Several years ago I started attempting to take a minimum of two camping trips with my boys - one in the Spring and one in the Fall. I document these trips as they happen (when I remember to, anyway!) in a StoryMap Journel hosted on ArcGIS Online. I chose this format because not only does …
Epilogue
First of all, thanks to everyone who came along with me on this journey. While I'm writing this before the whole series has been posted, my stat log shows between 30-50 visitors to my site each day viewing this series (Edit: Yesterday we received 300 views and just under 100 individual visitors to the site!!!). …
The Truth of the Matter
“To err is human…” The beginning of a great quote from Alexander Pope. Thankfully, it has nothing to do with the story of how Josh and I went from being good friends to being husband and wife. No mistakes or regrets here! Josh has already laid out his version of our history. There are several …
Part 20: The Wedding
February 29, 2008. I had been back working at South Central Planning and Development for just at one month. I was back to doing traffic counting but was learning about some of the other programs and getting a little more of a diverse workload than I had when I left 3 years earlier. For instance, …
Part 19: The Engagement
I’m not writing much about my time as a youth pastor in Vacherie as it’s not really pertinent to the story. However, suffice to say the whole time lasted right at about a year, maybe a little less. I really enjoyed working for Pastor Larry Youngblood. The people I met at the church were awesome. …
Part 18: The Long Distance Courtship, Part II
From August 2006 to December 2007, Molly and I had a long-distance courtship. During that year and a half, we had a lot of phone calls and lots of visits back and forth. It was mostly me going visit her, though, since she shared a car with two of her five siblings, Kelly and Jacob. …
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Part 17: The Long Distance Courtship, Part I
For the next and a half year Molly and I had a long distance courtship. She was still living in Lafayette enrolled at UL and I was living on campus in Thibodaux. From August to December, I aced all my grad school classes and was the best darn graduate assistant the campus had ever seen. …
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Part 16: The Interview
Molly came for another visit in August 2006. I had just returned from working in the Gulf of Mexico and was making preparations for beginning grad school and moving back to Thibodaux into Long Hall. I was also applying for a graduate assistantship, which I eventually got, with the office of admissions. I would be …
Part 15: The Application
It may surprise you to discover that I was really kind of a dweeb in high school. Sure, I was popular in the sense that everyone knew me. But really, when you only have a hundred or so kids in your entire high school that really isn’t that much of an accomplishment. During my senior …
Part 14: I Go Offshore
I have to admit that I was, without question, the worst waiter in the history of Mexican restaurants. Sometimes when you start a job, you know immediately that this will be a job you will excel at. Other times, you simply are waiting for the crash and burn to come. For me, waiting tables would …
