A Mommy Story

After a week, I’ve finally managed to make time to answer the interview questions Mrs. Chicky sent to me. The rules of the game are simple: if you haven’t played yet and want to be interviewed, make sure I have your e-mail address and let me know you want to play, and I’ll send you five questions of your very own to answer.

Without further ado:

1. What is your dream job?
Oh, this is a tough one. I’ve worked a lot of different jobs in my life: fast food, retail, library aide, graduate assistant teacher, daycare worker, web designer, online course developer, student advisor, writer, etc. And now I’m back in school for nursing. I think my dream job would be something where I’m constantly learning new things.

Clearly I’ve made several job changes over the years, many of which required new skill sets. I think I will be happy with nursing, because there are so many different fields within it to pursue – clinical nursing (and the variety of specialties therein), research nurse, community nurse, insurance nurse, home health nurse, etc. I could even go on for more school to become a nurse practitioner. For now, I think I’d like to pursue labor and delivery nursing.

2. What is the one thing that makes you the most angry?
People who intentionally hurt others, especially the ones who do it for fun and remain anonymous. I’ve never understood that darker side of human nature that drives some people to derive pleasure from hurting someone else. These people are completely lacking in compassion and have no ability to see beyond themselves and their own feelings, which is sad, because they are missing out on so much in life. And in return they bring so much pain to others, sometimes affecting the entire life of a person all in the name of “fun”.

It’s like they think life is one big video game created just for them, and everyone else on the planet is simply a lifeless being here for their amusement. It’s people like that who make me wish I had the power to touch them and make them suddenly feel the pain of everyone they’ve ever hurt, all at once.

3. Who do you think is Anna Nicole’s Baby Daddy?
The baby is totally a clone, with no father at all. Or possibly an alien baby. Or maybe an alien clone…yeah, that could work.

4. Finish this sentence: “Thank God I’m ________” (and elaborate)
…nearly finished with this pregnancy! Seriously, I’m thrilled to be welcoming another little person into the family, but I want my body back! I want a nice big glass of wine, and no restrictions on how much tuna salad I can eat. I want to roll over in bed at night without it requiring a 5 point turn taking longer than 15 seconds. I want to sleep with only one pillow again, instead of three at my head for heartburn and one giant body pillow slowly pushing Aaron out of the bed. And I want to play with Cordy again without having to constantly tell her, “No, you can’t lean on mommy’s belly like that. No, you can’t push mommy there.”

5. If you had your choice for your children, would you send them to public school or private school?
It would depend on where we’re living. If we’re at our current house, I’d prefer private school, because our public school system is one of the worst in the area. If we move to one of several places we have considered, I’d probably be all for public school, since the school systems are pretty good. Although the lure of a Montessori school is a strong one, too. However, we’re poor, so unless the school sucks, public school is always the first choice!

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