Wednesday, September 15th, 2010 Las Vegas

Namaste,

Well the last entry was as we were waiting at the airport getting ready to board our flight to Vegas. Our flight was fine into Denver. Sherrie hates flying, so she had a death grip on my arm, but that is fine. We had a two hour lay over in Denver... We had some lunch and ice cream. On our flight from Denver to Las Vegas, we flew right over Moab. I saw Arches, Canyonlands, the Confluence, the maze, Mt. Peal, and downtown Moab. I was so excited to see my favorite places in the world. It was crazy.... We landed in Las Vegas at 5:30, and had to wait for about an hour on the shuttle. As we were waiting at the OKC airport, we met a couple that were going to the wedding. Their names were Danny, Amber, and their two year old son Alex. They are from Ada, and just an awesome couple! Alex fell in love with Sherrie, and why wouldn't he? We made it to the Hotel at 7:00pm, which was what time we were suppose to be in the hotel restaurant to take pictures of the Bachelor, and Bachlorette parties. They were in separate restaurants, and I ran back and forth, but got sone group pictures. They left for their respective parties, and we were going to meet the girls at Gilly's after they went to an all male revue, but they changed their plans and went to a club called the Cat House. Misty called and said they had 10 girls with cameras and their was no reason for us to come all the way down to the other end of the strip. Sherrie and I took the opportunity to turn in early in preparation for a busy couple of days ahead of us! I will continue to post excerpts from the journal, but this blogger will not let me copy and paste, so I will have to find a way to post it. I will just may take a bit!

Much Love!

Mat

September 15th, 2010

Waiting at the airport!!!! Excerpt #1 from Mat's Quest Journal

09/15/2009 8:45am

We have been in the air for an hour and a half. A few notes... 1.) I am freezing. My windows have ice crystals on it! 2.) There has been cloud cover for the entire trip so far. There was a break in the clouds, and I saw a city... No clue which one. I'm pretty tired. Did not sleep well last night, just a little anxious. Ha d a guy on the plane say "Hey!!! your that guy going to climb, that mountain!" I said "Yes, I am on my way!" After I kissed Sherrie, Jordan, Trey, and Curtis at the airport, I could not look back to see if they were still there. I was sooo nervous that I fumbled around with my stuff at security for an eternity. Hey Look! Another city 35,000 feet below!

So this was one year ago today... Right now! And here I am again sitting in an airport waiting to go on another journey. This time is a little different. Sherrie and I are going to Las Vegas to shoot a wedding. It will be a lot of work, but you can bet we will have a lot of fun too! Will try to keep up over the next few days, but who knows what will happen once we get to Vegas!

Love you all!

Mat

Wednesday, September 15th, 2010

Namaste,

Today is the one year anniversary of my trip to Nepal. A trip that hopefully will continue to inspire people to change for the better. I am going to post entries from my journal for the next month. Stay tuned! We are leaving for the airport right now! Soooooo check back later for journal entries!

Love you all!

Mat

Tuesday, September 14th, 2010

Namaste,

I did not sleep a wink last night! I was soooo upset about all the mower problems, that I got up at 4:30 and headed to work. I made my IV's and did several audits. I had made arrangements for Brent to come to the Edmond facility and help me since we were going to have to push mow pretty much the whole property. We started at noon, and worked until 4:00pm. My back is killing me, but I can enjoy the next few days knowing I did everything I could to make sure the properties were done for the week. I took Brent back to Midwest City, and had a hard time staying awake on the way home. I had to finish packing, and running errands. It is all done, and only thing left is some rest! I am really looking forward to getting away for a few days even though it is a working vacation! ;-) Tomorrow is the one year anniversary of my trip to Nepal. I will be posting exerpts from my journal!

Love you all!

Mat

Monday, September 13th, 2010

Namaste,

Well I left for work at 5:30am this morning. I stopped at Starbucks and then straight to work. I have so much to get done before Sherrie and I head to Las Vegas on Wednesday. I really wanted to get all of my audits done, and then go out and mow at least 1/2 the property! I only got 1/2 of my audits done, and then the garage door repair man called and he was here at the house. I came home and while he was working on the door, I got most of my packing done. Back to work, where I had a ton left to do. I finished up at 3:30 and went outside. I got the edging done pretty quickly, then jumped on the big mower, and knocked out the first three sections. When I got to the fourth I could hear something was not right and I could smell rubber burning. A bearing on the deck had gone out, and the belt had jumped off. I loaded the mower up and headed to Jerry's house. When I got there he told me he was out of loaners except for one! It is a 1950's model riding lawn mower. When I got back to the hospital the sun was setting, the OS (Old School) mower had headlights, and I got busy..... After about an hour it started making some weird noises, spewed oil and then caught on fire. I was soooooo pissed. I came home to find out our air conditioner had iced over, so if it's not one thing it's another! Random pictures!

Love you all!

Mat

Sunday, September 12th, 2010

Namaste,

Jumped up early and had my coffee.... I had the lawn equipment at moms house so I had to go over there to get the trailer before church. Kinda worked out because Trey was over there.... I was going to leave right after We were done in the parking lot, but Sherrie sent me a text and told me I had to stay for church. I left as soon as it was over, and headed to Midwest City to pick up Brent. We got to the property and the sky was dark so we started quickly. I got just a bit more than 1/2 done before the sky opened up and it poured buckets. My buddy Daniel showed up to try and get the sprinkler system up and running.... NO good! There has to be a short in the system somewhere! Two zones come on and stay on even if the system is off! Anyway, when the rain let up we finished mowing and weed eating. I put the trailer away at Edmond and came home. I rested for a couple of hours, then started working on my garage door. I got it open, and the cars out, but the spring system is broken. I tried, and tried to fix it, but I am just not smart enough! I am going to work early tomorrow.... Already behind and have not even made it there yet! More pictures of Jenny!

Love you all!

Mat

Saturday, September 11th, 2010

Namaste,

Ended up editing pictures until late last night! Got up at 6:00 and did a few things around the house then woke Sherrie up, and headed over to moms to finish her fence. We got it done around 11:00 then had a ton to clean up, and do her lawn! We got home at 12:30, and after I got my shower I started cleaning the house, and then delivered the pictures I had edited. Back home to get ready for the OU / Florida State football game! OU dominated the game, and while I was watching the game I continues to edit, and colorize pictures. Our garage door has been acting up, and after the game I tried to fix it, but guess what! I made it worse than it was. I am exhausted, and have to mow both properties tomorrow! I want to have them out of the way so I can focus on Las Vegas! I found out tonight that my buddy Wolf who lives in the UK, is going to meet Trey and I in Germany. HOW AWESOME IS THAT! I called Trey as soon as I got the email, and I think he was as excited as I was! More pictures of Jenny!

Love you all!

Mat