Here comes summer!

School is over and summer is officially beginning for us this week. We're headed to Dallas this afternoon, and then on to San Antonio to celebrate our anniversary for the weekend! Can't wait. Joseph's classes and finals are all finished, and he gets to take a small break from studying now.

We found out last Thursday that he has received the Conoco Phillips Spirit scholarship for the coming school year! This is a recurring scholarship based on academic performance, and also includes the opportunity to have priority status when interviewing for Conoco Phillips internships. He was the only underclassmen to receive this scholarship, and I'm so proud of him for working so hard this year. This scholarship in addition to two others he received will nearly cover all of his tuition for this next year, and we are very grateful!

Yesterday, Joseph went to Artesia, NM to interview with a company for a summer internship, and was hired on the spot. He'll be working for Enertech Wireline Services (formerly EM Hobbs) in their Artesia office, starting on Monday the 14th. Artesia is about 3 hours away from here, so he'll be spending the week there, and then coming home on weekends. I'm going to miss him a lot during the week, but I know this is a great opportunity for him. He'll be able to get a lot of experience, and a very well-rounded view of what it takes to drill a well and bring it into production. He was impressed with the people at the office, and is excited to be working with them.

Yesterday we also had rain here in Lubbock - a lot of rain! I decided to take the car to the store over my lunch break, and barely made it out of the neighborhood because of all the flooding in the streets. I'm still not used to living in a town where people stay home because of the rain... but when everything is so flat here, and the ground is 80% clay, flash flooding happens quite often.