It has been a long time

So it has been years since I have tried this blogging thing, and a lot has changed.  I no longer live in Minnesota. My family and I moved to Alaska, and we love it.  I work away from my family and only really see them 3 months out of the year.  right now where I am it is rainy and grey and a little depressing, but not a bad life I live.  I get to hunt and be outside.  I can concentrate on my work, which thankfully is no longer retail.  And I can sit back and contemplate life.  And a lot has happened since leaving Minnesota.  My wife and I struggled with our relationship, but we worked a lot out and are happy.  We both found God, and he was not hiding behind a couch.  I was at one pint over 340 pounds and am down to 230ish.  I work with kids, I coach wrestling and I try to make a difference.  I miss my wife and kids quite a bit and I want to write a book, but for the life of me I cannot come up with any good ideas.  I am hoping that by writing here again that something in my brain will finally come together and I can make this happen.  So here I am sitting at work on a Sunday so I can use the interwebs.  I don't have access at home and I'm okay with that for the most part.  I get to walk outside for a moment and take in the fresh air and I get to connect with old friends, and some new ones.  I hope that I can continue to write and use my life to come up with amusing and informative stories.

Since this is the Book According to Dad, let me give you an update.  The 15 year old is in High School.  She likes it so I am happy.  The 11 year old is in 6th grade.  She is happy so I am happy.  The 9 year old is home schooled because there are some mean little girls out there who took great pleasure in her pain.  She is happy now and for that I am happy and thankful.  I try to impart my knowledge of random things on them, but being 700 miles away it is sometimes difficult.  Right no the 9 year old is the only one who will talk with me on a regular basis, and I get that.  My wife seems happy, but being a single mom can't be easy and someday I hope we can all live as a family.  In the meantime I live and work in the bush and they live on the road system.  Only 2.5 months until I see them.  it is hard but I know we can do it.