Patrick Murphy:  

Life I'm guessing that no one I knew in high school would ever think that they would see a bio of me on a website...especially, a HIGH SCHOOL website...a place I couldn't wait to get out of...but, I found as I got older, I really wish I could go back sometimes...actually, a LOT of times...adulthood is so much more difficult than student-hood...made up word, but what the heck. Most people that knew me would have probably guessed 2 career paths for me...either one concerning music, or one with a journalistic bend. WRONG! I even surprised myself! I went to broadcast school pretty quickly out of high school, but I was too immature to really handle what I needed to do to even get started in the industry. So, money down the drain. Went into the military...more time down the drain, for reasons that doctors and military people can only explain. Got married...what a mess. Loved her at first, but then came the kid (whom I love to death, by the way, and it's the only decent, perfect thing I did in over 15 years of "marriage"), and things changed. You don't need to hear the soap opera, so I'll spare you. Where did I end up working? Well, let's see...I gave propellant manufactoring a try...almost 3 years trying to blow myself up at TRW out in Queen Creek...an accident waiting to happen. Great money, lots of overtime, no family life. And, of course, the thrilling risk of the whole thing blowing to smithereens on a daily basis. Just what I needed...after that, I had some really bad "s**t" going on with my "health." For those of you who knew me WELL, you can probably guess what I'm talking about. Anyway, past all that stuff, I came upon a career that would, and probably WILL blow you away - I became involved in PHARMACY! Yeah!! I could sell drugs for a living, LEGALLY!!! I have been a pharmacy technician for almost 11 years now...amazing how sniffing residue out of empty bottles sustains ...Expand for more