[JRutledge]

Vocation:

2 a : the work in which a person is regularly employed : OCCUPATION b : the persons engaged in a particular occupation.

Now I do not know about you, but I have been an official longer than I have been at any other job or activity. Part of the reason is the fact that I was in college and officiating paid many of my bills while I was not working at anything else. Maybe you are a teacher normally and officiating is what you do for extra money, but to me putting the time I do in officiating (year round for me) this might as well be a job. During the winter alone I do extensive travel and get a lot of money to do something that is only an activity.

Now I guess it comes down to how you look at it, but for me this is a job. I have to make several accomidations to maintain it and to work with the schedule I have. And for me the money goes to pay sevral bills. So it is not just a hobby for me. I run this as any other business I have been in, and for anyone here that has ever had their own business can understand. But then again, it is how you look at it.

Peace