Jerks in the Business World

Well my mom found out the other day that the Athletic Club she's a manager at is closing on June 30th. The owner of the Kingwood Athletic Club decided back in February that he was going to work on a deal with the Kingwood Christian School to sell them the building, but decided to not tell any of his employees or club members. He signed the papers one night and the next day he decided to tell his employees (giving them 30 days) that he was selling the building and property to the Kingwood Christian School and that the club will be officially closed on June 30th. He also decided that he's not going to give any severance pay or pay them for the vacation time they didn't use. In other words, he's being a bonafide douchebag. Since my mom opens the club during the week, he decided to have her tell the members that the Kingwood Athletic Club (a club most people have been members at for 20 years or more) was closing. Most of the members did not take it to well, which was hard on them and my mom. Also, most of the members there have been members for many years and there are also a lot of elderly people who work out there because it is such a friendly, well kept, easy to get around club. There is one member in particular who is in his 80's and he's blind, Mr. Petricarlo. If they move the equipment around, they make sure they take him to walk through so he doesn't get hurt running into any of it. All together, this has been really hard on my mom and it kills me that she's having to go through this. My mom has put her heart and soul into the Kingwood Athletic Club and into the members as well. This was a great job for her because she truly cared about what she was doing and she enjoyed it. It was also great because it was so flexible with letting her adjust her hours if Kyle and I came home or if her and my dad went somewhere.

Mike and I are going to be heading down to Kingwood Sunday-Tues so we can spend some time with her and my dad. Also, Kyle will be down for his 22nd birthday so we'll be able to celebrate that together as well. Family is the best!

Mike's Graduation and Party

Here are a bunch of pictures from Mike's graduation and the party at our house afterwards. It was soo much fun!! We woke up at a decent hour, got ready in time, and headed to the graduation. My mom stayed at home to get the house ready and go pick up the sandwich food trays and the cookie cake with Aunt Liz and Nanny. My dad, Mike, Kyle, and I got to UTA about 15 minutes early and found a good parking spot along with a long line to get into Texas Hall. We took that first picture underneath the tent they had set up before Mike headed in. Kyle, my dad, and I found good seats to the left of the right of the stage towards the front so we could see everything. Right when we sat down Rich called and there as an emergency. Rich said that he forgot him, Jan, and Hunter's tickets at the house so we had to figure out a way to get them in. I went to the head lady running the graduation and I explained the situation and that we weren't trying to get more people in the ceremony. She then printed out three tickets for us and I waited in the lobby so I could hand off the tickets. Jim called and said he was on his way and to my surprise, Hunter wasn't there, but Matt was!! It was a great surprise! So I handed off the tickets and went to sit back down. The next picture is of Mike walking across the stage getting his fake diploma. He had a big smile on his face and we were all yelling for him :) When it was all let out, we found each other outside and took some more pictures in his cap and gown and without. The shirt, tie, and pants Mike is wearing were his gradation from me. I figured since he's going into the business world, he needed a nice new suit. My dad, Kyle, and I loaded up in our truck and Mike was able to ride with Matt and Jim to the house. Once we got there, we set everything up and changed into more comfortable clothes. The rest of the pictures are of the family and friends who showed up to celebrate! It was a great time and there was tonz of food and dessert so that was definitely nice. There were tonz of leftovers so Mike had lunch and dinner for a few days in a row haha.
Mike's signed up for graduate school to start on June 7th and today he went to a job interview for a paid internship! The company is called Razor-360 and Uncle Guy is the CFO. Mike went in for the interview this morning and he got the job! He'll be working Mon, Wed, Fri and going to school Tues and Thurs. My work is going to be changing. The Chief wants us to go to a team schedule and get rid of B Shift (10am-8pm) and disperse all of those officers to different shifts. So we're having a department sign up next month, which means every officer in the city is going to sign up for what days off they want, what shift, and what side of town. I have a decent ID so we'll see if I can get some better days off. I'm probably not going to stay in Adam district, but I'll be staying on midnights. All together, things are going well and we have God to thank for that!!

Official News!

Well we have good news!! Mike found out yesterday that he got into UTA's graduate school!! We're soo psyched!! The summer semester starts in June so he's going to be finishing up with finals next week, graduating on the 16th, and then has some time off!! The first time he's ever had time off while he's been in school!! We probably won't do anything too exciting, but you never know with us haha. Mike also got a phone call from his National Guard recruiter and his paperwork has gone through so he'll be going to MEPS the week after next! It's in San Antonio so he'll get to take a road trip with his recruiter during the week. We also received an email today from our Ford person and our credit was approved with an awesome rate! So we just need to send in a check and our car is ordered! We also talked with Ashley Furniture today and laid down the law with them taking forever on our bedroom set and it's now going to get here in two weeks with a rush on it. So that'll be nice. We're hoping it'll get here before Mike's graduation weekend, but there's a slim chance. Mike and I are just so incredibly grateful and God has answered our prays with the big life decisions we've been facing so it's amazing! Love you guys!