I’m in Oklahoma..

Hi all. I’m in Oklahoma. The drive was uneventful; the gas was terribly expensive; and the breakfast buffet at the hotel I stayed was wonderful.

After Kara and Dave from Veritas helped pack the van on Monday, Joanna and I took off cross-country. We stopped in Rolla, Missouri for the evening, and then we were on the road again by 7:30 the next morning, headed to Norman. We just barely beat my parents there, and Jill and my nieces were there ready with hugs for us. Each group brought a little bit of furniture, and the apartment really looks great.

Thanks to Gary and Annette for the couch and recliner. Thanks to the parents for driving it my direction. To Joanna and Patrick for the TV. And to Jill and Scott for the transport of that tv and the future trips to Ikea in Austin.

A cheap dining room table is on order right now to JCPenney, and then I need another bookcase or two, and I’m set. Except, for end tables and new lamps and decorative lamps and curtains and wall hangings and pictures…. Must not buy everything on my credit card! Must wait for last CTY check, and for my scholarship to come through! ackkkk!

My guess is that I won’t afford a trip to the NE with my friend Diana for Fall Break. Which is just as well…I don’t have a fall break. We do get off for our State Centennial Celebration on November 16. If my Grandpa Koehn was still alive, he would also be 100 this year. He was born exactly two weeks before Statehood. Though speaking of the Koehn family, I hope to make Uncle Ken and Aunt Laura’s 50th wedding anniversary next weekend, and then my cousin Melissa is getting married on Nov. 17. I hope to make that celebration as well.

Well, I better get going. I’ve been writing blogs for quite awhile. Although I must admit… I did eat one of my mom’s lovely, home-made dinners inbetween posting my many bloggings. It’s good to be home.