Short weekend update

This weekend Brylee and I spent most of our weekend at my parents' house because Ben started working at CVS. He still has his full time job at Baptist but he is going to start picking up weekend shifts here and there. Saturday was our Clothing Drive/School Supply Giveaway at our church. We served over 500 individuals and 300 of those participated in the school supplies. How awesome it always is to serve those less fortunate. While I was there, I saw the poor boy that I worked with a couple years ago when I was a TST coach. At the time, this boy was in 2nd grade and couldn't even identify all of the letters in the alphabet. So heartbreaking. It was really good seeing him. Such a sweet boy! I encountered something a little more heartbreaking though while I was there...at least for me it was.

A pregnant woman came over to the table where the baby clothes were. I went up to her and asked if she needed any help finding a certain size. My sister-in-law then walked up and asked her if this was her first baby. "No, it will be my fifth." Holy crap!! Oh just wait. My sister-in-law didn't want to just come out and say "How old are you?" So she started asking her where she went to school and when she graduated. "2006," she answered. Yeah, you do the math on that one. I know it's whatever floats people's boats and I'm not judging whatsoever but it nearly broke my heart just to think about all of those poor children and how they will never fully have what they need. I just don't understand why some people do what they do. Oh well.

On too more exciting news. Ben and I got an iMac Saturday evening! Yay, I finally have a desktop! We got an awesome deal thanks to the Tax Free Weekend! We got $100 off the iMac and a FREE ipod touch because Ben is considered faculty at UT. Then we also got a FREE printer (once we send in the rebate). Plus you fill out the rebate form right there in the Apple Store on their computer so you don't have to worry about coming home and filling stuff out and cutting our your receipt and mailing it in and all that other stuff you have to do to get your rebate! We have no use for the iPod touch so if anyone out there wants to buy it, let me know! You never realize how much taxes really stink until something like this comes up. I am so excited! Hopefully the next blog I write will be on my new computer :) Until then, yall have a good week!