ECN Forum Forums General Topics of the Trade General Discussion Area Were you born this way?

My husband and I decided to build our house ourselves paycheck to paycheck on weekends.When I found out how much an Electrician was going to charge to come out and wire it I decided to go back to college. Since we were not in a hurry I had plenty of time to take the 2 year course then the code class. Word got around and I started getting jobs, then I started working for a GC. After 5 years I took and passed my Contractor's exam. Our house is done and here I am, a grandmother, crawling around in attics and crawl spaces, fighting off spiders. I definately wasn't born to do this but I love it. I live way out in the hills and get a lot of very interesting jobs. No two the same and never boring!