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Day 1 of work is under my belt. It went very quickly, actually. I had 4 hours, including driving time, to get everything done. By the time I got situated, I had 2 hours left to actually work. No sweat!

I was so nervous the night before I went in. I made notes, I reviewed them, I wrote questions, I visualized. In other words, I majorly obsessed about it. Specifically, what if I couldn’t find what I was looking for or what if I had to pull every single file to get the information (meaning it would take forever and I wouldn’t earn anything at all !)

I should have focused more on the town. A lot has changed in 5 years. There is more to the town, for one thing. The courthouse as I knew it is gone, and in its place is a bigger, more modern building complete with metal detectors and policemen. There is a parking deck, which I find amazing. There were never enough people there to necessitate a parking deck before.

All in all, it wasn’t bad! I didn’t see any of the people I used to work with, but they were likely in the deed vault (which is in some new, mystery location). I’ll see them later, after I get used to this whole work thing. I got to talk to some of the clerks, and listen to them try to learn Spanish, just for fun. I re-learned a lot of words that they probably wouldn’t have spoken in front of strangers if they knew I understood them. And I also got to listen to Michael Jackson’s memorial service in the background. It was a far cry from Dora the Explorer.

When I left the courthouse, I filled up with gas and went to get my kids at the babysitters. And there went my earnings. Okay, so I’m not making a fortune, but it felt really liberating to be in the adult world. I think I’ll go back next week!

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