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.