Lord's Day recap

Jeannette still isn't able to get out for Church just yet. (I'm not the only one to miss her!) Brent and I got Subway after morning worship. I watched the paperclip race [Martinsville] while finishing prep work so I could preach Sunday night. By the way, that's the 2nd win for TOYOTA this year!

Daniel was a man of purpose, principle, purity, and prayer; great outline I borrowed from Mark Copeland in Florida. Brent lead another good prayer (from his heart) while Jacob, Ryan, and Cory did their usual good job reading scriptures. After worship we had another delicious covered dish feast and fellowship time. We are blessed to be part of the South Walker Family.

On Tulsa Time X 3

Three of my last four road trips have been to Tulsa. Before a dealer trade on I 240, I ran contract papers to East Tulsa on Thursday (see Mar 16). Guess where I went Friday? Tulsa for Toyota, then Tulsa for Honda. Do you think I'm getting any "frequent flyer miles" with the Oklahoma Turnpike Authority? Or just burning up my Pike Pass? Saturday was interesting as I got papers signed in Stillwater during the spring football scrimmage and the NCAA finale for those courageous Cowgirls. To get a copy of a drivers license, I snapped it with my lil digital Nikon and got it printed at Walgreen. Did you get to see Chrissy Wallace debut in the Truck Series at Martinsville? I worked on my sermon notes for Sunday night after we enjoyed Arbys.

Lookin' Up

Things are looking up as the lady of the house starts to feel better. Eating has become easier as the true taste of things returns. She has to remind herself to reign in that instinct to launch into a cleaning project. Thankful for all the prayers, she is enjoying cards and calls.

Home 2.5 days

Glad to be home, Monday began a slow improvement for Jeannette. Food either made her sick or didn't taste or smell right. She has steadily felt better with the gradual return of some strength to be up. The meals brought in by our daughter and my sister-in-law were fantastic. Cards and phone cards cheer her spirit.

Whiz Kids Club Time was the story of the three Hebrew children in the fiery furnance. Tuesday I learned where the NW Tag Agency. Today I took 10 more titles there for liens to be filed. Before sunrise I drove Dave to Covington to "repo" a Tacoma. Around noon I went to Rush Springs for a signature.
We had 18 in class tonight! Angie and Reegan brought Macy. I'm excited the Lord is blessing the YG with steady growth. Dan was in town tonight.

Room 725

Wonderful staff of care givers... that's what we have found at OU Presbyterian. Daniel, Gayle, Pat, Jim, and the others went above and beyond. Instead of ordering the next day's food from a very limited list, they feature an extensive Room Service system.

The view to the North is almost surreal... here see for yourself:
The beautiful pink roses were from Mike and Gwyn. Phylis and Nick surprised us. We also got to see Jake, Ty, Am, Marie, and Barry.


Jeannette continues to make strides towards going home. She has been getting up and looking better.

We appreciate all the prayers on her behalf. I want to thank Gary for taking my class this morning.

We visit the hospital

Friday was a "hurry up 'n' wait" day. We were told the surgery time slot was 11:30 (3rd in order). Just before our alarm went off the phone rang and we were told of a cancellation and asked to come on in ASAP. Within an hour we were here (OU Medical Center - Presbyterian Tower) because she had everything prepared, packed or layed out. We sat in pre-op holding over 3 hours.
Surgery was thot to take just under 2 hours . . . but they got in there and discovered a lot of adhesions. After 4 hours they called to say Jeannette was awake in recovery. During that wait, I met Stan Meek's wife, and visited with the family of a Westside elder who was struck in a crosswalk, in the rainstorm last Tue at Tinker AFB. Dr. Walker came in w/ pictures and assured Gwyn, Mike, and me that there was no cancer!
THANK YOU, LORD!

Roller Coaster Week

The Monday morning was slow but then I "chased" Bullet to Chickasha and later made a dealer trade at Stillwater. Tuesday was full of downpours, floods, and storms. While Dave had to fight it all the way to Denton, I lucked out - my Ada job turned out to be a meeting in Norman and a quick run past Waterloo Road in Edmond. I turned down an hourly driving job at Dub Richardson on NW Expressway.
Finally the dreaded appointment (Wednesday) arrived. The news was great - the Dr. said "I don't think it's malignant." The afternoon was spent getting ready for surgery (Friday) at Presbyterian. We had the very best care and assistance all day. We celebrated the relief at Bricktown's Spaghetti Warehouse.
Since she would be on clear liquids Thursday, we had a late dinner at Johnnie's after midweek services.
Thursday was Preachers' Breakfast and tying up a bunch of loose ends. J. had to miss the Caring Sisters dinner tonight.

Giant Weekend

Friday was a full day of driving: a morning trip to Enid with Dave to bring back a black Avalon, and an afternoon contract run to Ponca City. Saturday was a very unique assignment - drive to East Tulsa to pick up a family (customer) to bring them to the Auto Mall to buy a car. Before I got out of Edmond I made a quick paper run to Danforth and Sante Fe.... my parents' old neighborhood.
Paul had another good lesson Sunday morning after the teen class finished a survey of the Gospels. The Bristol race was very special in the honoring of my favorite driver - Dale Jarrett. My gracious wife worked in the kitchen all afternoon to make desserts for the teen event http://southernoaks.blogspot.com/
I didn't even have time to think about the brackets.

Maybe this week of Spring Break will be slower.

Mid-Week

I got excited to see the Quartz Mountains again. When I crested the hill near Rocky, there were the blue peaks just beyond Hobart's skyline. I showed the pictures to the teens to provoke memories of camp last summer. We had sixteen in class when I announced a movie night for next Sunday to celebrate Spring Break.
At the Area Preachers' Breakfast this morning, a card was signed and prayer offered for Jeannette. After a Belgian waffle, I met Don for a trip to Tulsa to bring back a Pilot. The "titlemaster" in Accounting had me run a check to Reynolds on NW Hwy and bring back a Tacoma title.
The big deal of Thursday was the annual banquet for Whiz Kids at the Western Heritage Center. About 1000 enjoyed a gormet meal served by gracious Centennial students. Our favorite part was a new video featuring an interview of Nelson - one of our youth group leaders.

Trippin'

Toyota called just before lunch time for a big one! So I drove to North Little Rock, Arkansas all afternoon. Mighty good buffet at Shawnee's Mazzios; especially their desserts. After navigating through their hwy construction, I traded a beautiful black Camry for a sporty 5 speed silver one. I got back in just five hours and five minutes (midnight).


As I finished turning in the car this morning, Accounting called for me to run an $11,000 check down to Norman and pick up a title. Jeannette was excited to get a call confirming an appointment with the oncologist for next Wed morning (we've been waiting for this - it could have taken weeks). After lunch I was called back to deliver a gorgeous navy blue Avalon to Shawnee and bring back its twin - a loaner. The crosstown part of I-40 West was a total gridlock backing up early rush hour traffic for miles. Tomorrow I'll run a contract down to Hobart.

Weaken, No - Week End

Friday was an 11 hour road trip to Plainview. Thank goodness for cruise control and good radio stations. We realized there would be no appointment date set until next week.
Dustday was spent trying to control rampant sawdust. We worked on upgrading the kitchen woodwork by replacing the trim. Covering appliances and decorating items helped, but Sunday free time was used to wash, dry, and put away dishes during the Atlanta Cup race and the epic Merlin. The group of friends enjoyed some fellowship at the Taco Bueno in Moore. This song was good for lots of laughs. http://myeeosprofile.com/video-egCeIwjIuZM-
Toyota won its first ever Cup race with a Joe Gibbs 1 , 2 finish!

So far so good....

Tuesday's wait bore no fruit, but Wednesday brought two encouraging calls. First, the lab report said the blood work came back normal. Then after lunch the news that the good doctor had agree to take on a new patient and all the requested files had been sent over. Now we wait.

(for an appointment). She didn't make it to vote but she did go to Bible class.

Teen Class was unique, instead of devotional singing we had a lesson on the worth of the Word. The slide show was taken from an email on our exaggerated dependence on cell phones. Sterling
brought three friends and her sister Reegan.

A group of drivers took 20 new Hondas out to the car show at the State Fair Grounds. I drove five and helped position a couple of others. Thursday we started a project in the kitchen. After I removed the old scallop strips from the plate rail, I bought new molding and stain from Lowes (sorry, Tony Stewart). I brought home a Corolla for a dealer trade Friday in Plainview [5 hours, 337 miles . . . one way!] We are enjoying Celtic Thunder on OETA.

Weather or not

What variety! Breezy cold for morning worship, tornado warnings before bedtime, and snow the next morning. The stark reality of the sirens blowing in our own city makes you think how blessed we are so much of our lives. Just think - we live in a time and locale where the very best are giving us warning.
[We prefer KWTV-9 because they know the line between enough and over kill.]

The Area Wide Teen Gathering at Eastside was a huge success. Ranee and I had 14 kids with us. Kyle had a second chance to enjoy nachos; Rocky just grinned! We got the group home as the lightning show began.

Working on my Club Time Bible story for Whiz Kids, I turned down three trips to Texas. What a way to start a Monday. Mark Clanton, gang education specialist, made his final visit today.... so I have Jonathan, David, and the Secret Arrows reracked for next week.

Low Blow

Well, the sit-down with the good Doctor didn't turn out as we so desperately hoped. The 3 ultrasounds agreed there was something suspicious. The best news was that the second expert suggested was a name from the past that we had great confidence in. Now, if she will still be accepting new patients. This news set the tone for the entire weekend. Seeking many prayers seemed the right thing to do.

Sandwiched between two local contract runs was a stop to "fetch" some yellow roses from my favorite "Texan". . . Golden Corral is always a good take-out choice.

Saturday was a good day to wash the 'wheels', go to the bank, and catch up on some projects at the church bldg. First "day off" in 8 - 9 days; felt good. Covered almost 2000 miles in last 7 days! It's nice to be close.