I started my first job on Monday and it struck me that I never wrote a post about it. I’m getting old and things are just slipping my mind.

To make a long story short, the day job is going quite well. Admittedly, there is a lot of filing and other not-so-interesting tasks, but I get a kick out of answering phones. People call to ask the most amusing questions like “What’s the weather?” My private answer is “Look out the window,” but courtesy prevails so I dutifully find the exact temperature.

I’ve been working eight hour days, and it can get tiring towards the end of a shift, but the satisfaction of getting paid is quite nice. ($9 an hour for a 14-year-old in a first job is not bad).