Back to Blogging-Have I evolved?

The Covid-19 pandemic has left a lot of time for a person think, plan, and commiserate.  One thought I have had in this most unique of times is to get back to writing.  Suddenly, I remembered I was at one point in my earlier form an aspiring blogger.  Problem solved, this gives me a place to write and see if I can make it a regular habit.  My last entry was in 2009.  Let's see if I have evolved.  

My last post came in March of 2009.  I became a dad 7 months later.  Then I became a dad for a second time in 2012.  Having kids is crazy stuff.  I believe it is the scariest, most rewarding, most challenging, most infuriating, most fulfilling thing a person will ever experience.  It is the simply, the most of anything.  It's also the oldest activity mankind partakes in.  It is literally, the least new concept that exists on the planet, and yet, its like this huge adventure.  My sons are cool.  I'm a lucky guy and I'm married to the best woman on the planet so after that pretty much everything else is easy (except folding laundry, I can't stand folding clothes).  

What else happened....later in 2009 I stopped scouting fulltime and went to a part-time role while starting a new career in the oil and gas sector.  This gave me an opportunity to be home more often and have a little more stability in life.  I knew (maybe still don't know) much about the oil and gas industry.  I essentially approached my job like it was a baseball department.  I started developing assessment tools to and depth charts of our team, I kept stats on who was working where, and built development plans to improve the employees we had and how to get the best new employees.  It was a lot of fund and apparently people liked it.  I was given management opportunities and even delved into other areas of the business.  I kept scouting with Minnesota on a part-time basis until 2019 when the front office changes eventually caught up to me and my contract wasn't renewed.  I left the oil and gas company this past summer and am back in college trying to finish up a long overdue masters degree that I abandoned back when I started scouting.  Luckily I live in a place where this is very doable. 

In 2016 I became a Norwegian citizen.  I kept my U.S. citizenship which normally isn't allowed by Norway but they have a few exceptions and I was fortunate enough to qualify.  It was actually a pretty emotional and thought provoking exercise.  I realized in the process that one's citizenship is really just a matter of geography, kind of arbitrary really, but yet it still has this immense pull on your identity.  I'd recommend to anyone, just as a personal introspective to ask themselves what makes you (insert your citizenship)?

I'm going to try and give this blogging biz a shot.  Feel free to drop me a line with topics.  A few things I plan on writing about moving forward: 

-Houston Astros vs the Black Sox

-My perception of the Trump movement. 

-Life in Norway during the pandemic. 

-Raising an athlete

-Why bacon may save the world. 

-Why bacon my end the world. 

-Why melted cheese is usually a good idea. 

-What I love about manicured baseball fields. 

-Is driving a Zamboni the worlds greatest job?