Summer begins

Well we just got back from the beach. We went because matt had a confrence he had to attend with work and they paid for everything, so I tagged along. We had so much fun. Through the weekend I thought these four days were so much better then our honeymoon because of so many things. This confrence is geared towards family and fun. They had so many things you could do. One night they had a beach party, another night was casino night where they gave you chips and you played games and then cashed them in for tickets to put in for prizes. It was so much fun. I laid at the pool the times he worked. There were TONS of people there. The hotel we stayed at was the one he took me to on my 18th birthday. The best and worst part of the trip was this. So they had a fifty fifty raffel. You paid twenty dollars for five tickets. Fifty percent of the money goes towards PAC which is the pollitical action commitee, which basically goes to congress and the government and lobbies for insurance. They basically get face time with legislation so that they get their voice heard. The other fifty percent you won if your ticket was drawn. Ok so matt and I NEVER win anything!!!! Well that night was our lucky night. We won a thousand dollars. I thought matt was going to pee in his pants. We were SHOCKED!!! So the worst part is, that in this organization it is only the right thing to do, to donate your winnings to PAC! So matt went up there took a ten out to buy a drink and told them he wanted to donate the rest of the money to PAC!! They gave him a standing ovation. Now I would have to say that many people in that room wouldn't have done that, but it was the right thing to do. This confrence wasn't about his company it was about the agents that provide his company with buisness. Even though we REALLY REALLY needed that money, we both know in our heart that it was the right thing to do. His boss sure was proud of him, and there must have been ten people that said that if Tee doesn't do Matt right, they would hire him in a heartbeat. Its hard to thin about losing that money in a good way. We really would have been doing well if we had kept it, but in all honesty we would have felt horrible if we kept it. The people that bought the tickets weren't really buying them to win, they were donating that money to pac. So winning that money wasn't like a normal raffel you were winning money that people spent with the intentions of it going to PAC!! Ohwell, in ten years that thousand dollars will have helped us earn ten times more hopefully!!

Well on the house note, we went by there yesterday and they have set the land aroundt he basement so that looks good. Next tuesday is our pre drywall date. I doubt we will walk through then, but we will see. Hopefully they will start framing the end of this week. I can't wait for it to be done.

Yesterday was te first day in a long time that made me sad I was in Raleigh. I asked matt if he had called his dad since it was father's day and he said yes, and that he was going to hang out with Katie and Chris. All of a sudden I got that sad feeling, because we wont have that ever if we live up here. I am so happy that Chris and Katie are there, because his parents love their childrne and LOVE LOVE having them around, but I am sad because we wont be there ever to just hang out unless we make a trip to Charlotte. I know it was a choice we made which I LOVE it here, and I love our house and the community, but its hard because I love my family more!! I want them around, and they aren't. I called my dad a million times yesterday and no answer. I was sad because if I lived in Charlotte we would have made a trip there. I think right now it isn't near as bad as it will be when we have children. I will want them to be around family and it is hard. I have been thinking about this alot, not just yesterday. I have really thought about five years from now what will things look like. I am not a planner, but I like to know what is going on and I knwo I can't know everything.

Well summer is looking good. I have started planning for my summer school and started getting ideas for next year. It is so funny how my brain works. I can't get it to stop, sometimes I just have to sit with a note pad so I can get all the ideas down. I can't wait till we actually have money so I can buys some supplies. My room is coming together. I got TONS of books from three teachers. I actually have a library!! I can't wait to set it all up and organize it. If anyone wants to come help feel free to come this way!! I am so excited because this is my first year!! I want to make things happen and I want my children to learn. Of course that is every teachers goal!! I can't wait for school to start back and for the childrne to come!!!

Well I am off to a class to learn how to teach writing.