Tuesday Musings #1

My sister started writing in a blog group and I thought it was a nifty idea, so I got together a small one myself. Our first topic is a get-to-know-you one - How many different jobs have you had and which one was your favorite? So, I am going to reach into the dusty recesses of my mind and see what I can drag out :)

1 - babysitting siblings
I don't remember getting paid for this, except for one year when my mother bought me THE sweater for school one fall after a summer of lots of kid watching. I'm sure I moaned sometimes about the responsibility, but I liked parts of it, too. One of my favorite memories is holding my brother Tim and singing him to sleep when he was only a few weeks old.

2 - babysitting for money
I always appreciated the cash, but I had some horrid experiences watching unruly kids. Ugh!

3 - delivering newspapers, The Pennysaver and The Staten Island Advance, NY

4 - Saturday cashier help, Island Art Center NY

5 - intern/go-fer, Snug Harbor Cultural Center, NY

6 - waitress at Sizzler (some of the customers were even more unruly than the previously mentioned kids!), NY

7 - accounting clerk, Burson-Marsteller NY

8 - picture framer, Provo Craft, UT

9 - temp, you-name-it, NY
I actually got asked out to lunch by a complete stranger one time working at a bank counting customers. He took me out for sushi, which I got stuck in my teeth, spraying rice all over the restaurant and I was so embarrassed, I wouldn't go out with him again when he asked.

10 - library file clerk, Chadbourne and Parke, NY

11 - waitress, cook and lunchtime manager, Pie Pizzeria, UT
Does that count as more than one job? The best thing about working here was learning to toss pizza dough in the air.

12 - general help, BYU memorabilia store I can't remember the name of, UT

13 - book repairer, Book Repair Unit, Harold B. Lee Library, UT

14 - photo retoucher, Doug Martin Photography, UT
Ask me sometime to tell you about the van...

15 - part time nanny, CA

16 - photographer's helper, CA

17 - substitute teacher's aide, CA

18 - secret shopper, CA

19 - demonstrator evaluator, Nutro, VA and NV

Working at the Book Repair Unit was by far my favorite. I was good at it. It took skill, an artist's eye and even a smattering of math - all of my favorite things. Plus, I worked with fun people, my boss liked me and I didn't have to drive a van! What more could I ask?