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Gs172003
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That's like the people that say " only a stay at home parent"
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Just Wondering What You Do/did For Work?
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Ya I was a stay at home mom for many yrs. After several years, I realized how many hours a week I was working in the library, selling pizza at games, measuring kids for band uniforms, etc and thought....I think I could go to grad school if I cut my hours in half. Thats what I did. I quit accepting positions at schools of heading committees and just put some hours in and in a couple years had my masters, so don't let anyone tell you that working for yourself is not "real work". Working outside the home was much easier.
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We used to own an apartment building and my husband did most of the work involved, you know, plumbing and electric and all that. I swept the hallways, oversaw the workmen who did the work my husband could not do (that needed a licensed professional, etc). I also was kind of a mother hen to some of our lonely tenants. They would come to visit and just want someone who was a good listener, so that was what I did.
Later we owned a motel, after we sold the building, and again, I did a lot of listening. Guests would come from all over the world and they all had some interesting stories to tell! I even wrote a collection of poems about them. I called it MISFIT MOTEL and there were about 150 poems in the collection, which I shared online in poetry clubs a lot. I hired maids and all, but I did the book work and taking in of the guests and the money and all that kind of stuff. My husband was retired by then, so I hired folks to do repairs and put on a new roof and stuff like that....
Later we owned a motel, after we sold the building, and again, I did a lot of listening. Guests would come from all over the world and they all had some interesting stories to tell! I even wrote a collection of poems about them. I called it MISFIT MOTEL and there were about 150 poems in the collection, which I shared online in poetry clubs a lot. I hired maids and all, but I did the book work and taking in of the guests and the money and all that kind of stuff. My husband was retired by then, so I hired folks to do repairs and put on a new roof and stuff like that....
Benedicte S. Lunde
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I was a top athlete. living my dream. My deepest wish that one day I will be nailing my comeback♡
My wife and I used to run a B&B it was hard work, but we had great fun, and met some wonderful people from all over the world. Some used to recommend us to their friends back home, and they would come and stay with us when they came to Scotland.
We used to get calls from the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe to make bookings, good fun when I look back on it.
Before that, I used to work in the oil industry, offshore and overseas, but all that seems like a life time ago!
We used to get calls from the USA, Canada, Australia and Europe to make bookings, good fun when I look back on it.
Before that, I used to work in the oil industry, offshore and overseas, but all that seems like a life time ago!
Lola Nocheprieta
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Did/Was: worked with kids and families in crisis; case manager in NYC; worked with queer homeless youth, HIV+ youth, taught public speaking skills and developed curriculum for youth speakers bureau; then went to law school (big f*cking mistake, don't get me started, should have stuck with my passion and become a psychotherapist), was youth advocate, then family law attorney (damn near killed me handling rich people's divorce, what the f*ck was I thinking I almost turned into a goddamn douchebag myself but instead I went crazy and went on disability and it took me 7 years to get back on my feet personally and professionally ... but I digress); became youth advocate again, tutor, stay-at-home parent, special education advocate (that degree did eventually come in handy.)
Do: Program director (it's good to be the boss), working with adult graduate students with disabilities. I consider myself a full-time wounded healer. I will whip out my "coping tool kit" with mints and scents and rubber bands and little things to squeeze and fidget with and a list of things I know are true in a heartbeat and show it to students and say, "I know. I've been there." Hell, I am there. I'm constantly going back to basics and have to remind myself to talk to myself like I would one of my students.
Do: Program director (it's good to be the boss), working with adult graduate students with disabilities. I consider myself a full-time wounded healer. I will whip out my "coping tool kit" with mints and scents and rubber bands and little things to squeeze and fidget with and a list of things I know are true in a heartbeat and show it to students and say, "I know. I've been there." Hell, I am there. I'm constantly going back to basics and have to remind myself to talk to myself like I would one of my students.
ISupportHer
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Registered Nurse in an urban Emergency Department, usually am the Charge Nurse.
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Gs172003
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What sport?
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Gs172003
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My brother did that for a long time
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Gs172003
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Daaaaang you've been busy!
Lola Nocheprieta
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Just old and footloose, moved around a lot, lol!
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Gs172003
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That sounds fun
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