Things are About to Get BUSY for Me!

Please don't read this as a post that is riddled with complaints.  I don't intend for it to be that way but rather an informative post about what I have coming up in my life.  I share a lot of information about my family and fishing and what I have coming up will affect my family, how much I get to fish, and this blog.  I just wanted to give you a heads up since it will affect how much I post and the quality of posts from time to time.  I will do my best to not let that happen but the reality is that it might occur.  

If you don't know, I am a middle school teacher.  The biggest reason that this blog comes with a "G" rating is because I know my bosses, students, and parents of students read this blog from time to time.  Teaching pays the bills so I can't be posting anything controversial or mature in content that could get me in hot water with my career.  With that being said, I started back to school today and will get a fresh crop of students in my classroom next week.  This is an extremely busy time of year as I get back to planning lessons, getting to know students, and going through a lot of "back to school" related activities.

Second, my sons and step sons are ALL starting or already participating in sports.  Collin never stops playing basketball, Mason will be running cross country, and Cody will play soccer.  I am thrilled that they want to compete and learn valuable life lessons that can come from athletics.  These activities take up time as well and this is time that I am happy to donate.

Finally, and this is what genuinely scares me, is that I am taking TWO graduate classes this semester.  I am working on my Education Specialist degree and I have to take these classes to graduate this coming spring.  I have never taken classes this hard before.  I have been fortunate to be able to take one class per semester up until this point but I didn't have a choice to only take one class this fall.  These classes started yesterday for me and I'm already feeling behind. 

On top of that, I mow a few yards as a side business and operate my online fly shop through Etsy.  I have already started to ramp up fly production for sales for the holiday season.  

I'm writing this because if I miss a post on a Monday (like yesterday) or if posts seem short, I just wanted you to know why.  Again, I'm not complaining.  I chose to take on these responsibilities and ventures and I genuinely like to keep busy.  If it weren't for the second grad class, I wouldn't write this post at all, but I just wanted to make you aware.  Please bare with me and know that I am trying to bring you the best fly fishing (and sometimes Missouri-related) content that I can, every Monday through Friday.  Thank you so much for being a reader and for visiting my little site that I love to work on!