So today's song is "Downtown" by Petula Clark. Nothing job related here, but yesterday, as you know, I went downtown for jury duty. As an engineer, my jobs are always out in the suburbs somewhere where rent is cheaper and you don't actually need to rely on being near anything else.
So this was my first time riding a metro bus in the twin cities, though I've been on the light rail before. Fortunately, the stop is a short walk from my house and the ride didn't take all that long.
But it was cool walking around the skyways and generally being around lots of people and being kind of anonymous. In my former day to day life, you see the exact same people all the time every day. But it would be interesting to work downtown and maybe occasionally, you bump into someone you know at the food court or something like that.
And it was cool to meet my wife for lunch, which has happened maybe once or twice in the years that we've lived up here. And we went to this cute sandwich and salad place.
It would be nice to work downtown, but I realize the chances of that are very very small, but it's nice to dream. That's one thing I didn't really think about when I made my career choice, the chances I'd be able to work in the city so for all you readers that are in college (none of you), this is one more thing to keep in mind.
Oh well, but as Petula Clark sings, "Things will be great when you're downtown." Time to get ready for day 2 of jury duty.
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