Vicki Gaug:  

I WENT THROUGH A 4 YEAR APPRENTICSHIP. HAVE 3 BEAUTIFUL CHILDREN (GIRL-BOY -GIRL) PRETTY WELL GROWN NOW JESSICA MY OLDEST GRADUATED OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY-DEANS LIST. STEPHAN IS IN HIS SECOND YEAR AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY AND MY YOUNGEST AMANDA GRADUATES THIS YEAR AND HAS BEEN ACCEPTED TO AKRON UNIVERSITY.MARRIED YOUNG DIVORCED. MET A WONDERFUL MAN 7 YEARS AGO MARRIED 3 YEARS NOW. I HAVE 2 STEP DAUGHTERS AND 2 SON-IN-LAWS AND 8 GRANDCHILDREN. I'M A HEAVY EQUIPMENT OPERATOR. I RECENTLY GOT MY CLASS A CDL. I AM ONE OF THE FIRST FEMALES TO HAVE MY CCO. CRANE CERTIFIED. I RUN DOZER,,BACKHOES,ROLLERS, TRACK HOE, FRONT END LOADERS , CRANES JUST ABOUT ALL CONSTRUCTION EQUIPMENT.I USSUALLY TAKE WINTERS OFF AND DONATE TIME TO THE RED CROSS. I GO TO DIASASTER SITES AND HELP WHERE NEEDED. I DO DISASTER ASSESSMENT AND CLIENT CASEWORK,MASS CARE . I'M VERY HAPPY WITH HOW MY LIFE HAS TURNED OUT. IF I COULD PASS ANYTHING FORwARD IT WOULD BE LIFE IS SHORT MAKE THE MOST OUT OF EVERYTHING YOU DO!!!!!! WELL, ALOT HAS HAPPENED SINCE i LAST WROTE THIS. WENT TO SAN DIEGO WITH THE RED CROSS.. WE WERE FEEDING 32,000 MEALS A DAY WERE GETTING SENT OUT TO THE PEOPLE(VICTIMS OF THE FOREST FIRES). CAME HOME WAS HOME A COUPLE OF MONTHS AND GOT SENT TO INDIANA FOR THE FLOODS. DID CLIENT CASE WORK. HELPED ALOT OF PEOPLE. WAS VERY REWARDING. SO MANY WONDERFUL VOLUNTEERS WITH THE RED CROSS. WENT BACK TO WORK . THEN WAS OFF FOR A WEEK AND WENT TO TEXAS FOR HURRICANE DOLLY, AND THE TORNADOES. CAME HOME SAT. AND MONDAY WENT BACK TO WORK DOWN ON THE OHIO RIVER. RUNNING CRANE AT WHEELING PITTSBURG STEEL . WORKING LOTS OF HOURS, AND GETTINFG PAID. LAST CHILD GRADUATED . HEADING TO AKRON UNIVERSITY THE END OF THIS MONTH. THEY SAY ARE YOU HAVING EMPTY NEST SYNDROM I SAY WHEN?I'M BUSIER NOW THAN I WAS WITH THE KIDS HOME. PLUS 2 OUT OF THEREE TALK DAILY. I'M VERY PROUD OF ALL THREE OF MY CHILDREN(ADULTS)AND 2 STEP DAUGHTERS, THEY ARE BUSY WITH THEIR OWN KIDS.BU...Expand for more