It Begins

Hello. My name is Jim and I have decided to join this thing that is called "blogging." I'm not really huge into divulging personal tidbits of information on the internet though. So I decided to change it up. I am a delivery guy, part-time. I have been doing this for the past three months or so. It is a great job. Good hours, good pay and not really that hard. I've found lately, though, that it can get somewhat tedious, as I deliver to a lot of the same people week after week. So, to keep my job interesting (or at least to attempt to) I've decided to keep track of certain things about my delivery route and right it down in this blog. It's a way for me to keep going with it, as it's a great job but I have a tendency to be a quitter, ever since my first paper route that lasted a week. So there it is. This is really for no one but myself but if you somehow find enjoyment from reading this, so be it. Many of the categories will remain the same from day to day but others will change. Be aware.

Listened to: "Freestyle" on Radio CBC; Purple Rain Soundtrack

# of people Delivered to: 6

Conversations (not about work or weather): 2

Moments of Awkwardness: 2

judgments passed on the Driving Skills of Others: 2

My own Bad Driving Moments: 1 (this actually occurred when I was writing down how I had passed judgment on another driver. Ironic?)

Things Learnt: Dogs actually have organized team sports that they can compete it. It's called Flyball. It has to do with catching stuff. So now, dogs have a way to feel horrible about themselves, too, by being belittled by other dogs for not being good at team sports. I wonder if the owners are like hockey parents and fight in the stands?

# of "Air" solos inspired by Purple Rain while driving: 2 drum, 1 guitar

Memorable Moments:

Starbucks was out of regular coffee and instead gave me an Americano for the same price (a whole twenty cents off). The fact that this is a memorable moments speaks volumes as to how exciting my day was.

As I was heading to my car at the tail end of my route, some guy who was walking down the street grabbed hold of a sign post, swung around it and began singing, "Singing in the Rain." I laughed.