time to catch up....

Andraya, Dad, Adam, my Uncle Art, and I made the trip to Tulsa on August 13th following the insane packing on the 12th in what was the hottest day in Lincoln this year. We got Tulsa around 5:45 p.m. only to learn that Norman Village stopped letting people move in at 5 p.m. so we went and found a hotel for the night. Choose the Red Roof Inn. We got "settled" and went down to Arby's for supper. I noticed my wallet was not in my purse and panicked. Searched the Arby's and looked on the way back to the hotel. Got back to the hotel and noticed the door to our room was slightly ajar. I panicked even more now, my ipod and laptop were sitting out and plugged in. Thankfully everything, including my wallet were inside. We got everything unloaded with help from a couple of helpers hired by housing. We went to Elmer's BBQ for supper and enjoyed the badwich which was awesome. Sunday brought about my venture into law school. Andraya went and stayed with Helen Brantley while I went to the keynote speech and took the oath for law school which was followed by a wonderful reception with some delightful snacks and drinks. On Monday we met Vickie Hildebrand who is a law clerk for The United States District Court of Eastern Oklahoma and discussed her role in helping free Ronald whose last name is evading me at the moment but Ron Williamson and Dennis Fritz were the focus of John Grisham's non-fiction book The Innocent Man. That was a wonderful experience. On Tuesday we went to the county and federal court houses. We watched a young man enter a plea deal and spoke with a Tulsa county district judge and then the federal judge for United States District Court of Northern Oklahoma as well as a federal magistrate judge and a law clerk. We also met a probation officer and a U.S. Marshall. We then had lunch at the Tulsa County Bar Association. Wednesday was supposed to be our day to give back to the community but Andraya was sick so I had to pick her up from school early. That Friday we went to a Tulsa Driller's game and we enjoyed that. We are slowly adjusting to Tulsa and are liking it thus far.