I remember when I was a kid and wanted to earn some money.
My dad was so proud that I wanted to work that he found me a job pumping gas.
That wasn’t exactly what I was looking to do at 14 years old. But since dad went to the trouble to call in a favor, I did it. At least I was out of the air conditioning of the house and making money. But man, I hardly wanted to pump my own gas the rest of my life after that summer. So when my kid came to me wanting to figure out a way to make some spending money, we talked about doing yard work. He’s 13 and a really responsible kid. I’m sure that he takes after his mother on that one. So one morning, before it got hot and I needed to be inside the HVAC cooling, we had a lesson in mowing, weed eating and such. Then, I told him that I’d pay him to do the yard work at our house for a month as practice. Then, he could go out and see about finding other yards to mow for the summer or maybe longer. Well, he was doing great. Always mowed when he said he would and really took his time with the details. His mom gave him a tarp and asked him to weed the flower beds. He did but he threw the tarp over the HVAC cabinet outside and was tossing the weeds up to it. Luckily, I caught it before that turned into a ruining the HVAC equipment scene.