Haven't blogged in a while, so I guess while I am taking a break from working, I will catch up. Actually, there is no work in my primary account right now, and only stat reports in my secondary. I am not supposed to do stat reports unless it is during business hours(which it is not, since it is 11:33 pm), soooooo....I am waiting a bit for some more reports to pop up.

I love this job. I really do. I like that I can work after the boys go to bed. I like that I was able to choose how many hours a day to work and which days, and that I can put in those hours at anytime during the day. I find that being an MT is very interesting and challenging as well. Even though I am pretty much making peanuts right now (I have worked about 2 hours tonight and done about 28 lines due to the fact that it was an ESL doctor), and I have made about $2 tonight. It's ok though, because I know I will get faster and learn more as I go along. I just wish I had some money for a good text expander. The only thing I have a hard time with while doing this job is the fact that I make mistakes. I know making mistakes is a given for any new MT, but I have always had a hard time with doing new things which I am not perfect at. I always think about how after Glenn and I met, he tried to teach me to drive stick shift with his truck. It wasn't long before I gave up, because I was getting so upset that it was so hard. Honestly though, I feel that driving a car should be easy, and you can't get easier than automatic, so there you go. You just put the car in Drive, hit the pedal, and go; there is no need to keep switching gears all the time. I also hated using that other pedal when I was trying to drive stick. What a pain in the rear end. All you need is a gas pedal and a brake pedal and that's it, as far as I'm concerened, and I am happy to leave the stick-shift driving to Glenn.

Anyway, on a different note, I took some funny pictures of Jeff while we were all watching American Gladiators tonight, and I will post them soon. That kid is a riot. He really likes to watch American Gladiators when it is on, and one of his other favorite non-cartoon shows is America's Funniest Home Videos. After every video, he will say, "Mom, what happened??" And (most of the time) I say, "He/She fell down." As Glenn said once, it always "somebody falling down or somebody getting hit in the junk."

Funnies

It is just hilarious listening to the things that come out of my 3-year-old's mouth sometimes. For instance, one thing I love to ask him about is how he plays "Frumpin." Out of the blue one day he told us how he played this game, Frumpin. It seems to me that he plays it when I take him to Glenn's softball games. He will jump around on the bleachers, and when I ask him what he is doing, he responds, "I'm playin' frumpin." I also ask him continually throughout the day how he plays frumpin, and he always says, "I play frumpin....." and then begins to speak in gibberish, the exact same phrase each time. I really have to wonder if it makes sense to him or if it is just gibberish to him. I cannot even explain how funny I think it is when he tells me how he plays Frumpin.

Tonight, we were flicking through the channels on TV, and my husband found Star Wars. He quickly changed it, as it was about Jeff's bedtime and we knew that if Jeff knew it was on that he would want to watch it. Even though Luke Skywalker was on the tube for about 2 seconds before Glenn changed the channel, Jeff immediately said in a borderline whiny voice, "I want to watch Star Wars!" I told him it was over and that he needed to go to bed soon, and then Glenn engaged Jeff in a conversation about the movie. He asked Jeff what his favorite movie was, and Jeff replied, "My favorite movie is Star Whores." After we laughed for a bit, we tried to get Jeff to say "wars" and "war" and he succeeded at it once, but went right back to calling it "Star Whores."

Working woman

Yay! I am happy to say that I got a job! I am now officially a work-at-home medical transcriptionist. I actually prefer medical language specialist, since "medical transcriptionist" pretty much means "typist" to a lot of people. I worked hard for 2 years at an exceptional school and graduated with a 96% folks; I am certainly not just a "typist." :) Ok, so maybe I am sounding like a dork, but hey, I freely admit it. I'm not proud. Anyway, even though I love being a SAHM, it can drive you nuts sometimes. Especially with a baby who poops about 5 times a day and always has to reach "down there" when you take his poopy diaper off, and who refuses to lay still for 30 seconds to allow a decently fast diaper or clothing change. And a 3-year-old who, half the time, doesn't quite make it to the potty to go pee. I have gone through a lot of Clorox Ready-Mop pads lately. It'll be nice to use my smarts for a little while each day and get paid for it.