Tuesday, August 16, 2011

I'll take the Jackhammer

This morning as I started work at 7am, they resumed the road work near our house, complete with incessant, annoying jackhammers.  An hour in and I thought I would go crazy.  Is this going to go on ALL day?  I couldn't concentrate.

But then I read this article about a man from Miami who took a job as a contractor firefighter in Iraq.  He hopes to pay off his debt and when he returns in over a year, he won't have to work 2 jobs to support his family, and can spend time with his 3 year old son.  He wakes up to artillery fire and bomb blasts in the distance.

I'll take my jackhammers and be grateful we're in a financial position where I don't have to listen to the alternative.

-K

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