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Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes

19 Aug

So much for blogging regularly over the summer. That’s all I have to say about that.

In summary– I worked a lot, read a lot more books, went on a men’s retreat with my church, interviewed at a lot of different schools, attended my first sci-fi convention (ConCarolinas), and in general avoided writing almost entirely (I did manage to get one short story done). Oh, and I did get a job teaching high school English and moved to a new town a couple hours away from my parents.

It’s the move and all the adjustments that go with it that spawned my desire to write this post, if only because I feel it’s something momentous enough that I can’t justify not writing about it (finding excuses not to write at any given moment is a game I’ve grown disturbingly good at). The move came at the right time for me, and I’m super-excited about my new job, but there’s a lot of things that will need to happen before it begins to feel like home around here. I’m still in the process of visiting local churches, trying to meet people and make friends and find my niche. Even getting into the swing of the new school year will take some time (although, after about a week of puttering around my classroom, I finally have it more or less set up the way I like it).

Add onto these things the fact that I’m still completing the final courses of my Masters degree, and you have a recipe for one full semester. I’m convinced that it’s going to be a growing and stretching time for me.

 
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