Monday, May 26, 2008

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."

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