Dear Nokohaha,
I finally found a job. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control District hired me on for the summer and sent me out to romp and stomp through the muggy marshes and swamps of the western suburbs. I was wandering around Brownie Lake last week looking for puddles and thinking to myself, ” Self, this job is a walk in the park! “. I headed up the trail a little further and found some other people that work in the park. A threesome of park board employees were sitting on the tailgate of their truck, smoking cigs and looking up a set of white wooden stairs that led to Cedar Lake Road. We exchanged nods, they asked me if I thought the bugs were going be bad this year. We talked about the weather and working. I figured they were on a lunch break or something, but when I came back the same way about an hour later they were still there. Smoking and looking at the old wooden stairs. I gave ‘em a smile. and made for the steps. One of them called after me, “Don’t touch the railing, I think it might still be wet!” That’s when I figured out what they were doing. Wish I could find a job watching paint dry. You Take Care Buddy. If I make enough money I’ll drive down to Texas and say hello. Hang in there!
-Shaveless Hardjaw
