Far, Farther, Farthest

Monday morning and I had the slides ready for Whiz Kids. . . but I didn't have to be there with a Bible story. Dave got a call for 2 drivers to deliver a new Maxima to McAlester. I drove the chase car; my first time in a Nissan Sentra. Just before leaving I-40 at Henryetta, Dave's path converged with a huge piece of tire tread from a semi. It hit up under the front bumper and ripped the fasteners out of the gravel / splash guard. After 3 attempts to secure it, we threw it in the trunk and finished the drive. The couple was very cool about it all and took delivery. We saw quite a show of lightening and got home about ten.

As we returned the Sentra Tuesday morning, he got a call for 2 drivers to go to Arkansas for Chrysler-Jeep. In Ft. Smith he left the big nice 300c for me and he drove a Jeep Patriot back (just so I could listen to Sirrus 128 [NASCAR talk radio] ). We hit spells of heavy rain in Eastern Oklahoma. I got a dealer trade call to Duncanville, Texas for today. I traded a navy Sentra for a loaded charcoal grey one. Mapquest took me off Loop 12 sooner than Dave always goes, but I found it - 224 miles one way!

I really felt like a hypocrite! With all the bother about the NBA leaving Seattle, I thought about boycotting Starbucks. But I don't drink coffee, so that was a shortlived idea. THEN, I stopped in Gaineville for a late lunch. I just couldn't make myself stop at the "arches" and there was a new Starbucks next door.

Well, it turned into a very entertaining and interesting experience. A very personable young lady and her dreadlocked co-worker went out of their way to make my first solo visit a pleasant one. {If you find your way here, thank you! Here is some of my art work you can check out.} http://www.okcps.org/ms/jackson/canan/visual_art.htm

The heaven's openned up and I drove back across town in a dark downpour. We quickly left for Church. We had a good group of 14 for teen class. We ate when we got back home.... I'm running a contract to Chandler in the morning.

Tahlequah & Taxes

Tuesday, I mean Tax Day, I delivered a big shiney Silverado 2500 club cab to an employee at NSU. I wanted to see Geoff, but his teaching schedule didn't allow it this time. I ate in Locust Grove before bringing the Suburban loaner back. I mailed Mother's tax return that morning, but I had to finish Rob's and join the party at the dowtown post office before I could go to bed.
Wednesday, I worked on the Teen Room until lunch time. I replaced 4 ceiling tile, vacuumed, and rearranged the furniture. Two calls after lunch changed my plans to include a run to the tag agency and a quick trip to Norman before Bible class.
Thursday morning began early with Preachers' Breakfast at Denny's. I switched a trip to Cyril to tonight so I could have time to donate plateletts and attend the funeral for Florence Sweeney at Southwest. While Jeannette was enjoying Caring Sisters tonight I met the guy from Blanchard to sign a form. A discovered a tremendous bargain at Gordman's: three beautiful name-brand dress shirts at a rediculous clearance price.

Westside after 50

Sunday I got to attend the 50th Anniversary of the Westside congregation in Norman. Two fine lessons by Leon and Phillip, great singing, and a lot of fellowship. It was a nice visit. Sunday evening was a time of revelation and an extensive amount of counseling in my youth group.
Monday was Jeannette's post-op visit with the surgeon at OU; the surprising news was the path report showed pre-cancer cells in the tissue removed. We are very blessed to have that threat behind us. Whiz Kids went smooth until Jonah was thrown overboard... We went to CiCi's before I went grocery shopping.

Not much happenin'

Wed night we all celebrated Brent's 1st place finish in a national wrestling tournament at K.C. He shared his plaque and medal with us and was applauded by many of the adults.
On Thursday, Jeannette made her return to A.C.S. There was lots for her to do while I ran more titles to the tag agency for Debbie to file liens.
We planned to eat at Zio's but an incosiderate group of smokers planted themselves right in front of the entryway. We did enjoy Panera Bread
next door.
Friday I took contract papers to Sapulpa; Saunny put me in a classy Lincoln Continental. This week I dropped off my resume at Crossroads Chrysler.
Its been a slow week for all the drivers. After the men's breakfast at Golden Corral this morning, I went to Lowes for some wide baseboard pieces for the dining room. Yes, after twenty years, the vertical carpet strips are history. It took some getting used to my new compound miter saw, but the project looks pretty good. We made a visit to a shut-in and ate at Boomerang after a couple of shopping stops.

Rock Chalk Rocky Top!

Carl Edwards won at Texas as Roush continues to dominate there. I picked the top five but my score wasn't real great.

Samson was the story for Whiz Kids Club Time. I got the projector and laptop set up by 8:30 so I was able to accept the job of taking titles to the tag agency for liens to be recorded. Michael was absent so Jeannette didn't have to finish getting ready. Yes, Teresa, we all pulled for your Jayhawks. Great work, Bill Self! At my doctor's appointment this morning, Janet Fanning, MD, walked in with a bright blue Kansas tee and red jeans. Guess where she went to med school???

After leaving the clinic in Moore, I drove to Bob Howard to pick up a contract to take to Stillwater. The Police Dept. HQ was easy to find and I made a quick turn around. I checked on the house in Edmond but I didn't find any hail damage from last night. Jeannette had cooked dinner including cherry turnovers. We are watching Tennessee dismantle the Stanford team. It has been turning ugly the 2nd half, but the Lady Vols were too much. Pat Summit is what educators and coaches long to be.

Catchin' Up

Sorry, I got behind. Wednesday morning I drove through downtown Fort Worth to get signatures. On the way back, I stopped by Texas Motor Speedway to see the Nationwide haulers that had already arrived.

Since I can't attend this year, I was thankful just to

get a little taste of the atmosphere. I drove down the lane where the concession trailers were setting up.

Wednesday night we warmed up the extra pizza after

class. I skipped Preachers' Breakfast since I had been up so early ths week. Honda sent me to Tulsa on a dealer trade with Don Carlton at 41st & Memorial (near our restaurant back in the day). Geoff is in NYC for a conference on Bilingual Education.

Friday, Jeannette got out for the first time since surgery; we joined our group of friends at the UCO theater production of Steel Peer. We had to leave at intermission but it was nice to see her out. After resting up, she made it to the annual Sweetheart Banquet at the church building on Saturday night and for Bible Class and Worship on Sunday. Teresa went back to the hospital for more tests. At least Kansas won.

Plainviews of the Texas Panhandle

Lil play on words there... I just want to share what I've found in that West Texas city.

The lovely "art" shows the local attachment to the place of cattle in their lives. : )

Leaving before 5 am Tuesday, I made the round trip of 700 miles in just over 11 hours. I'll take an occasional gust of crosswind over the hail and tornadic torbulence some of my fellow driver friends got into Monday in SE Oklahoma and central Arkansas! Today I traded a brilliant red Corolla for a sporty white one.

O.S.U. didn't treat Sutton as fairly as they did Gundy; I hope he lands a great position and shows Holder he can coach.