I have enjoyed reading the forum here for a while and have learned a lot. I'm looking forward to getting some experience in the area caves. I've signed up with the NSS and contacted the HSV Grotto. And, I'm slowly getting my gear in order to go horizontal. 
Can I borrow some money? Anybody?I'm 31 y.o. and married with children ages 8, 5 and 2. I have been a minister for five years with a congregation near Moulton. My educational background is in journalism, some psychology and some Russian language (very rusty). I have a B.A. in Biblical Studies. I also graduated from a 2-year preaching school (like a seminary).
I've been working extra jobs for the past couple years, and I am going to take a break to try some new things. I'm planning to work only ONE job, go back to school to get a secular degree and focus on one hobby/sport. School starts for me tomorrow. I've backed off my 2nd job. And, I hope to be in a cave soon!
Besides writing term papers for school, I plan to spend some time doing creative writing. I recently wrote a lecture for a religious lectureship in Texas and the creativity bug bit me again. I preach three/four times a week, teach two adult classes and produce a bulletin, but I don't get to write the type of stuff one enjoys reading on vacation or at the end of a hard day.
I'm expecting that every cave I enter will reveal huge gemstones like those plastered to the walls of the kiddie cave in Rock City. I am positive that every waterfall will be a rainbow of colors--predominately ruby. I know I will find rooms of huge, perfect gypsum crystals like Naica. I'd like to find a passage to the center of the earth. Am I expecting too much?
, it's on a Sunday. Anyway, I'm looking forward to observing the giant salamanders that eat all that Confederate gold and lay golden eggs!
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