What were some of the jobs you had throughout your life? Explain some of the memorable experiences you had with these jobs.

See the previous blog entry to see my history.  I only had two employers in my life.  One for six days, the other for 40 years!

I did work at Prosser Packers for six days immediately after graduation.  I had to quit because my packing machine broke down.  They then put me on the conveyer belt sorting asparagus.  It gave me motion sickness.  I quit.

My most memorable (apparently) experience during my working years (40) was when I lit a match in my office shortly after starting work (in order to smoke a cigarette, which you could smoke in your office back then!)   As I struck the match, it flew out of my hand, across the room and into the insides of a typewriter!  I was horrified!

What did you do for a career? Explain how you chose that career.

My career was Hanford

When I graduated from High School my mother drove me to Columbia Basin College to see about signing up.  I didn't "know" what I wanted to be and the classes were for English, History, same kind of things I took in high school.  I knew I was good at secretarial stuff so I went to Modern Business College and signed up for "Executive Secretary" program.  Before the six months program was over I had an interview out at Hanford with Wadco company, which later became Westinghouse.  I was a part time typist in the typing pool.  I quickly got a job as a secretary and then four years later got my first job as an Engineering Technician Trainee.

I remained a technician for a couple of decades in various locations and then went on to Operations Specialist and then Maintenance Specialist, spending 40 years out at Hanford.  Didn't plan it but it just happened.  My first husband, Kerry Lynch was a blind date, through his sister Mickey, whom I worked with.  My second husband, Mark Johnson was working in the same building (308 Bldg.) and asked me out.