Jeez louise Barb that's quite a list! I've never done any weird job! I drove a truck around the South for my Dad when I was home from college in the summer but I'd go sightseeing and visit college friends. The summer of 1980 I was a census taker. When my parents helped me buy my first new car I had to get a job of any kind so that the bank would put the financing in my name and I could take over the payments. I worked for three weeks at a car hubcap factory with women who talked about how their boyfriends/husbands really loved them even though they beat them. It was extremely depressing. I taught high school English when I was in graduate school. That was not fun. I worked as an editor until 1985 when the Macintosh became a viable print production tool and I jumped on it immediately. I was a digital print production consultant for many years. Now every little vo-tech school cranks out people to do design on the Mac so I got out of it about six years ago. I sold my condo to finance becoming an independent trader and that's what I do now. It allows me time to work on film projects as well. I optioned my first screenplay recently and hope to be able to sell it by next January.

That's cool that you have a chart! I have one as well and I still don't know all the aspects and what they mean. I have this big, thick astrology book that I got in middle school and it's SO informative. Still, there are so many things to learn that it would take a lot of patience and dedication for me to ever be truly knowledgeable. Anyway, I'm pretty sure the rising (ascendant) sign is just the sign based on your birthdate.....for you, it would be Libra since you were born on Oct 13. My mom was born on 10/14, so that's pretty cool

Dang Terri, this all sounds so screwed up!!! I'm SO GLAD that your surgery is long behind you and you are able to do things like go running to burn off some of the stress. But your gym is closing too??? OK that's just getting ridiculous!!! I hope you are not getting screwed on the membership fee! Is there another gym in your area that you think you would like? I'm a bit confused... are you going to be able to get your TT? And do I understand correctly, the second buy-out fell through so you're still going to get the severance, the bonus, the paid vacation, yes? A person like you is very employable! Please keep us updated how you're doing!

Oh Terri, how stressfull. Do you have a new job lined up? I know it will suck giving up the severence but do you really want to stay on the rollercoaster? You might not get severence from the new owners when they eventually go belly-up. I've been laid off four times (twice from the same employer LOL), I've always found another job and I've grown in each one. If you don't have a new job, start looking. You company sounds like a downer. What do you do for a living? Barb B.

My son's birthday is Oct 13 also!! Barb