The qualitative properties of salt

New Teacher

Finally after a year of searching and jumping through hoops, I have been hired as an exceptional ed teacher at Brainerd High.  This has been a huge relief even though I am not promised a job for next year.  Finally getting a job as a teacher seems to be a capstone for my 4 year long quest to find a place (for the time being) in the working world. 

I had started this blog almost 4 years ago to help me keep track of where my life is going.  A lot of huge things have happened to me during this time (one of which was when Jake "The Snake" Roberts called me a "sick bastard" to my face a few weeks ago--which was awesome) and part of me still feels like I am in the same place where I started.

The reason is this.  Four years ago, I thought life was strictly defined by what I was doing and what I had accomplished.  That Thomas would have posted an ecstatic posting the day I started my new job.  Over the past few months my perception of things have changed.  Now my new life as a husband (just had our 1st anniversary) has overtaken my priorities. This newfound discovery has got me worked up and bent out of shape.  You don't just get married and go on with your plans.  To have a completely fulfilling marriage (we are definitely not there yet), the two of you becomes the plan, the ministry, the job, and all of your energy. 

During this development, I have struggled with finding my place as a husband and providing appropriate leadership (knowing when to speak and when to shut-up) has been difficult since I had pretty much ignored these things the first few months of our marriage.

So that is where I am at now.  Not quite the same place as I was when I started be blog, but I am back at a beginning.  Hopefully four years from now I can be blogging about having a solid and passionate marriage.

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