More about that WE birthday

It occurred to me after I put up that previous post that I really didn't say enough about why celebrating three years of blogging is remarkable at all and why it matters to me in particular. So, I'll try to say those things now.

Why does it matter? This blog has been a (perhaps) interesting of the reflection of my life over these past three years. I've written about my reentry into gun ownership and the pleasures of going shooting with my son and my friends as well as the distress of having my Beloved Spousal Unit permanently baptize two guns when she discovered them. Wasted Electrons also began in the same month that signaled my reentry into the classroom of higher education. If you've been following along, you know about my efforts to establish an educational goal and follow a self-inflicted path towards my Bachelors Degree. If you're new to WE, I'm now a senior with Park University, taking classes at Hill AFB and down to just 9 classes required to graduate, two of which I'm taking this term. By October, if all goes well, I'll be done. I've been on the Dean's List 3 times and have a 3.94 GPA, if you can stand me bragging about it...

I've also shared the intimate details of my household and the stress of living and loving people that suffer the terrible affects of depression. There's been hospitalizations, repeated trips to doctors and therapists and adventures in pharmacology to deal with. I've bragged about my first grandbaby and asked for prayers during times of emergency when the BSU has been hospitalized and faced surgery unexpectedly. You've heard all about Noah's successes with Job Corp and all about his distress over a romantic relationship breakup. The BSU tells me that I tell too much, I don't know. Telling it seems like my therapy and a way for me to sort things out that need sorted. Sharing doesn't seem to have had any ill effects, so I guess I'll keep up with that until I get ordered to quit by somebody.

One interesting aspect of blogging has been the inclusion of my family into the blogging community. Most of my family stop by to read what I have to say and that has turned out to be a way to keep connected with my family that all live at least 2 time zones away. Also, my Dad and my sister Mel have taken up the blogging habit to keep in touch with family and friends and you can find links to their blogs immediately below the Possumblog link button.

Finally, I've been introduced to any number of fellow bloggers and now call many of them friends even if our relationship has been only online through blogging and email and comments shared. I've had the privilege of having dinner with Little A and I get to see Karen nearly daily if our school paths happen to cross as they are this term. I've had emails from many folks asking about my experiences with Vento scooters in particular and chinese scooters in general based upon what I've written about here.

Wasted Electrons did begin with much more local news and commentary about life behind the Zion Curtain from a non-LDS resident's point of view and sooner or later I'd like to get back into that mode. Utah is a wonderful place for reporting on people's foibles, if you consider the prevalence of polygamy stories and movie theaters that won't play gay cowboy films. But real life- working and going to school and doing homework and trying to be a hubby and father all tend to restrict the time I have for poking my finger in the eye of my community. Maybe when school is finished I'll be able to get back to more critical reporting of life in this strange land.

Anyway, I thank you for visiting. I hope you'll keep coming back to find out what's happening in my life. I enjoy sharing it with you.