Michelangelo is quoted as saying "I hope that I may always desire more than I can accomplish." I remember the few times when I had nothing to do, and it was much worse than when I have had much more to do than I could handle. One such time was after graduating from Ohio State and being unemployed. My first job with Ph.D. in hand was to manage Unca' Bucks' car wash in San Fernando. California. Then I was able to get a part time temporary position at BYU for $5 an hour for a few months, and when that ran out, it was back to looking for cars to detail. I did that for a while until some friends at BYU put together a permanent administrative position for me, which I held for 3 years until a professorial slot opened up in the Spanish Department.
It is nice to know, though, that I can always go back to cleaning cars if it were necessary; or delivering newspapers; or doing custodial work; or delivering dinner for Chicken Delight; or pumping gas for Chevron or Texaco; or washing cars for the US Postal Service; or teaching junior high; or . . . anyway, it's been good to be able to do a lot of things. I still have a lot to do, so I'd better get busy. I'll post a few pictures to improve the post first, though.
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