Finishing the Layout for the Paper

I come from a long line of journalists and it should come as no surprise that I work for a newspaper (or have a blog for that matter).  It was the career that I was encouraged to enter, and I had no objections when I took the job at the paper.

When I first started out, I was a junior reporter, but quickly decided that chasing around the news just wasn’t my cup of tea.  I asked my boss for a transfer to another department, and I was moved to obituaries.

Now, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to know that working on obituaries can be a little depressing, and I only lasted just two short years in that position.  Sadly, that was a record for our paper and there is a plaque on the wall there with my name on it - not quite a gold medal, but at least I achieved something, right?

Anyway, from there I was moved to the department that I am in today - doing the layout of the newspaper.  Today we are having some issues with the ads that a Fort Worth auto dealer wanted in the paper - we just don’t have the room.  It is all because of the used cars in Fort Worth ads are at an all time high, and we are looking like we will be one page short for the next issue.

I guess I should quit blogging about my problems and take the issue up with my boss - that is what he pays me for, right?

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