I wouldn't call it that good, but it kept me occupied and off the streets for a while.
Keeping the servants in line can be hard work!Job?.. work ?..what is this language ?...
I was born a Princess.... I've never had to soil my beautiful hands with menial tasks..like you underlings.....
I have lain here on my yacht sunbathing while sailing gently around the Hawaiian Islands for 50 years..... and having fun with my playmates
tell me about it.... trying telling other people... they seem to think it's easy.....Keeping the servants in line can be hard work!
What a busy and interesting lady you are, I have read a few curriculum vitaes but none have been as such interest as your's. Our, that's my wife and I, our working lives have dominated our social lives. My wife's working life, as a paramedic in the ambulance service, had her working an around the clock shift pattern, as such we would plan our social life well into the future, sometimes as much as three months, if there was a three day festival that was of particular interest. It might seem regimented but it worked.My last career was certainly an interesting one. But starting from the first job...when I was 16, I got a job in a garment factory doing piece work. I hated it so much and was happy when they fired me after the first week for being too slow.
After taking a work-study course in typing, I found clerk typist jobs...first at Western Union where I issued money orders and learned how to read the ticker tapes. I worked the 3 p.m. to 12 shift and I found a babysitter who watched my baby during those hours. My mother took him and WU paid for cab service, so I would pick him up after my shift. Tiring of that schedule, I found work at a city agency and finally at a local health department, which became my "work home".
For 28 years I worked in that office, which was responsible for handling STD cases for several New Jersey counties. I was the "secretary" for several Public Health Reps (PHRs) who were state and federal employees. They spent at least half of their time in the field and I made it a point to learn part of their jobs, so I could answer questions from doctors, nurses and other health agency workers who called with inquires. Three of my supervisors offered me the VD Investigator job, which was a municipal position. I refused the first two times because I was afraid to learn to drive. But by the third offer, I was bored silly with my job, so I took driving lessons with a driving school. My boss and another co-worker also helped me.
In the interim, I had started taking college courses part time, was pulling a 4.0 GPA and still helping the field reps with their workload. My supervisor was very impressed with these things and had told me a few times that I was working below my capacity, so pushed for me to get that position. In fact, I had the job before I got my license...good thing I passed my driver's test on the first try!
Same supervisor pushed me to apply for the state PHR position, which with trepidation I did. I passed the test and after 14 years as a municipal employee, I was on state payroll which involved a significant raise. I was the first person to get that position without having a Bachelor's degree, but I had enough credits for an Associates degree and two years experience as a VD Investigator, which qualified me for the position.
As a VD Investigator I interviewed patients with gonorrhea and followed up on their contacts. As a PHR (later called Disease Intervention Specialist), I interviewed patients who were treated for syphilis and later HIV and followed up on their contacts, making sure everyone got the proper treatment (you'd be surprised how many doctors didn't properly treat). I was responsible for covering at least one clinic a week, which involved learning to do venipuncture, something I never thought I could do since I couldn't even stand to watch it being done on TV. My fellow PHRs helped me learn. I also was responsible for reviewing hospital charts of babies with congenital syphilis to make sure they were properly treated.
In 1993 I became first line supervisor for two years when we did a study for CDC and had to double our staff. It was intense and I felt I was actually doing the job of two people. I hated it so much that when the opportunity to take a solo assignment with an office a couple of counties away presented itself (after the study ended), I jumped at the chance. Besides field work, that assignment involved covering two early morning clinics at a hospital in Elizabeth and one night clinic at the Plainfield health department. After an additional 14 years with the state, I retired. Blessedly, the city and state were under the same pension plan.
Your wife's life and career choice is very interesting as well. With her sewing skills, she certainly could have gone into the field of fashion. That she chose to be a paramedic so she could help people instead is admirable. I have a special place in my heart for those in the medical field who really care. Bless her for being one of those people and you for being such a good, understanding husband. And thank you so much for your nice compliment about reading my work history
I'm glad you found it interesting because I thought perhaps I wrote too much. 
