tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post4319471312732977166..comments2024-03-02T09:05:39.993-06:00Comments on Korinthia's Quiet Corner: The World of WorkKorinthiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-19572643792460840322013-06-20T20:31:46.839-05:002013-06-20T20:31:46.839-05:00I connected with this post personally. I had my dr...I connected with this post personally. I had my dream job and lost it. I am now doing something I don't love but fits my life and pays the bills for right now. I'm sad and feel unfulfilled, but take solace in knowing I am providing for my kids the best I can. Thanks for reminding me that there is dignity in that too. I'd still like to have a job I love, but am not quite sure what that is right now. <br />DyannAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-36549666231173413612013-06-18T20:44:16.349-05:002013-06-18T20:44:16.349-05:00Oh, that mouse is so gone. He's in his natura...Oh, that mouse is so gone. He's in his natural habitat again, chewing holes in our house somewhere. We have the live trap and the wheel out in the dining room but Tempo is gone gone gone.<br /><br />I have decided to name a new line of student instruments at our store after him, though. The violins I bought in the white that I varnished at the workshop a couple of months ago are almost done, and I need labels for them, so we will soon be introducing the "Korinthian Violins TEMPO brand violins" to the world. I'll draw a tiny mouse on the corner of the label and Tempo will live on for us that way.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-89529130939627220412013-06-18T20:43:44.067-05:002013-06-18T20:43:44.067-05:00Can't wait for that blog post. Now I'll n...Can't wait for that blog post. Now I'll never be able to run for governor. Ha!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-50185684345473817642013-06-18T18:51:03.510-05:002013-06-18T18:51:03.510-05:00Any word on the mouse? Three times we've had ...Any word on the mouse? Three times we've had geckos lose in the house. Once it was for 3 months and he must have lived off of the bugs in the house. Aidan at least probably had a bug free room :)Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162890081910497200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-62435361665519453872013-06-18T16:22:24.695-05:002013-06-18T16:22:24.695-05:00Oh, the jobs I did to put myself through college. ...Oh, the jobs I did to put myself through college. I worked on campus at the information desk (a fun job for a freshman who knew nothing about the college!), cleaned house and was a "waitress" at fancy parties for a professor (I also walked his dogs when he and his wife were out of town and cleaned his mother's house--sort of a Jill of all trades for him), waited tables and worked on the mowing crew for the local school division back home (to name a few). <br /><br />No, they are definitely NOT jobs I would have said I *wanted* to do, but they paid the bills and that was important. I also learned so much from each of those positions and have happy memories from each one. <br /><br />I honestly can't wait to have this conversation with my girls because it's a wonderful one! :o)Rachhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09317328366288947798noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-50846164222863815272013-06-18T16:03:19.908-05:002013-06-18T16:03:19.908-05:00Oh, and that's totally you, and you would be h...Oh, and that's totally you, and you would be horrified at some of the conversations I remember. (Heh) Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-86431617437479443082013-06-18T16:01:34.714-05:002013-06-18T16:01:34.714-05:00I don't think I have any photos from that summ...I don't think I have any photos from that summer. I should look. I would love a picture of me with my stop sign and my work boots! That was a hot couple of months to be with ODOT. Over 100 degrees most days, and the tar on the streets actually melted.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-45195225639145851722013-06-18T15:59:51.164-05:002013-06-18T15:59:51.164-05:00Agreed. I don't ever think it's right to ...Agreed. I don't ever think it's right to shoot down people's dreams, but people should be prepared for what a realistic path toward that means.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-88000496780038179632013-06-18T14:52:23.051-05:002013-06-18T14:52:23.051-05:00This post is so true. I must have had several diff...This post is so true. I must have had several different jobs, and haven't achieved my "dream" job (and probably will never--not to be a debbie downer). I think that is the problem in today's schools is that people tell the kids that if they work hard in school then they will get the job they want right out of school instead of telling them that sometimes it takes time to get there. :)Ashleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08274322927513770328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-83166135597990051262013-06-18T14:46:27.950-05:002013-06-18T14:46:27.950-05:00Oh yeah, if you have a picture of you on the ODOT ...Oh yeah, if you have a picture of you on the ODOT crew, post it!<br />MAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-61152578369157272272013-06-18T14:44:42.688-05:002013-06-18T14:44:42.688-05:00If it was me who said that, I'm still spooked ...If it was me who said that, I'm still spooked by your ability to quote me 20-25 years later. :) Guess I managed to combine law and some time on the water in a way even I hadn't anticipated. But that's part of your point, no? We never really know where our careers will take us. But we know we'll probably be surprised at least a few times.<br />MarkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-21556917209799566262013-06-18T14:20:44.954-05:002013-06-18T14:20:44.954-05:00Nailed it. Excellent post.Nailed it. Excellent post.guajolotehttps://guajolotitos.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-80346365428019274072013-06-18T14:12:35.739-05:002013-06-18T14:12:35.739-05:00I love geology! I wrote a post at Babble a long t...I love geology! I wrote a post at Babble a long time ago about our "Rock of the Week" summer. (The post is here but the pictures are gone which is annoying: http://www.babble.com/cs/holding-down-the-fort/2010/05/18/rock-of-the-week/ )<br /><br />I often wonder how much we would surprise ourselves if we could go back to an earlier point and tell our teenaged selves where we end up. Our younger selves would probably be appalled, but it's hard to appreciate how things progress when taken out of context.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-82086777476653640102013-06-18T14:09:05.949-05:002013-06-18T14:09:05.949-05:00I can't imagine anyone as good as you are with...I can't imagine anyone as good as you are with words not passing on all kinds of useful things to your kids. I'm sure you do it so often you just don't even notice anymore.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-13225775440173203852013-06-18T14:07:56.506-05:002013-06-18T14:07:56.506-05:00I always think it's interesting to find ways t...I always think it's interesting to find ways to combine talents and interests. Like my brother the entomologist doing scientific illustration and model making for museums. I bet there are more ways to use herpetology than are apparent at first glance. Just like going into instrument making was an interesting tangent to my original music degree.Korinthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15580286551375780490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-78815762259111414122013-06-18T14:01:54.387-05:002013-06-18T14:01:54.387-05:00What a great thing to have a conversation about. M...What a great thing to have a conversation about. My daughter (at 12) wants to be a spy. So we've had some conversations about how many different skills could be useful to the FBI and CIA. (In addition to the ninja skills that are so much fun.)<br /><br />I had lots of jobs to pay the bills while I went to college and grad school, some of which I really enjoyed because of the people. And I've ended up where I wanted to end up, but even then it isn't quite what I thought I wanted. I teach geology because that's what my degrees are in, but in the years of teaching I've really found that I like teaching a lot more than geology :-) Sometimes I think about how fun it would be to go back and get some teaching degrees, maybe do some research in that area. But I like my job and life enough that I don't really want to change directions at this point.Cassihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04058787761575567910noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-44201034694476893532013-06-18T12:14:09.975-05:002013-06-18T12:14:09.975-05:00I liked "Time is wasted only if you choose to...I liked "Time is wasted only if you choose to waste it." So true, and I'm so impressed that you get to have meaningful conversations with your kids. I have those in my head, but they never get articulated quite that well.Suburban Correspondenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11488916572135296650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8654887465201994138.post-19305524518240555612013-06-18T10:49:51.128-05:002013-06-18T10:49:51.128-05:00I am so not doing what I thought I'd be doing ...I am so not doing what I thought I'd be doing 20, 10 or even 5 years ago. I made a job switch (within my company) a few weeks ago and I certainly am not that happy about the switch if I based it on the client. BUT, I'm using analytic skills that I know I'm good at and that has to be enough for know. We need my income to maintain the life we have in terms of tuition, vacations, sports, etc.<br /><br />If Aidan eventuallly becomes a herpetologist I think it will be one of my happiest moments. Peghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02162890081910497200noreply@blogger.com