Thanks!! something for me to remember.

mother of 2 with a full time job(research scientist in a university)
I haven't skated for 25 months since I found out I was pregnant with the second baby.
Really envy all of you who can skate.
My butt is getting bigger and bigger and my goal of a clean axel seems further and further away from me

I'm a Registered Dietitian and I have just celebrated my 15 year anniversary with Johnson & Johnson. In my spare time I "manage" a very active, VERY verbose 5 year old. Oh, and the husband. Oh yeah, and the dog....

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January: Sure I'll compete, quick, send the application
April: I signed up to do WHAT??

[QUOTE=Evelina][QUOTE=sceptique]I'm a management consultant for Accenture. It's a punishment for not thinking well enough when I was 23 what I really want to be in 10 years.... QUOTE]


Hey, that sounds like me! Unfortunately, after years of searching for my "true calling," I discovered that I'd already found it; it just didn't pay anything, LOL! It was figure skating. So I have stopped looking for my true calling and am instead working at a job that I don't mind too much, that pays enough for me to keep skating, and that hardly ever requires travel. I am green with envy over those whose true calling actually pays good money, LOL!

Right now I'm a stay-at-home mom, as of Septermber going to be a full-time college student.


Sounds like I know you in person... LMK if I do

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I skate in order to compensate for the Mint Poppets addiction

Thanks for the link - I hadn't heard of that company. I'll keep them in mind for when I get bored of Oxford!

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(1) It's completely impossible.
(2) It's possible, but it's not worth doing.
(3) I said it was a good idea all along."
- Arthur C Clarke

Well I am increasingly worried I might have to do that. If skating was my calling then I cleary missed the opportunity window to make a career out of it as having started skating at 3 I was forced to stop at 8 and have only recently picked it up again. My problem is I am not even sure what I wouldn't mind doing! I am currently seeing some career consultants to help me figure that out.

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The hardest thing about ice skating is the ice.

I'm just out a college (hard to believe it's been a year already) and work as a legal assistant for a law firm that deals with probates and trusts.

I love the job, and I create my own schedule so when I don't skate it's (usually) my own fault for being lazy.

Next year I'm applying to law schools and will hopefully have some time to skate during my 3 years of study. If I get into a part-time program instead of full-time, I'll definitely be skating and trying to get back into teaching and coaching.

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Which company do you work for? In my prior job, I scrubbed/assisted a lot of those cases. I enjoyed them and was good at them. The docs trusted me to not take a break or leave while they were in the implant phase of the operation.

I am an operating room Registered Nurse. At my current job, I only circulate, but at my prior job, I got to scrub. I'm looking for another job--I really don't like where I am now.

Similarly, I do print and web design/marketing as well. But I'm able to keep flexible hours for skating because I'm the boss!

http://www.rogue-element.com

I skate crazy early morning, and am in work by 10:00 am and work until 7:00 pm, and weekens if necessary. But the flexible schedule is key to my skating.

Airline Pilot
At least for now. " My last audition for chippendales was a bust "

Aw, man! Just when I was going to book my party!

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

I went to uni with a fellow who was a chippendale in the summertime. He was a math major on full scholarship. He loved his summertime work though, because he was a very people person--said it was much better (for him) than an office job!

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How much skating do you mange to fit in as an airline pilot? This is something I am thinking of going into but I thought that with flying all over the place it would be hard to fit anything like skating in.

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The hardest thing about ice skating is the ice.

Ditto!!!

I'm sure in the beginning it's really tough to find the time to skate but with time as seniority builds up and a regular route is attained it should be easier. We have quit a few friends who fly for the airlines and the once that have been at it for a while seem to have a pretty easy schedule (especially the ones that fly for FedEx) with a lot of off-days.

How are you planning on getting into flying commercially?

Yay! I was starting to feel a bit lonely here

Nicki

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I looked into a couple of flight schools in the UK so far, and I know easyjet take on and train people. It is something I am looking into at the moment but as it is rather expensive here at the moment it is something I am only thinking about at this stage.

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The hardest thing about ice skating is the ice.

What does it take to be a pilot " $50K in training, 2 marrages,1bankruptcy, and ten years of hardship before you crack $30K a year" Funny yes, sad yes, truthful YES.
I don't want to discourage you but this is a tough buisness, Airlines are parking planes, Gas is to expencive, tickets are cheap and a plane that flys less than 85% full in this country is loosing money, over booking is the norm to make sure the seats are full.
I am out of work at the moment. My last application received 14,000 applicants in a year for 250 jobs..Great work if you can get it. Im still looking for a job anywhere in the World right now . Im applying for jobs in Asia.. still trying though. I must be mad..

You do! *lol* The internet is a small world, isn't it? If I don't kill myself trying to figure out how to skate in my new skates (I was so used to balancing towards the front of my old boats that I spent all Saturday catching the toepicks in my 3 sizes smaller skates!), I'll hopefully be in the next ice show with you, too!


NCSkater02-- I work for Stryker (if nothing else, you've probably seen our beds!). I have so much respect for the OR nurses-- you know and understand the systems sometimes better than the surgeons and keep the OR going-- and how you manage to do that with some of the 5+ hour cases and some of the "sweet" dispositioned surgeons is amazing.

Or a BA in an avionics or engineering field followed by a military commission, a bit of luck and great grades to get picked for pilot training... rack up the hours... get out and apply to the airlines.
Btw, am married to a pilot, his first marriage, so far we have 16 years (actually 18 if you count the 2 years of living together before getting married ) and still happily counting.
Yes, it wasn't always easy... a war, countless seperations, 12 moves in 18 years etc put a toll on you but we've made it through all of it!!!

Congratulation. I understand exactly what you are going through. I moved every year for my airline career too. Im still lookinng for my next job but I may have to concider another career if I can't find a job in about a month.. I don't know if I can do this anymore..
Good to hear from you.. keep skating its good for the sole.

I am not sure what the requirements are anymore (age, education etc), as I don't get involved in that side of the Reserve house, but the Air Force Reserves is a good way to make some cash.....and stay current as a pilot...they now have the C-17 cargo plane (it is a really cool plane).

Just my 3 cent's worth. I used to fly as an Air Force crewmember (loadmaster) and it was fun while it lasted....

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Ah, show skating!!! I do it for the glitter!

Yep, internet IS a small world, and adult skating community is quite tiny comparing to it...

Now that you've found your way here on your own, can I presume that you've been bitten by the figure skating bug pretty seriously? (... and you are talking about skating dresses etc, too!)

BTW you got your skates very fast! I'd love to hear all about your experience at the shop, LOL. I'll pm you.

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I'm a software development engineer (aka programmer) my first job and just under a year but its funding my meager amount of skating because my parents arent making me pay rent... yet... Although it would cost more, I still wish the rink was open for public or figure skating every evening of the week (hockey just takes up all the time )

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