Cultural Variety Pack

Oklahoma City, OK -- I keep getting closer and closer to you guys every week! Soon, I'll be there!Anyway, I'm in OKC now, and am enjoying it. I really like the varieties of ethnicities here. We went to a Vietnamese restaurant to eat the other day and ventured through the huge Asian market, which I just loved every moment of. Nothing like dried, shredded squid or green bean ice cream (discovered by Em) to make your day.

So, I'm staying with Em and her husband, Jose, who's Indian. And their adorable little baby, which I could spend SO much time talking about the sheer cuteness that is he. Did I mention I'm looking into cloning options?

And tonight, we went to the Mexican store, which is pretty large. I was so happy, smiling large and content when I walked out of those barred doors, the noise of conversation and music tumbling out behind me. We came back to the house and I made quite a few different salsas for them to try, and since they like spicy food, it was wonderful.

Last Friday I rented a car... the newest thing I've ever driven: a 2009 Camry. I loaded up all my stuff in the trunk and the back seat and drove from Texas to Oklahoma. It's the first time I've ever done a drive longer than 2 hours by myself. And it turned out to be like 7.5 hours.

Tammy had mentioned to me that you can rent audio books (which reminds me I have to take it back) from Cracker Barrel, and so I rented The Shack, and listened to it for maybe about 5 or 6 hours. I still need to finish it. But, it was a nice drive, pretty when you first get into Oklahoma, and I didn't get lost once. I thought I got lost, but I didn't. :)

One of the enjoyable things that I also did today was to go to the Christian bookstore that they have here. It's huge!! It was just so nice though to wander through (I like book stores in general though), but I found some things that I was looking for in regards to other people (birthdays are in mind here), and a Bible study for myself. I was tempted to put it back at first, and then something inside me said, No, you need to do this.

So, anyway, I'm very pleased to get started on that, and to read a Max Lucado book that I got on the Super Bargain shelf, and I'm tempted to read someone else's book that I got for them! I can just hear my mom: yeah, that's just what that girl needs: more books.

Yeah, but I'll pass them along when I finish. Although I like to reread books, this last move taught me: books are heavy!! So, on other books that I have read that I don't own, I tend to take notes on my laptop, and then give them back. I may have to do that with my own books now!

Anywho, I'll be writing again in a few days. I found this handy little tool that I can use to remind me of what I want to blog about, and so I foresee a more consistent blog for our future. :)

Happy day to you!