Susan Blough:  

I always wanted to be a doctor when I grew up. My friends thought that was a good idea, but it'd be difficult. As it turns out, I changed my mind anyway. I got a B.S. in Biology, concentrating on Biochemistry. It was interesting, but didn't lead into my career. In college I had a great time partying as well as studying and working. One thing I really loved was tennis and I was still playing until my older son went away to college. I actually ended up being a Systems Programmer working with IBM mainframe operating systems (Assembler Language). That may sound boring, but it could be really fun until you had to stay up for 48 hours straight installing a new operating system. Working for a bank meant that the computer couldn't be off-line from Monday morning until Saturday morning!! Somewhere in there I got married (at 24) and divorced three years later. Gave it a good try, but there you go! Stayed single for five years and got married again; this one is still barely limping along. Marriage is a funny thing; I'll bet most of you know. In the mean time, I moved five times in 12 years, but have thankfully been in one place for the last nine; even if it is the Houston area. The weather stinks; but I can say I've lived through a hurricane (Hurricane Ike-Sept. 2008). I had no power, water, or phone; and that was one of the good situations!. Besides Bakersfield, I've lived in Spring, Texas (Houston area); Trumbull, Connecticut (absolutely wonderful); Sugarland, Texas (Houston area again); Denver, Colorado; and now The Woodlands, Texas (again, the Houston area). At least we have a "local" football ...Expand for more