Career of the Week
Carleen is soon finishing up school (sometime around Christmas) and is even now sending out resumes to prospective Libraries in the NY/MA/NJ areas. This gets me thinking about what I’m going to do once we move. The ultimate goal being that someone is able to stay home with Liam. Something clicked inside my brain and I decided to look into Massage Therapy as a career. Turns out it’s currently one of the hottest professions right now. Schooling is minimal, typically ranging anywhere from 6 months to 2 years, depending on the school and state you wish to practice in. Average salary is around the $51,000 a year range.
It was never anything I had thought about before, but now that I look into it, it sounds more and more like something I would enjoy. The freedom to set your own schedule, NOT working on a machine (yippiee!), and lots of career options. I’m currently considering (depending on where Carleen lands a job) the following schools:
- Center for Natural Wellness School of Massage Therapy in Albany, New York
- Cortiva Institute - Muscular Therapy Institute in Watertown, Massachusetts
- Massage Institute of New England in Somerville, Massachusetts
- Institute for Therapeutic Massage in Tom’s River, New Jersey
- Dover Business College in Dover, New Jersey
I’ve said all this before, but I’m really excited about this possibility. The interesting thing is, a good portion of my family on my dad’s side are in the Nursing/Physical Rehab field. My Uncle Dennis, Aunt Mickey, Uncle Greg and Cousin Josh are all in this type of field, maybe we have a certain knack for it, who knows? All I know is I really need this. I can’t keep doing what I’m doing for the rest of my life, and this feels genuinely exciting to me. It’s too bad I have to wait - I’d start taking classes now, if there were a school nearby I could go to, even if there was, the certifications for each state are so different getting my degree in one state and moving out of state may mean taking the entire degree over again. Or continuing education at the very least.
Tara on 
stephanie on 
Carleen on 
October 9th, 2006 at 08:11:27
You’d have the perfect, gentle touch for that. You could even fix up a room in your house and receive clients at home (like Anita has done for years), and keep an eye on Liam at the same time.
However, if you do that, you’all need to stay here and work for me and my neck!
Thinking about you both today, on Carleen’s first day back at work.
Siri