Mowing lawns huh? Yeah, I think we all did that and I didn't mind it, except for that one time I mowed my name in the lawn and left it...I got in trouble for that...but it grew back and we laughed about it later. (I didn't get my pay for that effort though.)

My parents wanted me to be a doctor or lawyer or some such thing...my life took me in other directions though and I'm content with what I did, even if they were not. You had no job until college? It's good you were able to focus on your studies I think. Was that college job a fast food place?