Most of my childhood was spent in the farming country of southern Indiana.
It was a simple life, filled with farm chores and school work.
I was one of eight siblings, and to this day I am still convinced my parents only had kids so they wouldn’t need to hire field hands. All the siblings got worked daily, that was just how we lived. During the summer break from school, and in between planting seasons, my parents sent me to Evansville to spend a week or two with my aunt and uncle. My Uncle Mike was a cop in Evansville, and in the past he and I had discussed me following in his footsteps. Truth be told I didn’t really want to be a cop, I was interested in learning HVAC repair, but I still found it preferable to a life on the farm. Any job I could get in Evansville would be a step in the right direction, but since Uncle Mike was a cop, I started with that. First of all, all cops face too much danger – even the cops in Evansville – and I’m not a dangerous kind of guy. Also, HVAC techs can make a whole lot more than cops, and with the way the housing market is expanding in the Evansville area, I know that I will have terrific job security. I signed up for some night classes at the Evansville learning annex, and hopefully I can earn my AA degree quickly, then decide what I want to do next. I have no idea what the future holds for me.