It's A Dream Job, But Someone's Got To Do It

How often does your boss ask you to do something you've never done before and your heart skips a beat? It goes double-time on the half beat not out of fear, but of excitement? It happens to me quite a lot!

"Hey Jan, could you paint a giant checkerboard on this floor, please?"

"Hey Jan, could you paint this rusty old, beat-up bike pink and then add a few polka-dots, please?"

And how often are you happy and surprised at how your efforts unfold before your eyes into something you're proud of? I'm very lucky that way. In fact I liked how the bike turned out so much, I made one for myself!

Before:

(Schwinn "Debbie")

And after:

Guess you could say it's "re-tired"?