EPILOGUE

TOP TEN BEST PARTS OF BEING ALIVE IN MY. . . . SHOES:
#10 WORK: WAL-MART TIRE & LUBE EXPRESS AND TEACHING, PART IX:

So one might ask, “How did work manage to be one of the top ten things about your life?”
All I can say is that it beats the alternatives and I feel very blessed to have a profession and a job that are seldom tedious and often engaging. We lack nothing. If anything we have too much. Life is good. My time at Wal-Mart is coming to a close. Today, Maria (my wife) mentioned that I ought to think about quitting by the end of the year. I’m not quite ready yet. We’re paying off a credit card and a grad. school loan and there are a few things I’d like to purchase before I leave. There’s a wool jacket I’d like to have. There’s a giant leather journal. And I’d also like to buy a bike and maybe a bike for Maria. After that, I ought to be ready to quit. Although, who knows, maybe I’ll quit this Saturday. That’s always been the wonderful thing about my time at Wal-Mart – we’d be fine without it. Quitting is always an option.