Is it too soon to write about charting? Probably not. Okay so I had a basic understanding of what charting and NFP looked like/consisted of/entailed. But, then I got engaged and we starting chatting with a practitioner (via Google Hangout, so cool) and I realized how much more intense it actually is. I can totally see why people get discouraged and quit doing...Read More

Friends, People on the internet, Individuals who somehow found this page, I'm having a dilemma. This happens a lot, actually, but this is the first time I'm concretely expressing it. I'm having the "should-I-even-blog" dilemma. I know you all probably know it well, if you blog, that is. I just feel guilty when I don't post, and then I feel guilty when I...Read More

I guess this is why people have instagram, but on instagram I can't write long drawn out captions. Well, I could but I feel like it's bad form. Here we goooooo The absolute best classes we have had so far have been those taught by Thomas Smith on the Gospel of John. He literally blew our minds with every sentence. He's BFFs with...Read More

I love these because I'm a perpetual cranky old man and this helps break up the monotony of being cynical. That sounds pretty dramatic. I mostly just complain about weather and kids these days and old person things. On to some happy things! 1. NEW TEAM So placement night at New Staff Training is pretty out of control. The first years all get...Read More

Whale, whale, whale. Here we are again. Parte 2. As I was saying, there we got to the kitchen and there were flowers and an envelope on the counter. I graciously thanked my mom for getting me roses, although it was unnecessary. I didn't even think it was weird that the envelope had John's handwriting on it, or that we were trying to...Read More

Here we go, the engagement story with all the agonizing details you are going to wish I left out. Or maybe not, I don't know. You have free will. Quick prequel: we had been dating for a year and a halfish, had been living long distance since August, and hadn't seen each other since March. As you know, I was living the dream...Read More

I'm back in Ave Maria, FL at Ave Maria University (which is situated on Ave Maria Blvd) for my second round of FOCUS training. Let me just say, second year at NST (New Staff Training) is a BILLION times better than the first year. For one, I know people. Two, I've already got a base of fundraising support so I don't have to...Read More