Starhawk Tournament

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I know this doesn't seem like what I normally post about, but it does have something to do with my family. Nathan, as I've mentioned before, loves video games. My autistic eleven year old son loves video games too. As crazy as it sounds, video games have really helped my son with reading and math. Plus it helps him to interact with others. So you can't hate on video games too much. But back to Nathan. He played Warhawk a lot and won money in tournaments from it until we ran into trouble when he contracted West Nile. Then we moved here and only recently got a high-speed internet connection again. He played the Starhawk demo and was eagerly awaiting Starhawk's release earlier this month.

Nathan hasn't played anything but Starhawk since it's release. I know it sounds like I'm bragging, but Nathan is really good. He is near the top of the players' skill list. He's trying to get a team together, because there is a Starhawk tournament coming up next month. A tournament with $20,000 in the pot! I told him that he can play as much as he wants. If he could win that tournament, the money would really help the family out.

Especially after the phone call today. VDOT called. We weren't able to answer the call, but it is NEVER good when they call. Nathan tried to call them back but has gotten a busy signal each time. I'm sure they'll be calling back soon enough. They love to hurt people. When we saw that VDOT had called, a stabbing pain went straight through my back into the center of my chest and I felt like I couldn't breathe. Real physical pain. We've been living in fear of the day they call telling us we have to move out. We still have nowhere to go. We don't have money to buy a new home. They didn't pay us anything for the home they are taking away from us.

Our neighbor said that he heard VDOT will be tearing up everything down here this summer. Perfect timing. I have end-of-school tests to do with the kids. Most of our children's birthdays are during the summer, starting with my youngest daughter whose birthday is this Sunday. I want to have a garden with lots of heirloom tomatoes, melons, and squash. The kids want water for the pool. We just want to be able to enjoy summer, my favorite time of the year. There is only one summer of 2012. I guess they are going to take that away from us. They are going to make us homeless for the summer.

So we are hoping with all our hearts that Nathan can win this Starhawk tournament. It won't be enough to buy a new home but at least it could help with moving our belongings into storage.

If any of my readers are religious, please pray for my family.