MONDAY: Slept on the couch last night, and woke up when my friend Chelsea had to get up for work and her dog Lilli (short for Lilliput) started investigating my face until I covered it with a sheet. She settled into a little dog-ball in between my legs and I got up later, around 9. After breakfast and messing around on the internet editing the Ada, Oklahoma Wikipedia page and such, we (Liz, Joe, Kyle, and I) went out to Wintersmith Park. The park seems to be the one place in town that has a natural water source. It's a nice big pond-lake, but clearly has been lacking the extra water that usually overflows from the lake and fills the little creeks in the other parts of the park. Anyhow, we walked around the park, seeing the amphitheatre which was built during the Great Depression by members of the CCC, the llamas and deer in the animal enclosure, an old monkey cage that was abandoned years ago, and some wildlife, like a turtle and its baby and of course, geese.
After we left the park, (OH! I should mention we were in my truck, the four of us. Keep this in mind...) we went to pick up Chelsea from work. We got there and got a tour of the library (Linscheid Library is the official name) from Chelsea, and she introduced us to the student workers and her co-workers. After we left, we all (now 5 of us) crammed into the truck. There are five seatbelts, but I think the front middle seat is meant for a very small child and we are five fully grown adults. Anyhow, we managed it, blasting the A/C as it was about 1 o'clock, and it had hit 100 degrees but felt like 104. We stopped at La Fiesta Mexican restaurant for lunch and promptly ordered a pitcher of strawberry margaritas. Lunch was quite filling, and Chelsea's morning of work and our walk around the park made us realize we all needed a nap, so we went home and slept for about two hours.
When we got moving again, we talked about going to Oklahoma City or Norman for the evening, but decided to make that a trip for Tuesday. Instead, we played You Don't Know Jack (a Wii trivia game), made/drank mojitos, and played Trivial Pursuit (the new, more complicated edition). Around 9:30, we figured we should eat something, so we made lasagna, I made some salad, and we dined and talked and had a good time. After dinner we watched some George Carlin stand-up and then ate angel food cake with strawberries and ice cream, and apparently, I fell asleep on the recliner. End of Day Two!
As mentioned before, pictures coming soon...
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