Anyway, it was a pretty uneventful weekend. I got Patrick signed up for soccer Sat. It was painless, so I was happy about that.
The Cowboys lost this weekend, so they are out of the playoffs. Just in case any of you reading this care. I don't even think anyone other than Donna is reading it. Oh well...
I have a feeling Sunday's POTD is going to be a "filler." Maybe it's time to take a picture of that tree! LOL
Monday, the kids were out of school...it's Martin Luther King day. I'm not prejudice or anything, but I can't, for the life of me, figure out why they get out of school for that day and not, say, PRESIDENT'S day, Washington or Lincoln's birthday. But, as someone (in the media) said when this first became a holiday "You'd have to be REALLY prejudiced to complain about getting a day off of work." Got a point. But, if you are like me, and work in the medical field, you don't get the day off anyway.
Guess I could mention that I do medical transcription. I'm a "Medical Language Specialist" as they like to say in the biz. Started college as a Pharmacy major...just because I worked in a pharmacy at the time I had to pick a major and thought "I can do this job." Turns out I was not dedicated enough to science and math to carry it out. It bored me. The biology and microbiology were more my thing. Maybe I should have started pre-med! LOL I wish when you were 18, 4-6 years of college did not seem like a whole lifetime...I did not want to be in school that long. I did not do Veternarian either, because I did not want to do 5 years of school instead of 4. Oh, to be young and dumb....Oh well. So, while almost done with Pre-Pharmacy, I was looking for a job that paid more than I made as a pharmacy tech, and stumbled on transcription. I saw a job for $10/hr and that piqued my interest. (I was making minimum wage at the time, or just over) So, I called around and was basically told "go to school and get some experience." So I checked into that and found out it was taught at TCJC in a 1 year program and I signed up. This was just supposed to pay my way through Pharmacy school. But after doubling my salary in the 1st year, I was hooked. and I was making more than $10/hr. I did do all my pre-pharmacy except for 2 classes, but when I tried to get accepted, I got turned down. However many people graduate, that is how many they let in the next semester, so there might be 50 spots and 500 applicants. I never got in. (tried twice) and eventually I quit trying. and my salary as a transcriptionist kept going up. And for the first time, when I was in school for it, I enjoyed school. I did not feel like I was studying...I was consumed by it. I was hooked. And for the 1st and only time in my life, I felt competitive to do better and more than the others that I went to school with and ended up working with. I was constantly setting and meeting goals. I became active in the professional organization. I had a career. and I did not miss or regret the pharmacy never working out. There have been a couple of times I thought about going back...but probably won't ever do it. I would like to go back and get a Bachelor's degree, probably in Bio or just general Science...but that's about it. I have not done anything to make it happen.
But here I am, 22 years later, and I feel like transcription as I know it is going to cease to exist. And I feel a little overwhelmed by all that I am going to have to learn to stay current and relevant in the field. And wondering if I will...I don't have a clue what else I would do...this is all I have ever known.
just rambling....
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