Going away for the summer for training in super hero tactics with my sister has been okay. I thought fighting villains and learning new tactics would be more fun. But I'm stuck being an 'administrative assistant' or a glorified secretary at my sister's business. I know it's important to keep a good cover so that the world does not suspect that underneath that ordinary exterior lurks a superhero. Yet, does it have to be so ordinary? I was thinking a star journalist maybe. But the superhero authorities insist upon low profile jobs, nothing too glamorous and definitely nothing that puts you in the public eye. Supposedly, saving the world is supposed to fill me with such joy that I don't require monetary support. To be fair, SHH (Super Hero Headquarters) helps out superheros that aren't doing so well. Just like the world we protect we've created SHEI - a pain in the ass because not only is my menial paying job subject to the regular government's deductions but SHH needs to take a cut too.

A little background for the non-superheros in the crowd. In 1950, it was decided that superheroes needed protection. They needed a place they could turn to in times of need, when they ran out of money or when they blew their cover and needed someone to help them set up somewhere new. Each superhero needed to simply pay a fee of $1000 a year, not a lot since superheroes generally maintained relatively good jobs. Some were doctors, lawyers or some were just independently wealthy because of some reward for a good deed given by the government or other thankful individual. This small organization, to help a superhero in need, morphed into a huge, global organization resembling an ordinary person government. Every so often they rear their ugly head and demand money. They also will help you, if you need. Of course, I've never needed their help.

So, I continue doing administrative work and hope that someone will need a superhero. Sadly, losing data on my laptop is just as easy when a superhero and has just as many consequences. Maybe the consequences can be a little more drastic because my sister threw me across the room when I lost a whole spreadsheet. Trials and tribulations of a superhero administrative assistant with her sister for a boss.