Chapter 1: Plant "Life"

    It was 6:00 A.M., and the alarm was buzzing annoyingly. Mike quickly sprang from his curled up warm place on the bed, because today was going to be a big day.  Quickly, he poured himself some cereal, and got ready for work.  By 8:00 A.M. he had pedaled his bike down to the nursery for work.  His boss had some big news for him today and Mike was feeling good about it.  "Ahh there you are Mike", said Julie.  Julie was the owner of several nurseries around the state.  She was tall, with green eyes and brown hair.  Julie had always been a good boss to Mike, and he was a great employee to her.  Mike absolutely loved caring for plants, although he wasn't compensated very well for it.  "Please, come into my office." Julie said.  Now this was unusual, Julie had just given Mike a review the previous month, and he hadn't been sick or anything lately. 

    "How would you like to be the new manager of this nursery?", asked Julie.  "I, well uhhm, I don't know what to say, I mean I have never had that kind of responsibility before." replied Mike.  "Nonsense, I have seen how you love your job Mike, You practically live here with the plants.  The pay is $42,000 per year, and you will have 4 weeks paid vacation, so what do you say?" "I'll do it" replied Mike, "but on one condition."  "Anything" said Julie. "I still get to be out here with the guys caring for the plants."  The previous manager was always stuck to his chair and had a poor work ethic.  He would come to work late, or leave early and say he had a "meeting" to go to, or make some other lame excuse.  "The job is your's then", said Julie.  "Maybe one day I can trust you with all of my nurseries."

    Mike exited the office with a new llittle bounce in his step.  He was brimming with excitement from his new promotion.  After spending most of the day with Julie going over ordering new product, payroll, policies, and the like, Mike was exhausted.  With the sun to his right he pedaled home to get ready for tomorrow.  Because tomorrow would be another big day.


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