Isolation?

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/25/2003 10:08:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,

mgrant@... writes:

> Some have been unable to tell friends and family that they have to work and

> make it stick. One gal couldn't even get her mom to understand since she

> worked at home.

Margaret,

This is a very hard thing for me to make my family understand. And I mean

grown family members (husband, father, daughter), not children. They don't

realize how you have to concentrate and how each phone call or knock on the

door is disturbing and brings me out of my " zone. " They also don't realize

that I can't stop for 20 minutes in the middle of a report. Even though it

is a local call for me so the phone charges don't matter, I will get

disconnected after several minutes of not using the C-phone. They also think

that I can work whenever I want to, and although I have a flexible schedule,

I am expected to put in a certain amout of hours between certain times. I

won't do it, but I have in frustration threatened to get a job outside the

home many times. LOL

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/25/2003 10:08:21 AM Eastern Standard Time,

mgrant@... writes:

> Some have been unable to tell friends and family that they have to work and

> make it stick. One gal couldn't even get her mom to understand since she

> worked at home.

Margaret,

This is a very hard thing for me to make my family understand. And I mean

grown family members (husband, father, daughter), not children. They don't

realize how you have to concentrate and how each phone call or knock on the

door is disturbing and brings me out of my " zone. " They also don't realize

that I can't stop for 20 minutes in the middle of a report. Even though it

is a local call for me so the phone charges don't matter, I will get

disconnected after several minutes of not using the C-phone. They also think

that I can work whenever I want to, and although I have a flexible schedule,

I am expected to put in a certain amout of hours between certain times. I

won't do it, but I have in frustration threatened to get a job outside the

home many times. LOL

[Guest guest]

Rennie,

You have just expressed EXACTLY who I am! Freaky!!!

So, I'll just say " ditto " and end this email!

:-)

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Rennie,

You have just expressed EXACTLY who I am! Freaky!!!

So, I'll just say " ditto " and end this email!

:-)

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Rennie,

You have just expressed EXACTLY who I am! Freaky!!!

So, I'll just say " ditto " and end this email!

:-)

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Carol, I have been single since 1978 and have been supporting myself since then,

There were several years in there when I wasn't doing transcription, but I got

back to it in 1989 and have been doing a lot better doing transcription than I

was doing anything else. Hoewever, I have also been " lucky " enough to always

work for hospitals or one time for a very large clinic (over 20-some doctors),

so I have always been an employee and never had to worry about organizing taxes,

etc. The only thing I have to organize is my time, which is easy to do since I

have a set schedule of hours and days to work. They are flexible though and

when I need to change my hours for some reason, I can do that if I let them know

about it ahead of time. They still need to know who is working when so that if

a stat comes up they are covered.

Anyway, hope that helps with your question about people being single and

supporting themselves. I have found that I can make much more doing this than I

could at many other things that I am already qualified to do. Margaret

>>> " Carol " 01/25/03 01:00AM >>>

I am loving this thread! You are all citing the reasons why I want to work at

home fulltime. Mostly is the office politics and having to go to lunch when I'm

told etc. Where I work there is not even a bathroom on our floor (basement

level) and we have to go upstairs to even pee. Needless to say, we've learned

to start upstairs before we *really* need to go! I despise listening to music I

don't like from someone else's radio, I can't concentrate in a lot of noise, and

believe me this office gets noisy. SO many reasons.

But I do have one question. How many of you who love MT so much are single and

supporting yourselves? I've heard from a couple of you that you are, but I'd

like to have better odds lol. I did this fulltime once, though not at home, and

I supported myself for about a 18 months. But I wasn't organized enough to take

care of the taxes properly and to get my health care costs organized. I want so

badly to just quit my job and concentrate now on building up my line count,

because doing it part time I don't have much time to spend on it...

It IS my dream job!!!

Thanks for the input

Carol in NC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Isolation?

I have worked retail and with the public for over 30 years, and I am

sick to death of it. When I found out that there was a job called a

Medical Transcriptionist and you could actually do it from home, I

couldn't get into a course fast enough.

I want to stay home. I too could be a recluse very easily. It

would not hurt my feelings not to see another person for weeks. I

have many ties on the internet, and at this point, that is enough

for me. I am sick of bosses, co-workers, customers. I want to stay

home and be by myself with my two cats, and have decent meals

prepared when my husband comes home from work.

However, I have worried that an on-line course would not prepare me

enough for a good job. I don't speed type. But I am a very

accurate typist. There is a total of 990 minutes of transcribing

with my course. I am about 75% done I would say, and can see myself

getting a little better with each new dictation. For me, it is

repetition. If I misspell a word in this dictation, I will get it

right in the next one.

[Guest guest]

Carol, I have been single since 1978 and have been supporting myself since then,

There were several years in there when I wasn't doing transcription, but I got

back to it in 1989 and have been doing a lot better doing transcription than I

was doing anything else. Hoewever, I have also been " lucky " enough to always

work for hospitals or one time for a very large clinic (over 20-some doctors),

so I have always been an employee and never had to worry about organizing taxes,

etc. The only thing I have to organize is my time, which is easy to do since I

have a set schedule of hours and days to work. They are flexible though and

when I need to change my hours for some reason, I can do that if I let them know

about it ahead of time. They still need to know who is working when so that if

a stat comes up they are covered.

Anyway, hope that helps with your question about people being single and

supporting themselves. I have found that I can make much more doing this than I

could at many other things that I am already qualified to do. Margaret

>>> " Carol " 01/25/03 01:00AM >>>

I am loving this thread! You are all citing the reasons why I want to work at

home fulltime. Mostly is the office politics and having to go to lunch when I'm

told etc. Where I work there is not even a bathroom on our floor (basement

level) and we have to go upstairs to even pee. Needless to say, we've learned

to start upstairs before we *really* need to go! I despise listening to music I

don't like from someone else's radio, I can't concentrate in a lot of noise, and

believe me this office gets noisy. SO many reasons.

But I do have one question. How many of you who love MT so much are single and

supporting yourselves? I've heard from a couple of you that you are, but I'd

like to have better odds lol. I did this fulltime once, though not at home, and

I supported myself for about a 18 months. But I wasn't organized enough to take

care of the taxes properly and to get my health care costs organized. I want so

badly to just quit my job and concentrate now on building up my line count,

because doing it part time I don't have much time to spend on it...

It IS my dream job!!!

Thanks for the input

Carol in NC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Isolation?

I have worked retail and with the public for over 30 years, and I am

sick to death of it. When I found out that there was a job called a

Medical Transcriptionist and you could actually do it from home, I

couldn't get into a course fast enough.

I want to stay home. I too could be a recluse very easily. It

would not hurt my feelings not to see another person for weeks. I

have many ties on the internet, and at this point, that is enough

for me. I am sick of bosses, co-workers, customers. I want to stay

home and be by myself with my two cats, and have decent meals

prepared when my husband comes home from work.

However, I have worried that an on-line course would not prepare me

enough for a good job. I don't speed type. But I am a very

accurate typist. There is a total of 990 minutes of transcribing

with my course. I am about 75% done I would say, and can see myself

getting a little better with each new dictation. For me, it is

repetition. If I misspell a word in this dictation, I will get it

right in the next one.

[Guest guest]

Carol, I have been single since 1978 and have been supporting myself since then,

There were several years in there when I wasn't doing transcription, but I got

back to it in 1989 and have been doing a lot better doing transcription than I

was doing anything else. Hoewever, I have also been " lucky " enough to always

work for hospitals or one time for a very large clinic (over 20-some doctors),

so I have always been an employee and never had to worry about organizing taxes,

etc. The only thing I have to organize is my time, which is easy to do since I

have a set schedule of hours and days to work. They are flexible though and

when I need to change my hours for some reason, I can do that if I let them know

about it ahead of time. They still need to know who is working when so that if

a stat comes up they are covered.

Anyway, hope that helps with your question about people being single and

supporting themselves. I have found that I can make much more doing this than I

could at many other things that I am already qualified to do. Margaret

>>> " Carol " 01/25/03 01:00AM >>>

I am loving this thread! You are all citing the reasons why I want to work at

home fulltime. Mostly is the office politics and having to go to lunch when I'm

told etc. Where I work there is not even a bathroom on our floor (basement

level) and we have to go upstairs to even pee. Needless to say, we've learned

to start upstairs before we *really* need to go! I despise listening to music I

don't like from someone else's radio, I can't concentrate in a lot of noise, and

believe me this office gets noisy. SO many reasons.

But I do have one question. How many of you who love MT so much are single and

supporting yourselves? I've heard from a couple of you that you are, but I'd

like to have better odds lol. I did this fulltime once, though not at home, and

I supported myself for about a 18 months. But I wasn't organized enough to take

care of the taxes properly and to get my health care costs organized. I want so

badly to just quit my job and concentrate now on building up my line count,

because doing it part time I don't have much time to spend on it...

It IS my dream job!!!

Thanks for the input

Carol in NC

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Isolation?

I have worked retail and with the public for over 30 years, and I am

sick to death of it. When I found out that there was a job called a

Medical Transcriptionist and you could actually do it from home, I

couldn't get into a course fast enough.

I want to stay home. I too could be a recluse very easily. It

would not hurt my feelings not to see another person for weeks. I

have many ties on the internet, and at this point, that is enough

for me. I am sick of bosses, co-workers, customers. I want to stay

home and be by myself with my two cats, and have decent meals

prepared when my husband comes home from work.

However, I have worried that an on-line course would not prepare me

enough for a good job. I don't speed type. But I am a very

accurate typist. There is a total of 990 minutes of transcribing

with my course. I am about 75% done I would say, and can see myself

getting a little better with each new dictation. For me, it is

repetition. If I misspell a word in this dictation, I will get it

right in the next one.

[Guest guest]

I had to stick my 2 cents in here also. When I worked in house I got sick to

death of being told when I could go to the bathroom, go have lunch, etc., as

some of you mentioned. As a matter of fact, the standing joke in our little

cubicles was that when you came in and sat down at your desk, there was a leg

iron with chain that come out and attached itself to your ankle.

I HATED the fact that our broom closet office was right next to the copier room

in medical records, and so many of the hospital employees would come and shoot

the breeze while they were making their copies. I constantly had to find new

ways to politely tell them to shut the heck up because I couldn't hear. We had

a door on our office, but we discovered that when we closed it, it became like a

sauna in there.

When my boss started talking about sending people home to work, I was soooo

thrilled. I remember telling my boss at that time that I couldn't wait to be

able to say shut up to people who were talking (meaning my kids) without being

written up for it. Luckily, I had been there the longest, so I got first dibs

on being the first one to go home to work. At that time, I still had children

at home, but they were teenagers. I taught them the definition of emergency..

meaning when they could interrupt me.. which included blood, broken bones, the

house being on fire, etc. We also had to define what was NOT an emergency..

forgetting a book at school that you needed for your homework (my response to

that was always poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on

my part), just HAVING to be at a friend's house right now and wanting me to play

Mom Taxi.

My kids are all grown and gone now, and while I love them and miss them, it sure

is quieter around here while I'm working I only have my cats and dogs to

keep me company, and my husband when he's not sleeping or working, and that's

just fine with me.

Some of my local fellow MTs have often mentioned that they HATED working from

home and ended up finding new jobs working in-house at one of the few hospitals

in this area that haven't outsourced yet. While I understand there are people

out there who need that social interaction every day, I'm definitely not one of

them. Nothing thrills me more than to be able to say " I haven't set foot out of

this house all week. "

To each their own I'm perfectly happy with my virtual online cubicle buddies

Jan

jantranscribes@...

" Typing is my life. "

" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

I had to stick my 2 cents in here also. When I worked in house I got sick to

death of being told when I could go to the bathroom, go have lunch, etc., as

some of you mentioned. As a matter of fact, the standing joke in our little

cubicles was that when you came in and sat down at your desk, there was a leg

iron with chain that come out and attached itself to your ankle.

I HATED the fact that our broom closet office was right next to the copier room

in medical records, and so many of the hospital employees would come and shoot

the breeze while they were making their copies. I constantly had to find new

ways to politely tell them to shut the heck up because I couldn't hear. We had

a door on our office, but we discovered that when we closed it, it became like a

sauna in there.

When my boss started talking about sending people home to work, I was soooo

thrilled. I remember telling my boss at that time that I couldn't wait to be

able to say shut up to people who were talking (meaning my kids) without being

written up for it. Luckily, I had been there the longest, so I got first dibs

on being the first one to go home to work. At that time, I still had children

at home, but they were teenagers. I taught them the definition of emergency..

meaning when they could interrupt me.. which included blood, broken bones, the

house being on fire, etc. We also had to define what was NOT an emergency..

forgetting a book at school that you needed for your homework (my response to

that was always poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on

my part), just HAVING to be at a friend's house right now and wanting me to play

Mom Taxi.

My kids are all grown and gone now, and while I love them and miss them, it sure

is quieter around here while I'm working I only have my cats and dogs to

keep me company, and my husband when he's not sleeping or working, and that's

just fine with me.

Some of my local fellow MTs have often mentioned that they HATED working from

home and ended up finding new jobs working in-house at one of the few hospitals

in this area that haven't outsourced yet. While I understand there are people

out there who need that social interaction every day, I'm definitely not one of

them. Nothing thrills me more than to be able to say " I haven't set foot out of

this house all week. "

To each their own I'm perfectly happy with my virtual online cubicle buddies

Jan

jantranscribes@...

" Typing is my life. "

" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

I had to stick my 2 cents in here also. When I worked in house I got sick to

death of being told when I could go to the bathroom, go have lunch, etc., as

some of you mentioned. As a matter of fact, the standing joke in our little

cubicles was that when you came in and sat down at your desk, there was a leg

iron with chain that come out and attached itself to your ankle.

I HATED the fact that our broom closet office was right next to the copier room

in medical records, and so many of the hospital employees would come and shoot

the breeze while they were making their copies. I constantly had to find new

ways to politely tell them to shut the heck up because I couldn't hear. We had

a door on our office, but we discovered that when we closed it, it became like a

sauna in there.

When my boss started talking about sending people home to work, I was soooo

thrilled. I remember telling my boss at that time that I couldn't wait to be

able to say shut up to people who were talking (meaning my kids) without being

written up for it. Luckily, I had been there the longest, so I got first dibs

on being the first one to go home to work. At that time, I still had children

at home, but they were teenagers. I taught them the definition of emergency..

meaning when they could interrupt me.. which included blood, broken bones, the

house being on fire, etc. We also had to define what was NOT an emergency..

forgetting a book at school that you needed for your homework (my response to

that was always poor planning on your part does not constitute an emergency on

my part), just HAVING to be at a friend's house right now and wanting me to play

Mom Taxi.

My kids are all grown and gone now, and while I love them and miss them, it sure

is quieter around here while I'm working I only have my cats and dogs to

keep me company, and my husband when he's not sleeping or working, and that's

just fine with me.

Some of my local fellow MTs have often mentioned that they HATED working from

home and ended up finding new jobs working in-house at one of the few hospitals

in this area that haven't outsourced yet. While I understand there are people

out there who need that social interaction every day, I'm definitely not one of

them. Nothing thrills me more than to be able to say " I haven't set foot out of

this house all week. "

To each their own I'm perfectly happy with my virtual online cubicle buddies

Jan

jantranscribes@...

" Typing is my life. "

" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Jan, I have to add to the part about no stepping outside my house all week. My

car is now 5 years old and even though I have driven it to the mountains, the

beach, and many other places, I still only have 32,000 miles on it. If it

weren't for her age, she would still be under warranty. LOL. I love to get

outside to do things like go for walks and work in my garden, but I love not

having to fight the traffic to get to work or having to dress in something other

than jeans and sweats in the winter and shorts in the summer. And I love having

my cats, the outdoor birds, etc., all around me, with my music playing on the CD

player and no one interrupting me, except for all my " cubicle buddies " here in

cyberspace who I can ignore when I really need to concentrate and let interrupt

me when I want to.

We have also had some MTs who just couldn't do it at home. One of the problems

is that they just don't seem to have the discipline to sit down and work and get

their hours (or lines) in. Some have been unable to tell friends and family

that they have to work and make it stick. One gal couldn't even get her mom to

understand since she worked at home. Those people have ended up back working in

an office and doing much better. Just my experience, Margaret

>>> " Jantranscribes " 01/25/03 09:52AM >>>

I had to stick my 2 cents in here also.

Some of my local fellow MTs have often mentioned that they HATED working from

home and ended up finding new jobs working in-house at one of the few hospitals

in this area that haven't outsourced yet. While I understand there are people

out there who need that social interaction every day, I'm definitely not one of

them. Nothing thrills me more than to be able to say " I haven't set foot out of

this house all week. "

To each their own I'm perfectly happy with my virtual online cubicle buddies

Jan

jantranscribes@...

" Typing is my life. "

" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Jan, I have to add to the part about no stepping outside my house all week. My

car is now 5 years old and even though I have driven it to the mountains, the

beach, and many other places, I still only have 32,000 miles on it. If it

weren't for her age, she would still be under warranty. LOL. I love to get

outside to do things like go for walks and work in my garden, but I love not

having to fight the traffic to get to work or having to dress in something other

than jeans and sweats in the winter and shorts in the summer. And I love having

my cats, the outdoor birds, etc., all around me, with my music playing on the CD

player and no one interrupting me, except for all my " cubicle buddies " here in

cyberspace who I can ignore when I really need to concentrate and let interrupt

me when I want to.

We have also had some MTs who just couldn't do it at home. One of the problems

is that they just don't seem to have the discipline to sit down and work and get

their hours (or lines) in. Some have been unable to tell friends and family

that they have to work and make it stick. One gal couldn't even get her mom to

understand since she worked at home. Those people have ended up back working in

an office and doing much better. Just my experience, Margaret

>>> " Jantranscribes " 01/25/03 09:52AM >>>

I had to stick my 2 cents in here also.

Some of my local fellow MTs have often mentioned that they HATED working from

home and ended up finding new jobs working in-house at one of the few hospitals

in this area that haven't outsourced yet. While I understand there are people

out there who need that social interaction every day, I'm definitely not one of

them. Nothing thrills me more than to be able to say " I haven't set foot out of

this house all week. "

To each their own I'm perfectly happy with my virtual online cubicle buddies

Jan

jantranscribes@...

" Typing is my life. "

" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Jan, I have to add to the part about no stepping outside my house all week. My

car is now 5 years old and even though I have driven it to the mountains, the

beach, and many other places, I still only have 32,000 miles on it. If it

weren't for her age, she would still be under warranty. LOL. I love to get

outside to do things like go for walks and work in my garden, but I love not

having to fight the traffic to get to work or having to dress in something other

than jeans and sweats in the winter and shorts in the summer. And I love having

my cats, the outdoor birds, etc., all around me, with my music playing on the CD

player and no one interrupting me, except for all my " cubicle buddies " here in

cyberspace who I can ignore when I really need to concentrate and let interrupt

me when I want to.

We have also had some MTs who just couldn't do it at home. One of the problems

is that they just don't seem to have the discipline to sit down and work and get

their hours (or lines) in. Some have been unable to tell friends and family

that they have to work and make it stick. One gal couldn't even get her mom to

understand since she worked at home. Those people have ended up back working in

an office and doing much better. Just my experience, Margaret

>>> " Jantranscribes " 01/25/03 09:52AM >>>

I had to stick my 2 cents in here also.

Some of my local fellow MTs have often mentioned that they HATED working from

home and ended up finding new jobs working in-house at one of the few hospitals

in this area that haven't outsourced yet. While I understand there are people

out there who need that social interaction every day, I'm definitely not one of

them. Nothing thrills me more than to be able to say " I haven't set foot out of

this house all week. "

To each their own I'm perfectly happy with my virtual online cubicle buddies

Jan

jantranscribes@...

" Typing is my life. "

" Whoever signs the paycheck makes the rules. "

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Ditto on not wanting to leave the house. I live in the boonies and sometimes

don't leave for a week or two. But my car gets miles jacked up on it because

most shopping trips require 60-70 miles round trip. Then there's the family to

visit for another 360 miles round trip.

This post reminded me of an old colleague who came to work in house because she

wanted to get away from her kids for awhile! 24/7 was too much for her and she

just wanted a respite. It was very part time, I think. I thought that was

pretty funny and ironic. Most Moms want this work to be ABLE to stay at home

with their kids.

patb

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Ditto on not wanting to leave the house. I live in the boonies and sometimes

don't leave for a week or two. But my car gets miles jacked up on it because

most shopping trips require 60-70 miles round trip. Then there's the family to

visit for another 360 miles round trip.

This post reminded me of an old colleague who came to work in house because she

wanted to get away from her kids for awhile! 24/7 was too much for her and she

just wanted a respite. It was very part time, I think. I thought that was

pretty funny and ironic. Most Moms want this work to be ABLE to stay at home

with their kids.

patb

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

Ditto on not wanting to leave the house. I live in the boonies and sometimes

don't leave for a week or two. But my car gets miles jacked up on it because

most shopping trips require 60-70 miles round trip. Then there's the family to

visit for another 360 miles round trip.

This post reminded me of an old colleague who came to work in house because she

wanted to get away from her kids for awhile! 24/7 was too much for her and she

just wanted a respite. It was very part time, I think. I thought that was

pretty funny and ironic. Most Moms want this work to be ABLE to stay at home

with their kids.

patb

Isolation?

> Do any of you experienced MT's working at home ever feel too isolated?

>

> Please e-mail me at: astreit@... the list is too busy for me and I'm

> on web only right now.

[Guest guest]

> Most Moms want this work to be ABLE to stay at home with their kids.

Yeah, but having kids, especially 5 and 3, on a 24/7 basis can be overwhelming

at times. And when you are home all day, it becomes taken for granted that you

will be here. My husband, as much as I love him, drives me crazy sometimes

because he will make plans and just assume I have nothing to do elsewhere.

Sometimes I do need to get out and away, and this board sometimes is the only

adult conversation I get, besides my husband and at church on Sunday. I do miss

a lot of the social interaction I had with my former job as a reporter.

On the other hand, I am thankful for the opportunity to stay at home with my

kids. I spend more time with them than I did when I was working at the

newspaper, and I don't have to worry about what to do with them when they're

sick or need an appointment for something, or school is cancelled. I also have

fibromyalgia, so I think working at my former job would be hard for me right

now.

When I quit the paper to go into MT, I was ready to get out. I was tired of

people lying to me during interviews, complaining, etc. etc. I covered the

criminal courts and politics (what a combo!). There was also a bad situation

with two people in the office that my former boss -- who does not like to be the

bad guy or have a confrontation with anyone -- just decided to not really

handle. So I agree with the others, I don't miss the office politics, the

gossip, the dressing up every day, the long hours. I will keep my MT job.

Pattie

[Guest guest]

> Most Moms want this work to be ABLE to stay at home with their kids.

Yeah, but having kids, especially 5 and 3, on a 24/7 basis can be overwhelming

at times. And when you are home all day, it becomes taken for granted that you

will be here. My husband, as much as I love him, drives me crazy sometimes

because he will make plans and just assume I have nothing to do elsewhere.

Sometimes I do need to get out and away, and this board sometimes is the only

adult conversation I get, besides my husband and at church on Sunday. I do miss

a lot of the social interaction I had with my former job as a reporter.

On the other hand, I am thankful for the opportunity to stay at home with my

kids. I spend more time with them than I did when I was working at the

newspaper, and I don't have to worry about what to do with them when they're

sick or need an appointment for something, or school is cancelled. I also have

fibromyalgia, so I think working at my former job would be hard for me right

now.

When I quit the paper to go into MT, I was ready to get out. I was tired of

people lying to me during interviews, complaining, etc. etc. I covered the

criminal courts and politics (what a combo!). There was also a bad situation

with two people in the office that my former boss -- who does not like to be the

bad guy or have a confrontation with anyone -- just decided to not really

handle. So I agree with the others, I don't miss the office politics, the

gossip, the dressing up every day, the long hours. I will keep my MT job.

Pattie

[Guest guest]

> Most Moms want this work to be ABLE to stay at home with their kids.

Yeah, but having kids, especially 5 and 3, on a 24/7 basis can be overwhelming

at times. And when you are home all day, it becomes taken for granted that you

will be here. My husband, as much as I love him, drives me crazy sometimes

because he will make plans and just assume I have nothing to do elsewhere.

Sometimes I do need to get out and away, and this board sometimes is the only

adult conversation I get, besides my husband and at church on Sunday. I do miss

a lot of the social interaction I had with my former job as a reporter.

On the other hand, I am thankful for the opportunity to stay at home with my

kids. I spend more time with them than I did when I was working at the

newspaper, and I don't have to worry about what to do with them when they're

sick or need an appointment for something, or school is cancelled. I also have

fibromyalgia, so I think working at my former job would be hard for me right

now.

When I quit the paper to go into MT, I was ready to get out. I was tired of

people lying to me during interviews, complaining, etc. etc. I covered the

criminal courts and politics (what a combo!). There was also a bad situation

with two people in the office that my former boss -- who does not like to be the

bad guy or have a confrontation with anyone -- just decided to not really

handle. So I agree with the others, I don't miss the office politics, the

gossip, the dressing up every day, the long hours. I will keep my MT job.

Pattie

[Guest guest]

This sounds like me minus the roomie and Dad. I'm not much for chit chat

and office politics.

Robyn

Re: Isolation?

> I don't, but then again I'm kind of weird. I don't really require much

social contact, and what I get on the net (including this list) is more than

sufficient for me. It's an individual " thang " (as we say in Texas).

>

> I also have a roomie, and my father lives with me. Now *he* is a guy who

likes LOTS of social contact. Yakkety yak. *teehee* He gets ticked off

because I am " always at my computer. " *G*

>

> I get nervous and stressed if I am around people too much. They are so

*distracting* LOL. I like peace and quiet, and I like to withdraw from

conversations when I am ready. The net fits me perfectly.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Rennie

> My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

This sounds like me minus the roomie and Dad. I'm not much for chit chat

and office politics.

Robyn

Re: Isolation?

> I don't, but then again I'm kind of weird. I don't really require much

social contact, and what I get on the net (including this list) is more than

sufficient for me. It's an individual " thang " (as we say in Texas).

>

> I also have a roomie, and my father lives with me. Now *he* is a guy who

likes LOTS of social contact. Yakkety yak. *teehee* He gets ticked off

because I am " always at my computer. " *G*

>

> I get nervous and stressed if I am around people too much. They are so

*distracting* LOL. I like peace and quiet, and I like to withdraw from

conversations when I am ready. The net fits me perfectly.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Rennie

> My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

This sounds like me minus the roomie and Dad. I'm not much for chit chat

and office politics.

Robyn

Re: Isolation?

> I don't, but then again I'm kind of weird. I don't really require much

social contact, and what I get on the net (including this list) is more than

sufficient for me. It's an individual " thang " (as we say in Texas).

>

> I also have a roomie, and my father lives with me. Now *he* is a guy who

likes LOTS of social contact. Yakkety yak. *teehee* He gets ticked off

because I am " always at my computer. " *G*

>

> I get nervous and stressed if I am around people too much. They are so

*distracting* LOL. I like peace and quiet, and I like to withdraw from

conversations when I am ready. The net fits me perfectly.

>

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

> Rennie

> My Home Page: http://www.renesue.com

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

[Guest guest]

He's a sweetheart Trisha .

Robyn

Re: Isolation?

>

>

> Not me. Of course I spent 25 years working construction and had to

leave

> the house 5-6 days a week for all those years. I love being able to

stay

> home. If our local grocery took online orders and delivered I would be

even

> happier. Of course the fact that my lovely bride is right beside all

day

> long helps. :^)

>

> Quixote

[Guest guest]

He's a sweetheart Trisha .

Robyn

Re: Isolation?

>

>

> Not me. Of course I spent 25 years working construction and had to

leave

> the house 5-6 days a week for all those years. I love being able to

stay

> home. If our local grocery took online orders and delivered I would be

even

> happier. Of course the fact that my lovely bride is right beside all

day

> long helps. :^)

>

> Quixote