I have a career that I adore, and it's even in the same field as both of my degrees. Also, the stats for folks with Theatre degrees who work in theatre are very low. They are very low for even working in a field related to theatre, so I consider myself so fortunate.

I'm glad to know that some people have found and are doing something that they like for a living.

Eh, I have a job doing something I'm fairly good at and that doesn't (usually) want me to hide beneath my desk. There's a chance I may get to go off and have one of my dream jobs, but that depends on some outside forces I have no control over.

The sort of mental space I'm in right now, the degree I'm working on is for something I'd be interested in doing, but I can't say for sure that it's the thing that I'm most interested in doing. But I can't really point at anything else and say, "I'd rather be doing that," either. So I'm sticking with it for now, and trying out some other stuff in what free time I have, since I'm pretty sure that, once I find a good balance, I'll be fine with keeping math as what I "do" and then doing other stuff as hobbies or whatever.

the stats for folks with Theatre degrees who work in theatre are very low. They are very low for even working in a field related to theatre

Yep. Got 2 degrees in Theatre. I work as a researcher in publishing. Go figure.

My degree was in music. It started out as an education degree (I didn't like the program where I was going to school but it was too late to change - it would have taken me more than 4 years to complete and I wasn't willing to do that), then it went to performance (the department screwed me over) and finally graduated with just a general degree. I know I want to something with the degree but I don't know what's out there or even where to start. (Did I mention the councillers know jack shit about anything besides the obvious, general career fields?)

Sorry, still a little bitter and directionless at the moment, hence the rant.

If anyone has any advice on where I can look for more information I would appreciate a heads up.

Broadly speaking, I'm doing something I love (writing), but day-to-day that means doing something I merely like (all my business writing--the resumes, the grants, brochures, etc.) because I'm not yet making money from the part I actually love (my fiction, and to a lesser degree magazine work).

Am I doing the right thing? I certainly think so. Would I go back to my old job or something similar? Only if that were the only way for DH and me to pay the rent and put food on the table. Is it easy? No. It's much harder than going to a regular job and magically getting a regular paycheck automatically deposited into my account on the 10th and 25th of every month. But so far I think it's worth it.

Regular paychecks can be nice. I just spent a good portion of the afternoon chasing after invoices so that I'll have rent money by the end of the month.

Still, I wouldn't go back to working for a big company. I love running my own business and dealing with my own designs and such.

Quick question...

I'm making a cake. My 8 inch layer pans are shot. My 9x13 is nearly so.

I have two square 8"x8" pans. If I use these for the layers, should I bake for approximately the same time. I'm using a mix. The suggested baking times provided are (in minutes):

13"x9": 33-38

Two 8" rounds: 33-38

Two 9" rounds: 28-33

I was going to just use the time for the 8" rounds, but since it's the same time as what is suggested for the 13"x9", I'm thinking it's too long. What do you think?

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I have a kind of clueless OTC headache meds question. I woke up with a very bad headache this morning. I took one Aleve at about 8:45AM. That didn't make the headache go away, but brought it down to a dull throbbing that I could mostly ignore. Now the headache is reasserting itself, and I'm not sure what to do. I don't have any Aleve with me, but I do have Advil Cold & Sinus caplets. Should I take one of those? Would it be okay if I took one of those and an extra ibuprofen? Yes, I'm a clueless worry-wort when it comes to combining any meds.

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Cindy, I'd go with the time on the 9" rounds.

Jilli, I've done that, mixed and matched, but maybe Tylenol would be a better choice, since it's not an NSAID and both aleve and ibuprofen are.