Another day at' mill

Hello again. Last time I wrote about my son and his new wife. Today I am going to tell you a bit more about me.

I was born in USA and moved to England when I was nine. Up till then I had been to three schools on two continents but after coming to England I stayed in the same school for the rest of the time. After leaving school I trained as a teacher - three years at a College of education, although nowadays it's a University course. I really enjoyed the course and the teaching practices but when it came to the real thing, I ducked out after two terms and got a job in a bank. Less money and shorter holidays - what was I thinking of?

I'm back in the finance industry now although I had six years at home looking after our two oldest children and then my husband and I bought a Convenience Store and ran that for fourteen years, in conjunction with bringing up baby numnber three.

The oldest is the one who got married last week, the next is happily 'partnered' and the youngest is in her final year at school. She is planning her university career - choosing her courses and completing her personal statement etc for UCAS. The house will seem quiet this time next year, although I'm not planning on suffering from empty nest syndrome. Just looking forward to things still being where I left them.

I read a few blogs including Dr Crippen's excellent comments on the decline of the NHS. I'm studying Health Science with the Open University and have always been interested in medical matters. In an ideal world, I would have liked a career in a 'profession allied to medicine' (eg as a Physiotherapist) but things didn't turn out that way. Which is why I am currently working towards the degree I didn't get in my twenties and studying Human Biology and Psychology. People ask me what I plan to do with the degree when I finally get it and some seem surprised that for me just getting the degree will be an achievement in itself. I'll be into retirement by the time I've completed all the modules, so not much opportunity for a new career!!!