fasting and mailing

Two wednesdays ago I did something that I had not did to my knowledge in my lifetime. I went to Ash Wednesday service per my catholic committment and father announced at the end of the service that I/we should be fasting for that day also. I had already ate breakfast at this point, so I quickly ascertained that I had to skip the next three meals and only drink water. No snacks, not even eating fish that I thought I was going to be allowed to. At first it was more diffucult than I thought, especially since I had to go to Athens and stat up a basketball game. By the time morning had came around, I wasn't really all that famished and was doing fine with the fast.

I started my post office temporary rural carrier job this week also. So far the first couple of days of training have been a struggle to stay awake and sit through safety talks and defensive driving videos. Next week should be more engaging since I will be taking some rural academy driving course which should be better all the way around. The more I learn about the USPS job the more excited I am about starting and thinking about a career in the job. Right now I can't think of any reason why driving a mail route is better or worse than teaching. My decision may come down to which job I can get on for full time first. With driving a mail route I get to listen to my satellite radio all day long, but could get run over at any of my potential 500 plus stops. I don't have to deal with kids all day long, but I do have to work until after 4 or later in the day. I am a bit enamored with how the mail is actually sorted. The whole process is automated, even the letters that can't be coded by the machines. The machine unreadable items are photographed and sent to a relay screen where a person types in their best guess of the items destination.

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