My Centennial

So, this marks 100 posts. It's interesting because today I went through my blog and added Labels to everything now that this is a feature of Blogger2, which gave me an opportunity to read all 99 other posts. (It also gave me an opportunity to completely hose my RSS feed - sorry about that.)

As I read, I realized that my blog has grown up quite a bit in the last two years. At first my posts were random thoughts, but I think that I have finally selected a few themes to stick with - for now. Most of those posts at the beginning could only be Labeled as Funny, since they had little to do with my life, getting to know me, or really sharing any of the things that I think about on a regular basis.

I also find it sadly amusing that my readership has dwindled down to next to nothing - I think there are still maybe five people who might read my blog regularly. But that's ok - I'm not trying to change the world, I'm just trying to let people get to know me a little and give a few people a little something to ponder. A chance to laugh a little at what parenthood and tech support throw my way.

I recently spent a week at a Technology in Education conference which has given me a few ideas as to what directions my blog should go from here.

So for now, thanks to those who are still here, and hopefully I will his the 200th post in shorter than the 2 years it took to get here.

The photo blog cometh

Melissa and I are now the proud owners of camera phones. So, for the past 8 months when we have said "we need to get a picture of that," now we will not only get the picture, but we will be able to blog those happy moments.

My favorite missed opportunity: A sign in Elizabeth, CO claiming the current temperature was 218 degrees.

42

I just realized that I have 42 entries in my blog. And I still haven't found the question to life, the universe, and everything. That's okay - I'm still not panicking.

Alright already!

So, now even my wife is nagging me to blog something.... (If that is the height of the spousal nags, I must be doing ok...)

So, why has there been a three week lag between posts? Is my life that uninteresting? Has my life been that uneventful? Have I given up on thinking altogether? The answer most assuredly is no (except for a small yes on that last one).

Last week I completed my masters degree. Quite easily the greatest feat of my life as far as any determination and perseverance goes. I started in February and completed a total of 48 quarter hours - all the while holding down a full-time job (this teacher only got 2 weeks "off" over the summer -for the birth of my son, Alex), expanding my family (see the previous comment about Alex), and having a significant job change (from being a programming teacher and assistant tech to being the technology coordinator for the whole school). The transition to the new job was done in three weeks (while trying to hire a replacement for my previous position). And did I mention that the entire degree was online - including group projects? About all that could have added more stress is moving and/or getting married.

I am now done! And so the concept of writing - for a blog or otherwise - didn't seem exceedingly appealing. I am also trying to figure out graduation day - also an online event - and since I am a first generation Masters graduate, my families are talking about a graduation party.... (I will blog more on graduation as I figure things out.)

I will be filling my time for the next months getting to know the aforementioned son. And I will be team teaching a class this spring semester.