The Office?

Once upon a time, I was an auditor. Not a tax auditor but a paperwork auditor. My job included data entry of comments from a job, detailing the work done, parts used, price charged, etc.

In doing this, I had to remove a great deal of staples from the checks and credit card slips attached to the work orders.One day I thought to myself, “I sure remove a lot of staples in a day.” So, I decided to pile them up to see how many there were in a day.

About that same time, I emptied my tissue box. Then genius struck! I started collecting those removed staples to see how many I removed in a week, and then a month. Finally, I decided to see just how long it would take to fill the tissue box.

The answer is: about two and a half years!

About nine months after I began my quest, I moved to Alaska and therefore had to quit my job. All was not lost in my quest however. You see, my mother was hired as my replacement and so I bequeathed the tissue box to her with the request that she keep filling it. Surprisingly, she did.

So today, after filling the tissue box, my former co-workers had a Staple Send Off party.

Goodbye my staple-filled tissue box.

Uninspired

Well, I have not blogged in some time. I keep thinking about it but I have just been uninspired. I have yet to rename Ranger due to his job change. I tried to come up with something but nothing has seemed to fit yet. Some ideas are Grunt Boy, Pvt Son, Jumper, Airborne but none seem just right.
Sgt. Dad is in Thailand again. Tater quit his job at Burger King. He got tired of food and the managers. He's looking for another job but pretty much every other job will require him having a car as there isn't anything else in reasonable walking distance. Strummer continues his quest for guitar greatness. He's actually sounding pretty good. He entered his school's talent contest. I can't wait for that.
As for me, Sgt. Dad and I have been running which is killing my knees. I had to back off a bit. I also started spinning again, which I LOVE. A friend talked me into Zumba class last night. So not my cup of tea! I have no dancing skills, no rythm and not a lot of coordination. I did, however, get pretty sweaty so I must have done some good.
Once I find some inspiration, I'll find something other than random family events to blog. For now, this mundane little update is all I've got.