Can old humans learn new tricks?

So I'm sitting here thinking about my first blog and I'm pretty nervous. I mean, the first time for ANYTHING is supposed to be special isn't it?



Who doesn't remember their first time having sex (awkwardly trying to figure out how to use a condom)? Or the first kiss with your first true love? The first Christmas that you realized there is no Santa Claus? (That may be a bit culturally biased, but insert appropriate holiday with appropriate holiday figure here____________). Your first drive with a REAL license and not a stupid learner's permit. Your first drive with a real license WITHOUT an adult in the car. Your first speeding ticket. Your first DUI (or am I alone on that one???). Your first trip in an airplane. The first time meeting your significant other's parents. The first time having sex with a new person. Your first baseball game. Your first public speech. The first time teaching in front of a classroom. First skydive. First time seeing snow (ever, or each winter). First time at the beach (ever, or each summer). First car accident. First time seeing a sunrise/sunset. First legal drink at a bar.

These are all things that have a special place in our minds and hearts (for better or for worse, and to varying degrees) and we will never forget them. We try our hardest to make these things special (I still get choked up thinking about my DUI) but often times they are awkward and nervewracking and they leave us wanting to do better the next time. So that's how I am approaching my first blog. I don't know what I am supposed to write about or how I am supposed to write it, but I'm going to try. And so if this first blog leaves me wanting for more then I will work harder to get more out of the blogging system. Maybe I'll try to expand my vocabulary so I can sound smart. Maybe I'll read a book so I can comment on it. Maybe I'll write about how awesomely terrible teaching is. Maybe I'll just talk about how ridiculous my students' names are. Maybe I'll do us all a favor and just NOT TALK at all!! Who knows what adventures we will share together?! So I appologize in advance if this or any other blog is awkward or leaves you wanting for more. Blogging, like life, is a learning experience and I plan on getting better at it--I just wish I could figure out how to use a condom.