Job number two came a bit sooner than the 9 months I had originally anticipated. I'd discovered that I enjoyed having my own money to spend for many reasons, mainly because my meager allowance barely covered gas for my spiffy new ride. And, since I was no longer in cross country training, it certainly was not going to cover beer money needed for my weekend outings. I had also found that being able to buy  myself all kinds of junk food that my health-food-obsessed parents never bought, gave me great pleasure. My conclusion was pretty scientific:


no job + no money = very long winter


So I applied at one of the "it" places to work in my little town...at the local grocery store. I had quite a few friends that were already working there, so my hopes were high. I was not disappointed, and started working as a part-time cashier in the fall of my sophomore year. I around spent two years there, in what was officially the most boring job I have ever experienced. My tasks were simply to stand there and scan groceries. That was pretty much it. It really is amazing how you can stand in one place for six to eight hours and be physically sore when you are done.
If I was lucky, I would be the one chosen to go and face aisles during slow times. And this was only fortunate if you did not have to face the Jell-O aisle. One of the wonderful bag boys was always bound to walk by the Jell-O boxes, just as I would be finishing, and poke in a few rows of my tedious, hard work...then it was down-like-dominoes. 
It really was a great high school job though. I worked with a lot of my friends, and made some new ones. We had a lot of fun, got into some trouble (more than I care to share publicly) and made some memories. Unfortunately, some of this fun and trouble caught up with me my senior year, and I was "let go." 
Ok, ok...I was totally fired. It was an utterly humiliating experience and, having no desire to repeat this mistake, I made damn sure that I learned something from it!
So in reference to the point of my whole blog, it was just another experience along the path to becoming...