Eyes of a Child

At work today, I finally got to do something besides roll tin foil into balls. Today they let me break up dirt clods and then put the dirt through a sieve. Let us just say that I was less than excited.

Some time during the 4 hours I sifted dirt, I realized that 15 years ago, I would have thought this was the coolest job in the world: Getting paid to play in the dirt. I would probably have pretended like I was an archeologist digging up fossils, or panning for gold, or something along those lines. I can only imagine how fast those 4 hours would have seemed to go if I still had the imagination I had when I was 5.

Since I'm already on the subject of work, I am going to take this opportunity to tell you how strange things are when you work for the government. I work a total of 10 hours a week. I get paid vacation and sick leave. I have my own computer, because the lab technician that I work for "doesn't share computers." Some of you might think this is reasonable, however, the only thing I have to do that I need a computer for is clock in and out of work. I must admit, having internet access has relieved my boredom when my boss leaves work early and doesn't give me anything to do.

Doesn't that make you feel like your tax dollars are going to good use??