Esther Pollock:  

This IS why I do not do things like this. For the third time¿ And I went by KATHY, not Esther. Finished high school with a great sense of relief. Went to Texas A&M. got two degrees Engineering technology ¿ graphics, and Civil Engineering structures, and danced a lot. Moved to California since the economy was slow, and worked in structural engineering for fifteen years, got my California licenses, worked on schools and hospitals mostly. Hiked, camped, started doing photography, and went four wheeling n the desert. Was the queen of structural steel, and the camping manager for my second firm in LA. And started wearing hats. After some serious nagging by a college friend I returned to Dallas, Texas in 2000. Worked for a structural there, but we had personality issues. Some say I had problems with authority. I think it had problems with me. Ran into an old college prof I had had a crush on and got married and moved to fifty acres outside of a very small town. And an unfinished house. Worked on and off for several years till 2006, in engineering, got my licenses here and then went to work for the aforementioned small town as the code enforcement officer (or beast, per my boss), building official, quiet zone coordinator ordinance writer, general do-what-no-one-else does, and lately, punching bag. It does not pay as well as structura...Expand for more