It's been over 2 years since I last posted a blog entry, and I've decided to it's time make a comeback.
I've missed the blogging world and so much has happened in 2 years...but there will be differences between this blog and my last blog (My Hot Tub and Cigar Faith). And here's why...
I am a wife of 18 years - but this isn't just a relationship blog.
I am a mom of 13 years - but this will not just be a mom blog.
I am now a teacher after 10 years of being a stay-at-home-mom - but it won't be just a teaching/work blog.
I am a coach - but this isn't just a softball blog.
I am a student - or will be as I'm currently applying to grad school to get my master's degree in educational technology - but this won't just be a blog about the crazy life I will soon endure being all of the above while also being a student.
I am a woman who always needs to lose 20 lbs - but it's not a weight loss blog.
I am a woman who loves the sun and heat, but lives in the Midwest - but this isn't a weather blog.
I am a passionately-flawed Christ follower - but this isn't just a faith blog.
I ended my last blog with the words that I can't compartmentalize my life. So here I am - all WYSIWYG (computer language for What You See Is What You Get).
The song "Manic Monday" by The Bangles was released in 1986, but the sentiment couldn't be more truer for me than right now in 2014. It didn't get great reviews then, and I doubt my life would top anyone's list of "who I want to be like." But I realized I still have a story to tell. And if I'm not going to tell it, then who will?
Some other tidbits about me:
I'm a Friends-addict. I was at home, living with my parents, on a hiatus from college when the first episode aired. And I knew right from the start it was going to be awesome. Instead of having real-life close friends, I have Monica, Rachel, Phoebe, Chandler, Ross, and Joey. And now thanks to finally getting satellite television, I can be with them 4 times a day!
I'm a Friday Night Lights-addict. Coach Eric Taylor inspires me to build relationships with the players I coach, and the marriage between Eric and Tami remind me to constantly work hard to be happy. And their daughter Julie reminds me that I will probably have a snotty teenage daughter who will hate me while in high school.
I am 40 years old, and I am still trying to decide what I want to be when I grow up. I LOVE teaching and coaching more than I ever thought I could, but I still have this nagging question in the back of my mind...is this what I'm supposed to do? Am I the only one who wonders what their life is supposed to be?
Well - maybe - we can work it out together - or I mean - I will be vulnerable, type, edit, publish the story of my life, and see what happens.
Tomorrow is just another Manic Monday.
