The day before we left, Nate found out that his manager had quit the company and that it might be harder to sell. Nates friend Garret Frame, who introduced him to the company, did some research and found a better situation. We picked a different manager and headed for Charlotte North Carolina. We LOVED Charlotte. The company (Vivint) hooked us up with super nice apartments that included a pool, work out facility, and a theater room. Nate worked basically all day everyday Mon-Sat so I was pretty lonely. Luckily Kaela (Garrets wife) and a few other wives kept me company. Our schedule was pretty consistent Monday through Saturday. We'd wake up around 830-9 and eat breakfast. Nate would go to meetings from 11:00-1:00 while I went to work out. At 1:00 we'd go back to the apartment and eat lunch. The worst part of the day was about 30 min later when Nate would leave to sell. I would then do whatever I wanted to do. Look for jobs, go to the pool, clean the apt, read The Hunger Games, do online classes, go to the mall with the girls, or cook. Basically livin the dream :) At around 9:30 Nate would come home and I would have dinner ready. I cooked pretty awesome meals every night... not to brag :) We'd eat then watch a movie or just go to bed. Nate was always so excited when he got home because he was selling really well and making good money. He was the top selling rookie! The company was cool because they would set weekly goals and if the guys reached the goal, theyd take us all out to dinner on Saturday. It was so much fun just to be doing something other than school in a place other than Provo. I missed my family a lot and still do. Ive never been away for this long without at least one of them with me. Soo one night while Nate and I were laying in bed, we heard some pretty heavy rain hitting our window. It sounded like rocks hitting the glass. We ran out onto our balcony and watched as the size of golf balls (maybe bigger) hail poured onto the street. Our apartment was on the third (top) floor so the sound of the hail hitting the metal was like a machine gun going off.
We were yelling as loud as we could to hear each other. It was such a rush of excitement. A few min later, it stopped and Nate ran out to look at the size of the hail. Growing up in Las Vegas, I'd never seen anything like it. I got thinking about my car out in the uncovered parking lot. I have a weird connection with my car. Im probably in love with it or something but if it gets scratched, dented or even dirty I feel awful. So I went out to look at it and my stomach started to hurt. My first thought was "my dad is going to kill me". Theres probably 100 little dents all over it.
Even though we have it insured, I still felt sick haha. Charlotte was wonderful but wasnt meant to be. One morning Garret called us and said he wanted to come talk with us about something. He told us that he'd been considering going to do what his Dad had been doing out in Tennessee. The company basically chases storms. A hail storm hit Knoxville Tennesse and runined alot of houses. It destroyed roofs, shattered windows, and anything else on the exterior of the houses. So Garrets dad would go pass out his flyers and set up appointments for these people to fix their houses. He said we wouldn't regret it if we came out. Since the insurance companies are just writing huge checks for the people to get their houses fixed, theres big money involved. When Garret told us all the details , we quickly saw it as a great opportunity. And only 3 hours from where we were. Nate quit vivint and we moved in 2 days. I cant say that I was totally comfortable just picking up and leaving like that but boy am I glad we did. It felt crazy to pack up and move again but why not!? We are now in Knoxville and we LOVE it! We live with Garret and Kaela in a Town house. It has been a blast having a buddy all day long. The boys are just thriving in this new job and can hardly stay on top of all the work. We are learning so much and will probably never have an opportunity like this again. I am reminded of a line from a great country song.... lifes a dance you learn as you go!
