Pamela Blyth:  

Life When I first wrote this, Classmates gave us 4,000 characters. Wow. Life, in 4000 characters or less. We've all lived more than 4000 characters. I'm glad to see that now we a have quite a bit more. :-) My first character was High School Outsider/Brainiac. A major shift came about 1/2 way through high school when I joined a church. Musically, I switched from Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath to Carter Family, Gid Tanner, and Newgrass Revival. My next character was as Young Elementary School Teacher. While in this character, I also became 25-year-old Homeowner. Granted, it was a very modest home. But hey, I lived in Modesto. It worked. My next character was as Married Girl. (There's a Carter Family song about that...) As Married Girl, I moved from Modesto to San Diego. From Homeowner to Condo Dweller. That was hard. Harder still: The condo complex was poorly built, next to a freeway, and inhabited by some rather unsavory sorts. Married Girl, Condo Dweller, and.... working for entirely the wrong school district for me. I learned important lessons about employer/employee fit in the character of Unhappy Employee. This led to my next character: Mid-life Career Changer. I decided to go to National University rather than a more prestigious university because I wanted my BSCS done, and done fast. Which indirectly led to my next character: Carpal Tunnel Woman. Which, in turn, led to my next character: Teacher of Computer App...Expand for more