Paula Anderson:  

I always wanted to be a teacher when I grew up. My family and friends thought that was a good idea. As it turns out, they were wrong. I tutored a little boy and that went badly and that changed my mind quickly. I then went to JCCC and studied what they told me to, and also took psych and photog. I found a job with a photog studio and began a six year career as a professional portait photog. I quit to get a job with better pay and insurance so I could start a family. After my dau was born, I worked in the school district as a para so I could be off with her in the summers. I divorced, held down three jobs, was in a play and met my second husband. We had a baby boy in 1995 and I started working at SMMC so I could take him to work with me. I needed better pay and ins again and started working at Ask a Nurse and worked evenings. I am still there and love it! Who knew?! The biggest surprise I have had in my life is having a baby at 41! If I won $100 million, I'd give 10% of it to charity, then spend the rest on a new house, cars and then save the rest. My current age is 58. When I was 12, I thought that people my age now would be old. I was so completely wrong. My first job was at Kmart, where I got paid 25 cents to sell...Expand for more