St. Patrick's Day Resolutions

So, for my Saint Patrick's Day resolution, I have decided that I am going to start training for and eventually compete in a full length triathlon. (Apparently the Ironman people are pretty touchy about the trademark infringement.) Anyway, so it's a 2.5 mile swim, a 112 mile bike ride, followed by a 26 mile run. I want to do it sometime before or during my 33rd year. So, this year or next. Basically, I have been running and swimming fairly regularly, but without any kind of goals, so it gets kind of boring. Also, my leg is still weak and I hate feeling like I am still not fully recovered. And, I'm getting older and don't like feeling like I am succumbing to decrepitude. I am hoping this will push back the tide a little bit. Finally, it seems like I will still not be anywhere I can surf regularly for the next year or more, and basically, running, swimming, and biking is the most exercise for the amount of time spent, and I don't really have a lot of time. So, this is not really to brag or anything, but just to put it out there to force myself to be a little bit more serious about the whole thing. Also, if anyone wants to join me in setting their own exercise goal, we can try to keep each other honest. I think I will try and post about how it's going fairly regularly. Anyone interested?

Job offer, etc.

So, A few weeks ago, right after my funny/tragic dream, I actually got a job offer. So I contacted everyone I was waiting to hear back from and had varying degrees of response. Then, in the meantime I heard back from a few more schools closer by that they were interested in interviewing me. So, after thinking about it and praying about it, we decided not to take it. I am fairly confident we will get a better offer. The job was in Wisconsin, which seemed like a fun place to live, but pretty far from any family. The teaching load was not bad, mostly Japanese classes, but since it was a quarter system, classes went until June. So now we are back to waiting again. Bekah is pretty calm about the whole thing, which she says must be a sign we are doing the right thing.

Latest job interview.

So I had this really good job interview this morning. It was for one of the history jobs and I thought I was able to make a really strong case about why I can teach East Asian history, even though I don't have a history degree. The interviewers were really nice and seemed interested in my work and we had a really good conversation. All in all, I was very hopeful about my prospects for the job.

And then I woke up, literally, and realized it was a dream.

I was wondering if anyone can interpret this dream for me. Maybe the job interview is a metaphor for something. I know this is way out there, but maybe I have some (very) subconscious anxiety about something that's going on right now. I can't think of what it might be though. Any suggestions?