As many of you know, I got a job and it starts today. Don’t get too excited. I leave in a few minutes for my first day as an editorial assistant at the Spokesman. I answer phones, organize newspapers in the newsroom, put paper in printers, run errands, compile calendars, maybe lay out some stuff and, in an ironic twist, compile the baby names for birth announcements.

As they said at the Spokesman staff meeting I sat in on Thursday, it’s not sexy journalism but it matters to a lot of people. They were talking about something completely different that probably wasn’t a great idea (ooh, am I allowed to say that anymore?), but it fits.

I was not planning to get a job this soon. But last week I finally had two hours with nothing to do, and got bored, so it’s probably for the better.