Key~Notes

The video (credited to YouTube user igleniglen) is 3 years old.  The steniments evoked are timeless.

I will NOT forget!

~What is your principal occupation and what circumstances lead to it?~

Principal?  Did I enter the education field without realising it?

Since I’m going to be returning to my previous position as a nanny next month when school begins, I’m going to talk about that as my “principal occupation”.

I’ve been a part-time nanny since January 2008.  I came into this position quite by chance.  I wasn’t interested in going back to work . . . was enjoying being a homemaker only . . . having time to go to the Temple when I wanted, and to visit with dear friends while Christopher was at school.  I was also having some health issues at the time that I believed would prevent me from holding down a regular job.

At our monthly Girls’ Night Out in November 2007, one of my friends mentioned that she was going to be going back to work part-time in the new year and needed someone to look after her youngest daughter.  I casually wondered about the hours and such, and then promptly forgot about it.

In December, Lora called me and asked if I was still interested in looking after her little girl.  I explained the situation with my health and said that even though our family could use the extra money, I wasn’t sure my health would be up to it.

Long story shorter, my health issue miraculously cleared up in mid-December, allowing me to take the job as a favour to Lora.  And, well . . . I love my job!  It’s ended up that I’ve had all 3 of her daughters in my care at some point (during the summer or after school), and have come to love those sweet girls like they were my own.  Christopher has also come with me to work (again, in the summertime or after school) and is like a big brother to the 3 of them.  It truly is an ideal situation.

I mean, where else could I have found a job that allows me to watch “Curious George” on PBS, sing along to Veggie Tales music CDs and work on needlework?

~What did you want to be when you grew up?~

Let’s see . . . I remember reading something that I’d written I think in kindergarten or grade 1 that said I wanted to be a nurse.  Then I wanted to be an actress on the Great White Way . . . a novelist . . . a famous singer . . .

But by the time I graduated high school and was preparing to go to University, I wanted to be a music teacher.  Specifically a strings specialist in the public school system.  I’d had 2 such violin teachers who greatly impacted my life and I wanted to bring that kind of music to other children.   I chose the wrong university to pursue that dream.  I was a fish trying to swim upstream in that huge BYU music pond.  I never really had a chance.

Then, I discovered ASL.  I was hooked from day 1 and decided I wanted to become an Interpreter for the Deaf.  That was still my goal when I met James and moved here to Canada, thus effectively ending my schooling for a season.

I know I want to go back to school someday (hopefully in the not-too-distant future).  I think I want to pursue a music degree . . . in fact that was my PLAN . . . maybe eventually get my Masters in Music Therapy.

However, when I wrote just now about wanting to be an Interpreter, I remembered how much I love that language and the Deaf culture and I wonder . . . *sigh*

With all that said, even back when I was 5 and wanted to be a nurse . . . and consistantly throughout the subsequent years . . . I always knew I wanted to be a mom.

I’m so blessed that dream came true!