Re: Carol, what did you used to do for a living?

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On 3/10/06, The Zephyr wrote:
> Carol, I commend you for your nursing service, my wife really does care about the preemies
> she takes care of and often fields questions from the NICU while at home nights and
> weekends. As for me, my engineering career was filled with the usual corporate politics
> and Bull**it. I like being able to move around, meet new people, and get a cup of coffee
> withhout looking over my shoulder to see who's going to rat me out for taking a break. I
> haven't really decided what area to practice specifically in; I find it interesting that
> you like criminal defense. As a nurse you must have seen the end results of crimes and
> abuse; my wife has had to deal with lowlife crack moms delivering crack babies with
> withdrawls, as well as the patched-up victims of crimes. She asks me all the time how I
> can defend people like that. I tell her the old addage about everybody is entitled to a
> zealous defense; she thinks they're entitled to be taken out back and shot:-) Anyway, you
> add much needed optimism to the board; I hope the doom-gloomers don't prevent you from
> posting. Have a nice weekend,
> ~Zephyr
You too. I'll tell you later how I deal with the criminal defense aspect, right now going
to exercise that perogative of being my own boss and take off.