I’m just another casualty of wanting to conquer the world and have everything we can. In the process, I am learning that the balance is easily tilted, and something’s always has to give.

 

I was born some 40 years ago in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. For those of you who do not know, the Dominican Republic is located in the Caribbean, between Cuba and Puerto Rico.

I come from a very dysfunctional family. VERY dysfunctional. But I managed to survive and surprisingly, have done quite well on my own.

 

I stumbled onto the IT world by chance in 1998. Boy! Am I glad that happened! Today I am a Technical Business Analyst in a physician’s management company and I love my job

I was married the first time when I was 19 and after 9 years I realized it was not working. I married a second time 9 years ago, and I’m still working on this one. I hope to grow old with this man because I don’t have the energy it takes to train a 3rd husband. ;-)

 

My house feels like a zoo. We have 2 kids (boys), 2 cats and 2 dogs. We were supposed to only have 1 dog, but my husband kept whining that he wanted a Chihuahua, so I got tired of him whining about it and went and bought him one. It is a relief that I do not have to put up with that anymore. My dear husband is one of those people who talks and talks about something and then does nothing about it. He wants to do something, but it would take Congress to agree 100% on an issue, to get him to move forward with what he wants on his own accord. Or, it takes me – his wife – to take care of it for him or with him, whichever one.

 

We live in the outskirts of Atlanta, Georgia. I love Georgia. If it was up to my husband we would be living on a mountain somewhere roughing it 24/7. But I like civilization and prefer to rough it only when we go camping for a weekend. One of my children suffers from a mental illness, and the other is dangerously smart. I love them both the same. I get frustrated with both, too. But I love them and I work very hard so that they do not have to go through the hardships in life that I went through.

You would have to read my blog to find out all that happened to me. I plan to talk about it little by little in the near future. For now, I prefer to write about my quirks and observations. I can be funny more often than not and I like that about myself.

 

I struggle through my life with an addiction to carbohydrates and I refuse to quit. I will – one day, but not today! I am overweight, but not grossly obese.  I call myself ChunkyMonky because as a chubby kid, I used to stand in front of the mirror and act like a monkey, making faces and walking around funny. It helped me pass the time, and I hope my blogs will help you pass the time and put a smile on your face more often than not!

 

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