"Boggling" after the first day of work

Today was my (and many of your) first day(s) of work! I got up at 6, but was nearly late for my 9 a.m. arrival. I shadowed a reporter named Dustin as he designed 1A, 2A and the local/state pages. Yes folks, reporters have to design. It just ain't right ... Anywho, it wasn't until the paper was sent at 1-ish that I found out which desk was mine and what beat I have: FORT RILEY/DEFENSE. Woo, the beat I wanted! Several males on staff suspect it's because I want to check out Army boys. Apparently I have some sort of country/Army boy hankering reputation among people who hardly know me! Whatever. Lies. I told Abby (Tillery) Young about the blog and she referred to it as "boggling." Too funny. Abby was a Kansan shooter and photog at The Daily Union now. She is the only shooter there and must put up with NON-PHOTOGS telling her what is a picture and how to do her job. It's frustrating, but we had a sweet moment today. She took a photo of a soldiers saluting. A soldier was in the foreground, out of focus and his arm, saluting, was framing another soldier in the distance. Tombstones and crosses are visible way in the distance. Dustin asked me which photo to use and I said he should use the framed one. He didn't think so and called Abby over. She said the same. No one else got the photo. I guess JC just ain't the place for thinkin' photos.

So that's all for now. Hooray for useless posts! Oh, and by the way, someone having something to do with five hours is in JC. Sweet, sweet Jesus!

AKS