That totally makes sense, ND. I have a vivid memory of getting bad news and just wanting to open the window that was behind me and crawl out and run away so I didn't have to hear it and that feeling is what I was associating with your urge to drive.
I stayed for something like a week at Lake Ouachita in Arkansas and it was pretty great. A long time ago. But that's my main association. Have also driven through several times on my way to somewhere else. OK I have driven through more than visited, but I'm pretty sure I have at least stayed the night somewhere in the state once or twice, but probably not anywhere big or interesting. I don't remember anything in particular. I have a vague memory of ordering a steak at a restaurant because I was in Oklahoma and that seemed called for but I am not sure if that is an actual memory of something I did or a memory of an intention I had. Anyway, I support Dana going places she hasn't been just to have been there. Or anyone.
BTW, that 5 miles to get lunch was, in fact, too far. The light where I usually get on the highway was blinking so that was a big mess and a slow down and even knowing that and saying to myself "come back a different way and avoid this" several times by the time I actually got my lunch I forgot and came back through and it was even slower. But now I have lunch.
Oh, I think I've been to Queen Wilhelmina! Maybe stayed in the lodge? Maybe not. But been there, I am pretty sure.
The closest I have been to Oklahoma is the musical, which I am very fond of, so I would do a lot of singing if I visited. Haven't been to Arkansaw either. Mostly a coastal girl! I did move a bunch of times in my first marriage, but all along the east coast.
I have been to Oklahoma so many more times than I ever imagined I would go to Oklahoma before I met and married an Okie. We mostly go to Oklahoma City, so I can't speak to Tulsa (though I hear it's quite nice and a little more artsy/liberal than OKC) or most other places in the state, but OKC does have some cool spots. Downtown has a great botanical garden, plus an art gallery owned by Wayne Coyne (of the Flaming Lips), and the memorial to the 1995 bombing is quite moving and worth a visit. The zoo and science museum are actually both pretty impressive too.
Timelies all!
Mr. S had a major meltdown(We wouldn't let go back outside, because neither one of us wanted to go) and broke his tablet and the lightbulb from his lamp. We're not replacing the tablet right away(which of course led to more outbursts)
Random, but….why did I have nightmares last night that I was late for a flight and was trying to smuggle my dog in in a suitcase and freaking out he’d be found or have to gate check him but also that it was really clever to put him in a roll aboard in the overhead??? So weird. Multiple scenarios of that!!
Because I am a petty petty bitch who thrives on schadenfreude, I am getting a boatload of serotonin from finding out that the "parent church" in Columbus of my Freak-Ass Church down here has been the subject of a 5-night news investigation about being a fucking manipulative, damaging cult. No goddamn lie. Man, it's gotta SUCK to be such a shitty "church" that the news does an investigative story on you and they find so much dirt that they make it a 5-night series.
Yeah, sure, it's been like 20 years since I was a part of the FAC, and if I were a bigger person, I wouldn't care about this, but I am not, in fact, a bigger person, and this is giving me LIFE. I can't even tell you how much.
it's gotta SUCK to be such a shitty "church" that the news does an investigative story on you and they find so much dirt that they make it a 5-night series.
For real. I haven’t seen a multi-day news series like that since Rachel Maddox covered the Flint water crisis. And that involved a state government poisoning tens of thousands of people.
Yeah, what Hec has to say abut the FAC.
Signing contracts on house sale tonight. Agreed to a price. Quick timeline. 10 days for inspection, close March 23rd. May all be smooth with the various hoops. Yeah, I have to do some serious purging and packing too.
