Reasons It's Nice To Have a Job

I got my first check today and I'm quite pleased with the result. There were, asdmittedly, a few surprises. Pension contributions for instance, about two hundred dollars a month (but you get it back at the end of the year). And housing deposit of like six-fifty (also returnable).

My favorite thing is that I'm paying for my lunches at school (all you can eat rice and kimchi with soup and elaborate sides). It runs about two bucks a day. If I was eating in a restaraunt they would easily be $8-10 meals, I just ate one and trust me, I'm full.

After all the deductions (tax, Med. Ins, more tax), I'm making almost as much as I did working at the lumber mill eight years ago. But most days I love my job and unless I'm severely negligent I'll never lose a finger in a piece of industrial equipment. Life is good (especially when you don't have to pay rent).

I am happy to be paying student loans. Going back to school was one of my best decisions ever.