started doing Zumba in July of 2010, but was not tracking my food intake so I was unsuccessful at any weight loss. In October of 2010 I was dx with Colon cancer and had a colon resection in November and have been battling an intestine infection since then. I have started back to my Zumba classes and then I get the infection back and everything comes to a screaching halt. I own horses which is my passion and I so want to get back to riding and having energy to do the things I love.

Sheryl

Heya,

I'm 23 years old, probably the only single gal in this thread. lol I'm studying Dentistry in Louisville, Kentucky, it's my second semester. I noticed you are going to do dentistry in London! That's awesome! Before moving to America some 11 years ago, we used to live in Ireland so we frequented London often.

Hobbies: music, travel, writing, reading, electronics ...I'm your every day nerd. Hah!

Welcome to MFP!

Ours normal course is 4 years. Some universities offer 3 year accelerated courses and they keep threatening us to make it five years but thus far, US dental schools are all four years. That's pretty amazing that you get to complete it in 3!

I love it so far. First two years are predominantly science-heavy and a lot of book work. I completed dental hygiene beforehand, however, so I have a good idea of how it is in a dental office and how to deal with patients. It's very tough, I won't lie, but I'm told repeatedly that it will be rewarding. lol

What about you? How are you finding it?

I am a 41 y/o mother of 3 boys. 22, 20 & 12. 1 college graduate, 1 pretty close and 1 that swears the dog ate his homework yesterday although we don't even have a dog! My 20 year old son joined the local gym with me and he is my accountability-buddy. When I am not motivated he makes sure that I go. While being supportive he has gained great results as well and I am really proud of his ability to motivate me and also benefit himself. They are amazing kids and my biggest and best achievement.

I adore my husband and he is my best friend and super supportive as well. He has totally changed his eating habits to be supportive and has been great sport learning about wheat berries, TVP and of other things that I'm sure he really could care less.

I gained weight when my husband and I both lost our high paying corporate jobs a couple of years ago and the financial stress was just so overwhelming I crawled in my bed, turned out the lights and wanted to just vanish. We have not been able to replace those types of jobs in our market and have had to make many changes and sacrifice’s like all families have. Most importantly we're still together and still love each other. Once I started to let go of the anger, the past and the financial trappings we were held in things started to get better.

I am now an Unemployment Auditor in the state with the highest unemployment in the whole nation at 14.5%. The job can be so depressing because there are no jobs for people but I try to bring a positive, calming influence and make certain that I can get them other available resources. I'm glad that I have been where they are because I otherwise couldn't be as empathetic as I am.

Life has been really hard the last 3-4 years but one of things that has given me some control back is taking care of the physical and emotional me.