J.R.

My Life As The Assistant to the Regional Manager Of South Fork ExplorationIn the morning, when the sun peeks through my window on Highland Park Drive, usually around 6:30AM, I awake to the genteel sounds of Bob and Tom. When the alarm clock (which is actually a stereo system, or "Hi-Fi" for the people still living in the Carter administration era) goes off in the morning, I know that I only have 45 minutes left to enjoy comfortable bed. At 7:15 I get up and go work out, it might be the weight lifting regiment or a short hike with the hounds. When I get home, I have around 75 minutes to eat breakfast, do dishes, iron a shirt, take a shower, and prep the hair for the day. I won't lie to you, I do spend some time on the hair. Hell, the only thing I have goin for me is a little bit of charm and unbelievably fabulous hair. Other than that...nothing. When I get to the office, the Regional Manager of South Fork makes me read through all emails, read the Billings Gazette (still a socialist rag), and sometimes respond to the myspaces account. By that time it's lunch, where I meet with a few friends or take a working lunch from Rockets. If Rockets it is, I am working on behalf of South Fork for the afternoon's Yahoo Gin challenge or Sudoku challenge. Either way, it's exhausting. After lunch I will field a few calls concerning telecommunication infrastructure throughout Montana or energy development in the Williston Basin. Then I try to finish the Sudoku challenge without cheating. By that time I'm bushed. The Regional Manager likes to go home around 4, and as Assistant to the Regional Manager of South Fork, I go home shortly thereafter. Once I get home I field more calls, yes I take my work home with me, and inevitably have to attend an evening meeting with clients, investors, well wishers, friends or others. These people, unfortunately, like to have a drink during the meetings. That means I won't get home until 9 or 10 and I always drink my dinner. It's a tough life being the Assistant to the Regional Manager of South Fork Exploration. If it weren't for my talent, social skills, mastry of the martial arts, and fabulous hair, I don't know if I could get through the average day. I'm just glad that after proving myself day after day to the Regional Manager; I have some semblance of job security..