Alright...2 years and 9 months later, I will continue my blog with a quick review of the last bit of my life up until the present. I'll tell the story right where I left off, just getting back from Portugal.
So, there I was, just getting back from Portugal. Haha...jk, jk. Throughout the last few months of 2008 and my time in Portugal, I realized how much I missed my family and my girlfriend, Jenny. I talked to Willie, Jill, and Eric Craft and we all agreed that it would be a smooth transition if I left for home and Eric came back to be with the troupe (he was the middle catcher for five years before I took over for him). It was a nice way to exit the troupe without leaving them in a bind, looking for a replacement.
Back in Peru, I started subbing and eventually got a temporary full-time position teaching (you know, what I went to school for). I loved being around my family and Jenny, and of course, being a trainer in the Peru Circus! On October 24th, 2009, Jenny and I got hitched. I had the opportunity and blessing of teaching at Kokomo Academy and then Carroll Jr/Sr High School. Jenny, my wife now, taught at Peru Schools. Jenny got pregnant in January of 2010, and we welcomed our baby boy, Jaxon Tyler-Favre Cole, into the world on October 4th, 2010. He's a pretty cool kid.
In January of 2011, the Peru Circus was able to do a road show for the Zerbini Shrine Circus in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Since our acts had to look as close to 'professional acts' as possible, and we had limited amount of kids because of the timing of the show, I had the opportunity to perform with the teeterboard act that I was training. So, after two years of not performing, I was able to perform professionally again, which seemed to wake up a part of my life that I didn't realize how much I was missing.
After long talks, prayer, and deliberation, Jenny and I contacted Brian and Tina Miser (Peru natives that have been performing as Human Cannonballs for Ringling for the last 12 years) to seek advice and assistance on possibly becoming the next Human Cannonballs from Peru. After months of talking, Brian received word of a cannonball opportunity in China. China?? Yes, China. At first, we just kind of laugh about it. However, on March 13th, 2011, I started practicing getting shot out of a cannon, not really knowing if the China deal was really going to work out or not. Either way, Jenny and I were looking forward to somehow breaking into the 'circus world' business. Turns out, the deal worked out! We left for China on June 6th, 2011. China?? And here we are...being the Human Cannonball act at the Chimelong International Circus in Guangzhou, China!!
Monday, September 12, 2011
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