Sunday, May 30th, 2010

Namaste,

Took it easy most of the day....Sherrie, Trey, and I went to church with the Sanders, and the Ray's, then back to the house. Wesley plays the drums in the church band. I grabbed the weed eater and worked in Uncle Gerald's lawn for a couple of hours. We had people out and in for moist of the afternoon. Later in the day, I went down to Uncle Juniors house and we played with his 56 Chevy for a couple of hours, then Brent and I took it out for a spin. It is raining right now, but we are expecting 50 people for a cookout today. Uncle Gerald has been cooking for days. I need to finalize the rental car and then back up to the house. People will start showing up at 9:00 this morning!

Love you all!

Mat

Saturday, May 29th, 2010

Namaste,

After 3 hours of sleep I was wide awake.... I laid around for another 30 minutes, and I heard uncle Gerald stirring... I went and had a cup of coffee with him. He is one of my favorite people in the world. He is hilarious, and keeps me rolling. I put my running clothes on and took off. It is two miles to Uncle Ben's house... That is not that bad! What is crazy is that they both live on mountain tops. Running downhill was not that bad, but when you run downhill, it usually means you have to go back uphill. It was beautiful outside, and took my mind off of our immediate vehicle trouble! I ran to Uncle Benny's house and 1/2 was up his mountain, he passed me... I waved, but he kept on driving. I made it to the top of the hill and went to his door... He was surprised to see me. I told him about the car trouble and he told me my cousin Doug was on the square with the boy scouts. Doug is a Ford mechanic and would know what to do. I took off like I was shot out of a cannon, and found him. I described the problem, and Doug said... "Your not doing anything till Tuesday!" I was resigned to the fact that here in small town America they have their priorities right, and everything shuts down for the Holidays. I ran back up the mountain to Uncle Gerald's and showered. He made one of his world famous breakfast, and then I laid down for an hour. We went to Colombia to watch Boston play baseball, and then back to the house. My cousin Brent was racing in Lawrenceburg last night, so Sonya picked us up and took us to the track. Brent put a bunch of new electronics on his race car and needed to get them dialed in. He kicked butt in the first and second round, but broke out of the third at seven one thousands of a second. Tough luck.... When we got back to the house, I died. Sherrie and I came down to McDonald's to use the wifi, and try to figure some things out. Looks like we can rent a car in Nashville, and drop it off in OKC..... That is the plan for now. Then we have to figure out how to get Curtis' truck fixed and get back here to get it! Pictures are Boston Ray playing baseball, and Brent Quillen in the race care!

Love you all!

Mat

Friday, May 28th, 2010

Namaste,

Well the morning started at 4:30, and I popped out of bed and headed to the kitchen for a cup of coffee.... I went to work at 6:30 to get everything started.... By 9:30 I was wrapping up. There was a luncheon that was at Adam's parents house..... I went back home and loaded Curtis' expedition, then laid down for an hour. At 2:15 Sherrie decided to go pick Trey up at school. Jordan called while she was there and said she was done with her finals. We left the house at 3:30 and left mom's house at 2:45. The GPS said we would arrive at Uncle Gerald's at 12:14am. I was trying for that, to include food stops, and gas stops. We stopped in Arkansas and got some food to go, and the gas stops were like a well oiled pit crew. I would warn everyone 10 minutes in advance of gas stops and make sure everyone had their shoes on! We were 15 miles away and on perfect time, when trying to go up a small grade, the truck just didn't have any power, and the oil pressure gauge came on. Before we could pull over in a construction zone, she blew up! BIG TIME! Not being a mechanic, I called my cousin Terry, and they said our cousin Sherrie's husband owned the only wrecker service in town. We called him, and the Terry, Sonya, and Brent came to get us. I stayed with the truck, and then Terry took me to Uncle Gerald's house, and Mark towed the truck there. Terry told me there was no chance we were going to get it looked at this weekend. Everything is shut down for the holiday. I got in bed around 2:30.....

Bad day!

Love,

Mat

Thursday, May 28th, 2010

Namaste,

Dropped the kid's off then Starbucks.... On to work. I had a few errands to run in the middle of the day so I busted butt, all morning. I met my brother off of Hefner Parkway and we swapped cars for the weekend. His giant, gas guzzling SUV will suit us better for today's road trip. It has room for eight which means I can separate the kid's and they can sit far enough away from me that I would have to use a stick to beat them. The girls and I met Ben Crocker at Louie's for lunch. It was good. The afternoon was busy with trying to get everything ordered for the long weekend. Sherrie called and told me that the air conditioner was not blowing air, which indicated the A coil was frozen. I took it apart, and thawed it off.... The drain was clogged and the coil was filthy. I degreased it and...... OH MY GOODNESS! It stunk to high heaven! The air flow is so much better, but it smells like gasoline in the house. It will disperse if Sherrie will quit turning the system off! I am going to work for a couple of hours, then home to tend to some pre-trip stuff, and Adam Murray's funeral is today. We are leaving for Tennessee at 3:15.... The minute Jordan gets out of school! It will be a very long day! The picture is the truck my grandfather was driving the day he took me fishing..... He had a massive heart attck and passed away right there at the pond. It now sit's behind My Uncle Ben's house in Tennessee. I go walk around it everytime I go there. It gives me a connection to my Pee-Paw!

Love you all!

Mat

Wednesday, May 26th, 2010

Namaste,

Wednesday started early... Boomer got me up at 4:30am. I did not go back to sleep! I got up and jacked around on the Internet, and had several cups of coffee. I have been doing some research on Trey's trip to Germany. Dropped the kid's off at school then went to Starbucks. On to work.... As it has been the last week, we are quite busy in the morning, and then kinda slow in the afternoon. I took the opportunity to edge and weed eat at lunch. After work, Garrett came up and we knocked it out in 3 hours. My mower was smoking so bad, that I thought the fire department was going to show up! I think I over filled it with oil? I am exhausted, and can barely keep my eye's open! I am going to bed! Picture is me and Mike Isbell on a bike trip! He was the leader! (Yep, we ran out of pavement!)

Love you all!

Mat

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Namaste,

Well.... With all of the air conditioning issues we have had I slept with the windows open and a fan blowing at high speed.... I got so cold, you would have thought I was back in Nepal! I didn't get up and close windows or turn off the fans.... I just covered up and shivered! It was about 4:30 and so I just laid there until 5:00 then got up.... I have a great book going and sometimes I just lose track of time! Dropped the kid's off then Starbucks.... On to work, to get it started. Morning was fine, as it went by quickly. Met Mike Isbell here at lunch, and he charged the A/C unit, and boom shockalaka, it works like a charm. I guess we got lucky, but I did make God a bunch of promises! Thank you Mr. Isbell! You are a life saver! I took the lawn trailer back with me. The afternoon was interesting.... I did a deep clean on the IV room, then bailed out. Headed over to MWC to do the property there. Garrett has been helping me, and he is doing a very good job! We finished in 3 1/2 hours. Home to put the equipment up, and get ready for bed! On a sad note.... Adam Murray, a young man I have know for a couple of years now from the gym, passed away Sunday. I believe he was 24, and has had several issues since being hit on his bicycle a year ago.

Love you all!

Mat

R.I.P.

Adam Murray

We will fight in your

memory!

God Bless

Tuesday Morning, May 25th, 2010

Namaste,

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Thank you guys sooooo much!

Mat