grillin

for those of you who know me well, you know that one of my favorite things to do is grill. well, this saturday at work, we're having some guys come out to the dealership and grill ALL DAY for us! there's nothing like food off the grill, it all tastes better when it comes off the grill. this is going to be a blast, eating good food and making good money all day...WHO COULD EVER ARGUE WITH THAT!?

fun time

we went over to our good friends, jason and cilla, house saturday night. we had a great dinner and hung out all night. we had so much fun. i actually saw ICE AGE for the first time. it was a pretty cool movie. i love those animated movies...i guess that's what they're calling them now. i still refer to them as cartoons. i think this saturday night we're going to do something fun like move into our new place. I CAN'T WAIT!!!

L7 SLVR

man, i finally got a new phone! we've had the same old crappy phone from sprint for the past 4 years. a lot of people started calling it my pager, because i could never answer it because i was always on roam. now i'm on cingular and i am absolutely loving it!!! i'm fixing to set up my itunes on the phone too. it's nice having a phone that actually works now.

Fall Weather

man, i absolutely love fall weather. it's not too cold yet and it's not too hot either. it's just right. fall and spring are my favorite two seasons. the Texarkana Golf Association is having the ORR Auto Group City Championship this weekend and the next weekend. i can't wait to get out and hang out and enjoy the weather and watch some good golf. if i'm lucky, i may get to play a little bit too!!!

Four States Fair

tonight i was at the fairgrounds for the "umpteenth" annual Four States Fair and Rodeo. i worked a booth out there from 4pm-10pm for ORR Auto Group. it's been years since i've been out there. it was kind of cool, remembering back when i was growing up going to the fair. i went walking around with my good friend dave terrell and his wife, who just found out that she is pregnant. it was really funny walking around as an adult with my friend and his wife. we were both laughing about what it was like when we were kids going to the fair. it's quite a different experience now than it use to be. kind of funny to think back on it though. being young was fun, but i sure am glad that it's over. i'm having too much fun as an adult that still acts like a kid.

9/11

i'll never forget being awakened by the telephone at 7:37am CST in arlington, TX to hear jeanette frantically telling me to turn on the television. to my surprise i saw one of the twin towers on fire, and only a few moments later watched the second plane come flying into the opposite tower. my world stood still for what seemed like hours. i remember the feelings of confusion and hurt that i felt for those people. i also remember that as the rest of the week went on, i felt an overwhelming pride and respect for myself and my fellow americans. all of the emergency workers and civilians that came together in unity showing their love and compassion for their fellow man gave me a sense of patriotism that i have never had before that point. i regret the lives that were lost on that day, but i am thankful for the patriotism and compassion that was brought to life in our fellow american brothers and sisters on that day. and for that reason...i will never forget.

Texas vs. Arkansas

friday night was the infamous Texas High vs. Arkansas High game. what made it so exciting this year is, arkansas high is ranked number 1 in the state of AR and texas high is ranked number 2 in the state of TX.

well, Texas High proved to be superior as i thought they would. they ran up the board on them and finished it out at 38-14 with Texas High as the victors once again. the highlight reel was pretty amazing. Texas High has one of the top quarterbacks in the nation, Ryan Mallet, and are very hard to stop on offense. last year they lost in the playoffs to Highland Park who went on to win state, but this year is Mallet's senior year and he's not going out without a hard run at state.

next weekend Texas High travels to Ohio to play in an elite tournament that only the top few teams in the country are invited to come and represent their state against the best teams in Ohio. if you can think of a top high school team in the nation, they will be at this event. it's going to be exciting to see how they match up against the best high school team in Cincinatti. GO TIGERS!!!

Paid Off

well, going to central mall may pay off after all. i think that i have the most leads from being out there so, that should make me some bonus cash that would equal a car deal that i would have missed out on saturday. i also ended up making 2 car deals from working today too, so GOD IS GOOD! he always does take care of me. we ended up having a real good day today at the dealership. we were the only ones in town who were open and it paid off!!!

Central Mall

well, it's 9:30am and i'm sitting up here at central mall waiting for the mall to open up. ORR Auto Group has a booth at the mall and i have to work it today. everyone has to work it a full day but, me being the "green pea" i got stuck with having to work it on a saturday which happens to be our busiest day at the store. it was either this, or work it on sunday and not have a day off. so, naturally i chose to have my sunday off since i'm going to be one of the few choosing to work on labor day. i pray that my working on labor day will make up for my missing being on the floor today. i really do hope that some people hurry up and get here so i don't die of boredom before the end of the day.

first sale

yesterday was the last day of the month and my 5th day on the floor and i got my first sale...first 2 sales actually. this is definitely a very fun job. it's very exciting and the group that we have working together is very tight knit. it's a lot of fun. it's like i'm working with 6 older brothers and a grumpy old grandpa that keeps us all laughing. even when we're not selling, we're having a blast sitting around picking on each other. september will be my first full month to be on the floor. i can't wait to see how my numbers turn out. this month is going to be very exciting!!!