Some more cabin pictures

Building the walls, my Dad had done the foundation and floor the week before.



Next step is putting the walls up.



Dinner, and yes my sister actually ate that.



Johnny "encouraging" the guys.



A view from the inside.



The man behind it all.

The Cabin

Almost a month ago I took a week off of work in order to build a new cabin in Selbyville.  It was quite an event as my entire family took the week off to help out.  My Dad, brother, and I did most of the heavy lifting, while Mom, Karyn, and Laura cooked meals for us.  There were plenty of other people in and out the entire week helping out too.  In fact if it wasn't for Brad and Kevin coming back on Tuesday we would have had a really hard time getting the lofts up. 

It was loads of fun building the cabin (which my brother and sister want to call Carolina.  It makes no sense seeing that we're in West Virginia.  They like it because a song called Carolina that talks about a cabin in the mountains.) and someday I'll be able to take my kids back there and tell them stories about when their Dad, Grandpa, and Uncle Matt built the cabin.  I have so many fond memories of Selbyville, this is just another to add to the list. 

Not living in the moment

There's so much going on in my life right now.  The most pressing being church camp quickly approaching next week.  There is so much to do, lessons to plan, music to prepare, skits to put together, camp fires to get ready for, and plenty of other things on top of that.  Most things are pretty well lined up, but there's always more stuff to work on.  Then I'm taking classes right now full time so I have all of that work that I have to work on.  I'm behind on my school work so that's some added stress.  On top of all of that I leave in about three weeks.  Whew, that's alot and I'm not even mentioning all the other things that just come with life.

You'd think with all of that I'd be here fully present here and now.  Funny thing is that I'm not.  I'm constantly dreaming about one year from now (when I come back from Iraq) and even two years from now (seminary).  The problem is that I need to be here now.  I have to earn a degree before I move onto seminary, I have to get through church camp in less than a week.  It's getting tougher for me to stay focused on things.  I'm easily distracted.  I don't want to be this way, but I find it hard to change. 

In other news I truly am enjoying my time before I leave.  We built the cabin last week (pictures coming soon) and I've been spending time with Karyn.  The next three weeks should be very fun, I'm looking forward to them.