Juggling Act: 3 Jobs + Night (and weekend) School

So, I'm starting to realize how adding one more thing to the "plate" is going to feel like a lot.  Here's a look at my calendar last week...

The blue is my teaching job.  In the mornings I go to Moreland where I teach one class of elementary school Phy Ed.  Then I head over to Heritage Middle School, depending on A day or B day I have different start times, but not really enough time to go home or do anything else... so I just go to school.  I'm planning on using the gap in the morning to study, but we'll see what happens.

The red/pink is coaching.  Football season ended a bit ago and now I'm coaching middle school wrestling.  The green is my job at Concordia University where we live and where I supervise the RAs in Holst Hall.  The purple is my flight training on the weekends and now I have face to face ground school class that has started up on M & W.

But hey, got to see Brian Regan this weekend with our friends so can't complain!

New Bose Headset

Whenever I drive home from the airport after a lesson I call my wife to debrief.  I told her how difficult it was for me to hear ATC on the radio...more than just learning to speak 'aviation'.  My instructor told me I needed a new headset, I had been borrowing the loaner headset from behind the dispatch counter.  Conversation faded, Sara and I hung up, and as I turned the corner to arrive home Sara was waiting at the curb.  She hopped in the car and said, "we're going to the mall."  I asked, "what for?" As if it were no big deal she said, "You need a new headset, we're going to the Bose store."  We went for the 0% interest payment plan to break down the cost over the next year.  Can't wait to put them to use!  Look a little groggy in this picture, but super excited.

#bestwifeever

Let's Do It

After the demo flight I left feeling overwhelmed with how much I did not know about what was going on in that airplane as we were flying. Overwhelmed so good.  As in, I have to learn how to fly.

Sara and I dove into conversation about possibilities, finances, time, and work.  My friend Conor, who sparked my interest in flying, had enrolled in a program at a small local college.  We made an appointment and not long after I was sitting in the admission office at Academy College.  

Being a part-time gym teacher, coach, and residence hall supervisor, I don't exactly have a lot of free time.  But the college assured me that the flight training would be flexible and that they would do their best to offer the ground classes at night.  So... here I am!  Enrolled in an Associate's program and starting my flight training on the weekends.  First ground school class begins tonight!