Let Me Introduce Myself

My name is David Moore, and I live in a small town in Texas, while working in a large DFW area school district. I just finished my 4th year as a high school counselor, and I just grabbed the plaque from the district that signified my 10th year of service there.
21 years total is my collective experience in Texas schools, with four stops along the way, as I coached for 15 years, before settling into my current district and changing my pathway, as my life had changed. Adding the 4th child was the final decisionamaker in getting off the playing field and court for me, as was the completion of my wife Amy's education and new job as a classroom teacher. I plan on detailing some of her experiences as well through this venue, with her approval.
Every now and again, actually, too many nights, I have trouble sleeping. This generally runs from about early August to the middle of June, with some short intervals of sleep gorging around holidays and the infrequent Sunday afternoon nap. In part, I know it is certainly everyday worries or concerns or irritations or even positive adrenaline rushes from the kids and Amy and her day, but more often than not, it is that I feel my brain is percolating with too many moments to do with my day at school. There are some things that I feel I need to get out, and maybe this will help that, so I thought I would jot down some of the things I have learned. Maybe then I will snoozle like the kids, which is instantaneous, but I would settle for the 8 hours that Amy gets, only, I don't want to wake up at 4 and watch The Portrait of Dorian Gray or some such. Let me just say that I love my job, who I work with, where I work, and what we try to do. Maybe I am just missing the scoreboard showing me with more points at the end of the game.