Preparation

I had no idea when I moved back to Tulsa the training that I would be under. God you have amazed me day after day. I know its all for a reason. I won't be afraid.

Who do you think you are?

Have you ever been around someone who know is looking down on you? Or maybe a particular area of your life? I feel like I just got a taste of this from a person who used to be one of my really close friends. I say 'used to' because we haven't been so close for a while now.

I actually got confirmation about this when I talked to my cousin. But what it did was make me check myself. And if I've ever made any of you feel that I was better, then I apologize to you and repent to God.

There's a thin line between walking the straight and narrow and being self righteous. If you don't know by now, I am always willing to let you know that I am in no way perfect. Nor do I have all the answers. Although if there is a question I love to seek the answers for myself.

I'd appreciate if we all took ourselves down a notch. If we plan on correcting or rebuking one another, make sure its in love and not an effort to make yourself look better.

The adventures of JK

It seems every time my friend Joy and I go out of town SOMETHING goes terribly wrong. I say "every time" but we've only been on the road together twice. I wonder if after this she'll give me another chance.

For example, we went to Texas last year. We actually got down there without a hitch. But on the way back, I'd heard from friends who make the trip fairly often to take another highway because its faster. We did NOT know that there were a ton of tolls on this new highway. We didn't have enough cash...

First toll: Take this slip to the next toll.

Second toll: This is the last slip if you get 3, you get a ticket.

So we asked is there a place we can stop to get some cash? Mind you I ain't see one gas station between these last 2 tolls. She says theres a gas station before you get to the next toll. Stop there.

Driving....driving...nothing.

No gas station. No fast food joint. Nothing. As we approach the toll I see the McD's....after the toll. So I try to make the appeal that the last lady told us about the McDonald's. This lady, just nasty as she wanna be says, They told us about you. Pull over there, the state trooper is comin.

Dang. What do I do now?

The trooper was way more understanding than those stupid toll people. There was no need for that. PLUS the lady lied to us! So he volunteers to give me a ride to the ATM. Card doesn't work... He gave us one more chance. Joy came through in a pinch. Saved me from getting a $300 ticket because of like 4 bucks in tolls.

Which brings me to my birthday weekend....The first plan started out with a trip to Dallas with 3 or 4 of my girls. One by one, they start falling off. So to make it more feasible I say lets go to OKC. Shorter trip, more economical. At the end of the day, it was just me and my roaddawg Joy.

Lemme tell you: procrastination will get you every time. I got better for awhile, but this is a sickness. I gotta do things in the moment. It's terrible.

We ended up leaving late because I wanted to rent a car, but I paid my bill a lil later than I should have. I procrastinated even before this because I was planning on finding my license somewhere and couldn't. I couldn't very well rent a car with no license. So...I had to get a new one. Before we left.

BUT because I didn't pay my bill early enough (just one hour), the payment didn't post in time. Long story short we ended up going back to the counter 3 times before the I actually got the car.

Oh but this bad boy was sexy....A white Ford Escape. Ahhh Escape. Perfecto!

So because we got on the road late, we missed our reservation at a restaurant that I really was excited about trying. Went and checked in at the hotel. Which was sooo beautiful. Did a lil dancin round the room and went to eat....at Chili's. Womp. However, the food was bomb and I got a free dessert. A gorgeous chocolate volcano with ice cream on top. Until...a nasty piece of hair surfaced from somewhere. I got another free dessert to go.

Well somewhere in the middle of all this...I clearly forgot to pack anything....

No bathing suit

No contact solution

No flat shoes

No pajamas (this is something I forget often)

Wal-Mart to the rescue. I did at this point remember to get a bathing suit (which has inspired another blog) and pajamas.

Actual Birthday: done. Morning time comes and its time for breakfast. So I make my appearance at breakfast in heels and part of my outfit planned for that day. I sure know how to be a show stopper.

After breakfast, we get our swim suits on and go down to the pool. I didn't know that Joy was part fish. She was right at home in the water. I, on the other hand, didn't technically know how to swim. So she taught me! She said she thinks I was lying about not knowing how to swim because I didn't struggle at ALL. Well, hey I'm smart and I'm a fast learner. Besides...Pisces...hello!

In the midst of all this swimming and GREAT discussion, we lost track of time. The hot tub was heaven! I had to practically force the Lil Mermaid out of the pool. When we made it to our room, the key doesn't work. So we went down to the front desk.

Um what time is check out?

12

What time is it?

11:51

We make a mad dash to gather our things, take showers and get dressed. Imagine 2 girls trying to get dressed in 8mins...Craziness.

It wasn't til later that we found out about this thing called 'late checkout'. Something that the girl at the front desk made no effort to tell us about. Skinch. She saw that we were all disheveled and wet.

Now I can't find the stupid swimsuit I spent so much energy toiling over.

But we got our things together. I got some contact solution and we finished getting dressed at my best friends house. Because it was sooo beautiful outside, we decided to take a walk around Bricktown. Get a drink at Starbucks, got some Girl Scout cookies and ate some sushi. Living the life!

And that was our time in OKC... The details of the evening are not important. Had great evening after I got back to Tulsa as well.

The point of all this is that nothing went the way I planned. I could have chosen to be upset. Mostly at myself. But I chose to enjoy every moment. We had a blast. 28 feels good. And I'm glad that I had someone with me who didn't have an attitude. Who chose to laugh along with our craziness. That's my roomie! I think I'm done planning trips though. I think I need someone more organized to get the ball rolling. I just wanna go along for the ride.

Ok, now let me stop procrastinating and finish my taxes.

What is this?

For the past couple weeks I can say I've had something that resembles.....get ready.....a life! But shoot its tiring having a life. I may have to retreat back to my hermit- like lifestyle. I've had so much fun, but I feel like I haven't gotten anything done. With some new changes happening at work, I've been given a lot more responsibility than I asked for.

Every now and then its good to be pushed. Have I become the person I want to be? Not yet. But I'm aware. Clearly there's still work to be done.

This is excitement!

I'm super excited and I think this warrants a new blog because I am typing on my brand new beautiful laptop! YEEEE!! I've never had a brand new computer. Nor one that didn't break my back because I was trying to lug it somewhere. Or that I was too embarrassed to take outside. Now I got my internet AND laptop and its all working together! YAY! Praise God~