older and wiser?

I think all those tidbits the grownups always uttered as I was growing up may finally be sinking in. Is that why they say you get older and wiser? I think I am just getting older! I feel that the knowledge was always there right in that file cabinet I shoved way back in the corner of my brain and chose not to open. By braving the cobwebs to get back to that corner it seems I opened a treasure chest! I have this newfound yearning to explore life and to learn new things. Looking back at the past couple years, I may have begun this quest unknowingly, but now I want to know it all! I have this great desire to learn where I came from and how my ancestors survived through all of those tough times in the past. I have become the conventional woman, cooking and cleaning and taking care of the kids- a role I that used to make me shudder whenever I thought about it. Now I have 3 wonderful kids and a great husband, who allows me the priviledge of staying home with the kids and really connecting with life. I am also pursuing a certification in medical transcription (mabe i will hang it on the wall next to the my bachelors and masters degrees that I obviously don't use either). I thought the transcription training would allow me to be home with the kids and contribute to the family income, retirement savings etc, but instead it has become a sorespot in our home. Nonetheless, I am battling through and taking on those crazy accents, foreign doctors and those that seem to talk with their mouths full during these dictations really irk me. There should be a dictation training for the docs that is as thorough as this crash course in med school. I volunteer to teach it! Speak slow, open your mouth and most importantly speak English! Anyways only a few more weeks of the daunting tasks required by the program and I can move on. Hopefully I will also find a job transcribing for a slow speaking easy to understand doc-keep your fingers crossed for me! And in my spare time I will continue my quest to find what is natural and to determine what I will become in life.

27 and aging!

Okay so apparently I am a blog slacker! I started this blog with the intent to really reach out to people and to learn some things myself along the way. Well don't ya know life happened and I didn't even get to do a second post until now, 3 months later. This morning I had a great idea to start a blog project. Tomorrow I will be 27! I am a stay-at-home mom with 3 kids, and I have no idea what I am going to do with my life! As 30 is quickly approaching, not knowing what my future plans are really frightens me, almost as much as my expanding saddlebags! So here is the project- I intend to explore 1 career path every week, log my exercise routine, along with the recipes I will prepare that day. There will also be a mix of fun things I find to do, product reviews, and any other random thoughts I feel inclined to share. I am excited to "find" myself during this adventure. I have so many things I want to accomplish in life, but no real plan. Starting tomorrow, I am on my way to determining what I want to be when I grow up, after all in only 3 years, I will be joining the old lady club! Scary!