Getting the Ball Rolling!

Off to the races...literally. Last week was all preliminaries, the first meeting with the coaches was Thursday night.

The kickoff "party" was Tuesday, and it was a good tone-setting. I was a bit disappointed that we didn't have the chance to meet the other families, I'm not sure if that's purposeful or just something that wasn't thought of. We did get to meet quite a few people involved in Wright-Patt, so that was nice. Got to hear a few adoption stories...it's great how people share their common interests/circumstances when they have them.

I did learn something amazing during the opening speech...the average savings amount put away by Americans is near zero? Aye, caramba! I can see the whole point of this thing, and I guess it's more widespread and maybe noble than I'd assumed, from their point of view.

We're already started, keeping a log of purchases. Ouch. We really do spend that much, day to day...and it's easy not to notice it. Of course, last week was a bad week, with me eating out a lot...setting up the Haunted Trail in Beavercreek keeps me out of the house in the evening. But that kicked off Friday, so we can go back to sensible food.

David