[Bahbah]

Get off your rear

You make me smile, as you do so often. I went out into a field and picked beans, and you would be surprised at my ed background. No work is beneath anyone. Support yourself. Get a job. If you are good, you could end up running the company. :)

[Inspectorette]

I was a single mom at age 40, making $8.00 an hour as a secretary at a major aerospace company at Vandenberg Air Force Base. I worked full-time, got my Associate's Degree, then my Bachelor's Degree. Just retired from this company last month, as a Quality Engineer.

I worked my butt off - went from secretary to Documentation Clerk, to Junior Quality Inspector, to Senior Quality Inspector (only woman among 20 men, some of them openly hostile to me).

Worked many, many 12-hour swing shifts 1600-0400. Had a heart attack with ventricular fibrillation in 1992 while undergoing a physical to wear a protective suit designed to protect from rocket fuel. Went back to work and continued on until 31 March 2005.

It ain't always easy out there - just suck it up and keep on truckin'.