Today was Om's last day of doing the paper route. Ever. He is ecstatic!
I went along to take pictures. Just discovered that half of them didn't record, so that's a bummer. Looks like some kind of memory card error. But we have some.
Here he is putting papers on a shelf in a store.
When the stores aren't open yet, the papers are just left outside the door.
The pictures of putting papers in home tubes and in a rack (the boxes where you put in coins and take out a paper) didn't save.
However, we got one really important one:
We all have little quirky things we just don't like, right? One of Om's is that he hates using pencil. But he's been required to use one on the paper record-keeping pages for these six years. So, he's handing off the pencil to me. He hopes to never have to use a pencil again in his life.
Another of his goals is to never see another sunrise. At least not unless he wants to.
This is a major milestone of our lives. Woo hoo!
I'm going to bed. I've been on the couch all day with this cold.
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Wishing you and yours a happy transition!
No more paper route?? I imagine that's a horrible job....with all that getting up early and going out in all sorts of weather. Ugh. But I will tell you that I appreciate those of you that bring my paper to my door on Sundays. :)
I hope you are feeling better soon, Sharkey!
But my goal is to see sunrise everyday.
What a difference.
Hooray for no more paper route. I remember when my son had a small route years ago. Since the Sunday paper was so big he always wanted help with that which meant I drove him instead of him riding his bike. Man I hated that.
Huzzah! Huzzah! Congrats to Om! That's a good thing to leave in the past. Enter freedom.
I love the "Passing of the Pencil" shot. It says a lot and that on different levels too.
Hope you finally kick that cold for good.
I did a paper round for a couple of years when I was a kid. Hated every early morning of it!
Enjoy your freedom Om.
I thought of Om this morning as I awoke to no paper in the drive. Sigh. So, I called and they said a new paper would appear in an hour....to no avail. then I called again and talked to customer service and asked for a credit. She told me that she would take notes and let "delivery" know about my "delivery demands" which pretty much equaled just plain 'ole delivery. Sigh. I wish Om was my newspaper guy. :(
Congratulations on the ending of an era and the beginning of a new phase in life! You've both earned the respite from the early morning wind, rain, and whatever else.
Whoo Hoo!!! Did not know it was happening this soon. I know Omer is thrilled and will adjust quickly to his new sleeping schedule. congrats!
Ah, here's to sleeping late, Om!! And, you, too, Joan.
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