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Graduation High School
I have to say that school did not alway come easy for me, so the fact that I was graduating was a great experience in my life. Now I was faced with the decision of community college or going in to the workforce. I chose to work in the field of concrete masonry work. I work in this field for many years. -
Birth of first child
The birth of my first son was life changing for me. I now was responsible for caring for someone other than myself. At this time in my life I also started to wonder how stable my career was, but continued to work in labor field. -
Move to the west coast
My wife finished her master program and was offered a job on the west coast, so myself and my family moved to the west coast. We lived in southern California for five years. This was when the work in the labor field started to wear down on my body, so I made the decision to enroll in a full-time hvac program. -
Associate degree HVAC
I finished my program for HVAC and started to prepare to work in a new field. -
Married
My wife and I were together for many years before we got married. It was long over due!! This did not change much about our relationship, but allowed us to celebrate with our families and make things official. -
Moved back to Minnesota
My son was getting to the age when he started to ask about living closer to grandparents and family, so we decided to move back to Minneapolis after my son's first grade year of school. -
Second child
My wife and I have alway wanted two children and felt like we were running out of time. We were finial settled in a place that would now be our permeant home. The timing worked out perfect! -
Injury to hand
Ok! So this was one of the biggest changes in my life. I was badly injured on the job and torn the SL ligament in my hand. After a very hard surgery and close to a year of rehab my hand could not perform many of things I could do before the injury. At this time I was not able to perform my job and was let go by my company. I had been working in the labor field for so many years and had nothing to fall back on. -
Enroll UW Superior
I was struggling to find a job that would match the money I was making in HVAC field and did not have experience in any other area. It was determined that my hand was going to have permanent damage and it was clear that the labor days for me were over. I have alway had a passion coaching youth sports teams, so my wife suggested that I apply for a SCA position and pursue a degree in teaching. So here I am today working in a level four setting classroom as a SCA. I am also enrolled 9 units at UW
