Back Yardigans

I'm not an animated children's show character, but I do spend all day in what they call the 'back yard' at the local lumber retailer. My favorite 'make believe' game is 'make believe the labor is worth the pay'.

Today, two of my coworkers and I invented a game involving aspects of soccer, skeeball, wallyball, and basketball. It had a fence, a garbage can, a five gallon bucket, and a basketball. I got paid twenty-one dollars per hour to play this ball game in the sun for two and a half hours before I went home. I came in second.

Moments like that are still not compensation for the damage we do to our bodies on a daily basis, but it helps to forget that you'll wake up with a stiff back and aching joints tomorrow.