My first job: babysitting three little boys and two German Shepherds every other week in the summer. I don’t know which I liked less, the diapers or the dog poop. So there it was, at the age of 13: work involves shit. #Truth I worked my way up the employment food chain in high school and college: tutor, camp counselor, library clerk, and my first job after college, a VISTA volunteer. I was almost a year out of college and was library clerking to pay the rent when I saw the ad that literally changed my life. A high-tech company was looking for…
Month: August 2016
100 Days of Alto
This is a perfect day to look back on my first 100 days of becoming a vagabond. It’s sunny, short-sleeves-and-shorts weather, a nice breeze, and a mostly empty campground. Just me, the butterflies, the occasional horse on the path the other side of the fence, and cars coming and going down the road. 100 days ago, I was at Safari Condo, nervously picking up the trailer I had waited 15 months for. I really had no idea what I was in for. Not a freaking clue. I knew this vagabond life decision would change my life, but I really didn’t…