Inching closer, Victoria, Nate and Cori, Aaron

I squeezed out a few minutes through the workday yesterday to analyze a couple properties. Mama and the school kids went to a park in Alvord for lunch yesterday, so I was on my own for the lunch hour. That is when I did the property work. I did not take the time to print them out but let Mama know they were ready for her to look over. I suggested we stop by after church to do the printing. Mama had other ideas, so we hustled and got the feeding done. Ate a quick dinner. Showered and dressed for church and went to the office before church. It did not take long to print out the few pages of information I had complied, but it will be very helpful to do our drive-by research Saturday. I have a feeling we are going to end up with about six properties on the final list. Hopefully, that will be more than sufficient. We will get a better idea of what we are up against on the morning of the auction but at least we will be prepared to the best of our abilities at this time. The preparation process should get refined and improved as we mature in this business. At least, that is the expectation. I believe that expectation will be easily met because Mama is fired up about this business. This is not necessarily our first opportunity to work on a business together, but it is the first time she has actually been interested in doing so. It has been quite fun so far. If we really do start making money at it. It will be even more fun.

Victoria made it to Florida safely. After she got through security, she was not diligently checking her flight status for gate updates and almost missed her flight because she was waiting at the wrong gate. She only thought about it when the boarding time had arrived, and her flight was not the one listed to board at the gate where she was waiting. I am not sure if she asked for help or found the change on her phone, but she made the discovery in time. Fortunately, the gate she needed was in the same terminal; nearly at the opposite end of the terminal, but in the same terminal complex. She ended up getting to the gate in time to board, but she was near the very end of the line in getting on the flight.

She is enjoying the kids. Savanna will not leave her side – which is fine with Victoria. Savanna cried when Victoria and Cori went into the AT&T store to get Victoria switched over to the iPhone she bought two or three months ago. That is how possessive she has become. Cori, who was originally a bit stressed out at having the extra person to deal with as they packed for their move to Honduras, came pretty quickly to realize that Victoria was a God-send. Victoria can deal with the kids (especially Savanna) as she and Nate concentrate on getting everything packed up. This is not a vacation they are packing for. They are literally moving their home from one country to another. Everything they can pack to take in order to reestablish their home must be accounted for, safely stowed and arranged so that everything fits in the space they are allowing themselves. It is a daunting task on Nate and Cori. Victoria is there to help. They are flying out next Tuesday. If everything works out as it should, they will not be back in the United States for three or four years. Everything they have been doing for the past two years has led to this moment, and now, here they go.

Maggie forwarded to Mama a photo of Aaron. He is on the boat in New York Harbor. For a cell phone picture, I thought it was a particularly well-done image.