Michael Ball:  

Life After high school I enrolled into PPCC where I took classes off and on, while working crappy jobs. I was a Food Service Worker (dishwasher) at the Officer's Club and the Enlisted Club at Peterson AFB. The Job sucked but it paid for college so I just put up with it. My first car was an '82 Dodge Aries (P.O.S.), not exactly my first choice but hey, for $600 I couldn't complain... well, maybe just a little. The Aries would always break down every other month and it was always something different. It was so bad that I started putting money aside ahead of time to be prepared for the next break down. I know, I know, it would have made more sense to put the money aside to put towards a new car right? Well, what can I say? I was young, dumb, and full of... never mind. ANYWAYS, it only got worse from there cause later I bought an '85 F150 which also had problems, and a '70 Chevelle that wasn't running. So I was kinda digging myself into a hole here, but I didn't see it that way. I was thinking "I have 3 cars... COOL!" Like I said, young and dumb! Well, after that I had to get another job to continue going to college and fix the 3 not so cool cars. Well, the Chevelle was still cool. You can't beat the classics! The next job I got was working at Future Call which I hated! I REALLY couldn't stand that place and only lasted 2 months. So it was back to washing dishes and taking the city bus off and on. Stick with me people, it's not all depressing. It does get better! Later I started working at ACE Hardware which at first was pretty cool and the money was all right. Have you ever worked somewhere that seemed alright at first, up until you've been there a while and see how dirty (back stabbing) the supervision and management really is? Yeah, I won't give any details... hmmm unless requested, but I stayed working there cause I met some of the greatest people, who to this day are still my best and closes...Expand for more