and now i drive the bus

when i took a career test back in high school, the results came back and told me i should be either a bus driver or gardener. i have to question any career test that even considers these two jobs as viable options. a career test should inspire hope; you should walk away from it believing that, yes, you can be an astronaut, a senator, a soap opera writer. everyday jobs should not be included. bus driver. gardener. cashier. dog walker. no wonder the suicide rate is so high.

maybe it's because of this career test that i don't expect all that much out of my professional life. hey, as long as i'm not driving a bus or mowing a lawn, i'm doing pretty damn good for myself. but, sometimes while i'm sitting here at my desk answering inane questions about how to balance a checkbook, i wonder if maybe i sold myself a little short. i never considered banking until i accidentally fell into it, and yet here i am, doing pretty much the complete opposite of everything i used to think i could do. except for the occasional spurts of witty banter, there is nothing creative, lively, or fun about this. but what else could i be doing? let me rephrase that. what else could i be doing that would also keep the lights on?

i got it. i could be writing career tests.