Quick Trip to Oklahoma

I got to go to Oklahoma Saturday afternoon for a quick trip. Sarah graduated with her Master's Degree Friday night and had a celebration Saturday afternoon. On top of accomplishment of a Master's Degree she got engaged Wednesday. I'm so excited for her!

I drove down after working 4 hours of work and got to Chickasha around 2pm. I not only got to see Sarah, but I got to see Amy, Margaret, Tiffany and a lot of other old friends. I didn't get a lot of time with them, but it was nice to see them. Sarah is moving up to Wisconsin early this next week and she might stop by Wichita on her way. I will be sad to see her leave Oklahoma, but happy for her and her new life.

I was also fortunate enough to meet up with the NCSU crew down in Norman to start up Vortex 2. Adam, Casey, David and Kate, whom I just met, met me for dinner at Applebee's. It was so nice to see them and catch up. It'd been a year and a half almost since I'd seen them. It's been a long time, but not so long ago in my life. Grad school was my life for 2 years...and it doesn't seem like that long ago. I'm excited for them, for the Vortex 2 adventure! Maybe I'll get to see them again.

I finished up a stretch of 3 morning shifts this morning and it reminded me of how much I hate morning shifts...especially when we are opposite with evenings. When our schedule is only days, I get use to the morning time frame..but now when I can go to bed at 3-4am...getting up at 3-5am is not fun! I'll be happy for our new Intern to arrive, but sad because that will mean I'll be back to the normal schedule. Not necessarily my idea of a fun time. But with the bad comes the good. I will have a lot more evenings free, which while I like working evenings better, I miss having some free.

I have a couple more evenings before a couple days off and I look forward to what I might accomplish this week. I don't have any big plans and that in and of itself right there is a blessing. I should be able to accomplish quite a bit, even if some of it is only watching TV and cleaning off the DVR some more.

Happy Mother's Day!

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