Having a background in food, I enjoy it much more now that I don't have to do it for a living. It never was a dream of mine to pursue culinary arts, but it beat the alternative of working at WalMart and not learning a new skill.

All of my women friends work. I have no one to share anything with. It's sad. One friend and her husband spend hundreds for their sons to attend a program at the Y this summer, just so she can work and go to school online. They also have them in activities (good for the boys) which are not cheap, so I don't know if the pay-off is even worth it, financially. My son is with me and is getting to rest and enjoy his summer at home. (That was a bit off topic, but kind of goes with the artificial life I alluded to earlier.)

Having a background in food, I enjoy it much more now that I don't have to do it for a living. It never was a dream of mine to pursue culinary arts, but it beat the alternative of working at WalMart and not learning a new skill.

All of my women friends work. I have no one to share anything with. It's sad. One friend and her husband spend hundreds for their sons to attend a program at the Y this summer, just so she can work and go to school online. They also have them in activities (good for the boys) which are not cheap, so I don't know if the pay-off is even worth it, financially I guess it is. My son is with me and is getting to rest and enjoy his summer at home. (That was a bit off topic, but kind of goes with the artificial life I alluded to earlier.)