justme jim W. Chapter 09

Chapter 09

“JUSTMEJIMW and job he had”

here are someone of the job, something I pay and something I did not get pay with money, but each job have it own rewards.

My first I was five years old at that time, Mr. Keen, the next door, they job, of watch the lawn grow, and kept other kids off is new lawn as it grow. That job last a month, on Friday each week he they me an ice cream cone.

Around the Winters house, each week, I had different job, one it was pick up the back yard, next week it was pick the front yard, next week it was take out the trash, and the next week it was wash the dinner dish, many year later my mom told, after I went to bed, she would rewash the dish, that I wash. My pay was a place to live.

If I made a pot of coffee, after dinner, I could stay up, an extra hour. Also got one dollar if I would put a way the grocers.

My I put way the grocers, like to do it alone, as it much faster, no one got in my way.

As I grow older, I had to mow the lawn. Hard part was the clean up.

I do remember baby sitting for two family, I got pay 50 cent an hour.

In 1963, I sold newspaper at a catholic church, I got 5 cent for each newspaper I sold.

About same time, there was build a shopping center, down the street from me, after school, I would, pick the soft drink bottles, and return for a 5 cent deposit.

The summer of 1966, I work it the high School swimming pool, passing towels, and clean up the lock room, I am I mean the boys lock room. For that I got to swim for free.

After high school, no one would give a job, So I start Long Beach college, I took cooking classer, When the dish washer, did not show up, I got pay for washing the dish, pay so much a hour, and an free lunch.

The Summer of 1968, work for the foundation for the junior blind, summer Bloomfield, as kitchen helper, each day I prepared 750 each day, that was 46,400 meals that summer. And I got pay $200 that summer.

Between 1975 and 1991, I did yard work in my neighborhood, there was about 4 or 5 neighbor I help, one older pay $2.50 water her lawn, and 25 cent put trash can out, if she have two half cans fill, she would dump, so she one can.

I did mow, people lawn, but it was mostly trim the plants and pull the weeds, now you know way, I hate pulling weeds at my house.

For one or two summer, I help a neighbor install, Air conditioning, he pay like $20.00.

Then 1991 I move to Victorville, Ca, all us neighbor, help each other, install are outside light, and rain gutter, and anything, that we need it. We I did that with pay, I get pay my neighbor to rock flowers beds. That neighbor also pay, to put out her trash can, and she $100 for six months, her husband dose now, and I do know how much she pay him.

Between 1995 and 1998, I fax the church news to the newspaper, and they put in Saturday newspaper. I did ask for pay.

Today, most of my work is for the walk to Emmaus, kairos and Chrysalis.

I did some baby sitting in Victorville, that was few in ago, and I do not that any more.

That justimejimw and his jobs.