Jobs in the Middle Ages

I am going to post this post as if I was a person from the middle ages telling you about an average day of work as a Messenger.

         Hello my name is Ralph, I am the go to messenger where I come from so the work is good.  I enjoy my job, sometimes its not the best set up though. You know the phrase "Don't kill the messenger"? That can apply in literal terms to me! Now, I've never been killed for the messages I deliver, obviously or else I wouldn't be talking right now! But I have known people who have not had the best experiences delivering a message.
         For the most part I deliver messages for the local nobles, sometimes I will deliver to someone with a lower status and sometimes to people with a higher status. It's the higher status people that you have to look out for! I once delivered a message to a high ranking knight, he didn't like what the message said so he had me imprisoned for a few weeks!
          But overall it's a pretty good job, it pays well enough for me to be able to put food on the table for my family everyday and that's what really matters. I need to put some money aside though, it's about time I get a new horse, my current horse just isn't quite as fast as he once was.