Well, I wasn’t actually in a war (unless you count Korea), but I was in the service. And I did a lot of different things while serving in the Air Force. But I got to thinking about all the different jobs I’ve had over my lifetime. I thought I’d done four or five different things; and I was surprised when I actually started listing the things I’ve done so far in my lifetime. (And these are all paying jobs, too!)

Our Dad had a lot of different jobs during his lifetime as well -- now I wish we had a complete list of everything HE did. I bet it’d be both impressive and entertaining. MY list, on the other hand, is neither.

In no particular order, here are my experiences:

• Accountant
• Gas meter reader
• New car cleaner
• Teacher
• Corn packager
• Computer and network technician
• Yearbook plant production consultant
• Forklift operator
• Warehouse order picker
• Software developer
• Railway car loader (in a glass factory)
• Pea grader
• Presidential support (to President Carter)
• News reporter
• Bartender
• Time keeper
• Registered State lobbyist
• Insurance agent
• Newspaper editor
• Pea shucker (on one of Birds Eye’s pea viners)
• Sports writer
• Historian
• Curriculum developer
• Drill instructor (military marching)
• Fish counter (no kidding - a State job!)
• Volleyball coach
• Statistical analyst
• Web site developer
• Corn grader
• Spy (again, no kidding - courtesy of the Air Force)
• Photographer
• Newspaper delivery (in bulk, not door-to-door)
• Groundskeeper
• Auditor
• Registered consumer activist
• Printing press composition worker

Damn. If you ask me, I can't hold down a job!

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