Posted by Gracie2 on October 30, 2001, at 20:09:37
In reply to Re: some questions for greg » Greg A., posted by Krazy Kat on October 30, 2001, at 11:40:00
Isn't it funny how some people think that they deserve not only everything, but the best of everything; and then there's us!
It can't be just environment. My sister - who is warm and wonderful and funny and I love her to death - wouldn't be caught dead in clothes from Target or K-Mart. She works hard and insists on only the best for herself - clothing, cars, hair salons, furniture, food - it has to be first-class all the way. I should learn from her.
I'm particular about a few things (only coffee from Starbucks) but otherwise I'm nothing like that. I have a nice car now, but I drove beaters for so long that I learned how to change a tire and make (minor) car repairs, because I was always breaking down somewhere. When I'm not in uniform, I'm usually wearing something like Levis with holes in the knees and a Rams hoodie.
It's amazing to me that we come from the same family.Sometimes you have to be good to yourself. I don't work much now; I'm so burned out on my regular job, I think it was a great factor in my "nervous breakdown" last year. I'm taking an
at-home course in medical transcription and I'm trying to start my own business as a mural artist, which I have some experience at. My husband and son make fun of me - they call the medical transcription institution a "matchbook school" and when I'm sketching pictures of a mural for a prospective client, they ask if I
spent the whole day "coloring". Neither of them are happy that I'm not working full-time and their comments really hurt my feelings, but I worked my butt off for 20 years at a job I hate,
often six days a week, and I put my husband through school. So I'm not going to quit - I honestly feel as if this is my last chance. If I give up now and go back to my regular profession, I feel as if that will be the end of me. I'll melt into a puddle on the floor like the Wicked Witch. I think I deserve to be happy too.So don't deny yourself, and don't let anyone else give you crap about it. Why should everyone else have all the good stuff?
-Gracie
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