When we left Houston, we took a small, short, large detour and headed north (7hrs) to Oklahoma City. We have family there that we wanted to see. I was feeling pretty good and chose to take this opportunity while we could. We drove in pouring down rain most of the 7 hours. Little did we know that there was flooding in Dallas and south Oklahoma and we happened to be right in the middle of it. Ignorance is bliss.
God kept us safe and we arrived in Moore, OK to have a short visit with our cousin. Visited with his daughters and son-in-laws and were blessed with a wonderful meal. It is amazing to see God working all around me. After a short visit and sharing of news, we gathered together in prayer. Thank you Sam & Belinda….I’ll always remember the lovely prayer.
Now it’s a short drive up to the city and get checked into our main stay hotel. We were exhausted and ready to get my tired little body in a horizontal position asap. After checking in, getting the keys, finding a place to park, unloading as little as possible to get us through the night, we were headed up to the 2nd story, via elevator. We got to the room and it hadn’t been cleaned. That was the first indication that this was going to be a long night. We dropped everything into the hall, hubby marched down to the lobby to speak with Newton, as I kept an eye on our luggage. Dear Newton gave us keys to floor 3 and his apologies. Here we go, loaded up our arms again (thank you for rolling luggage) and headed up to the 3rd floor. Opened the door to only find the bathroom and closet doors off and the room in the middle of a major paint job. I glanced down the hall and noticed another couple in distress carrying all of their luggage headed for the elevator. That’s when we looked at each other and said….let’s go. That’s another trip for hubby to give Newton a piece of his mind. As I headed directly to the car with my hands full. (it’s almost midnight) I’m walking at a snails pace. My tummy incision killing me, I need my medications…..grrrrr.
Got to hotel #2. Beautiful, new and pretty pricey. But at this time of night morning…..we don’t care. It’s unload the car again, I’m to the point of just sleeping in my clothes and not carry anything in. Loaded up the pull cart anyway and headed to the 3rd floor. It’s off to bed. Thank you Lord for my pillows and a nice place to sleep.
Good morning. Left a ‘do not disturb’ sign on the door. Told the cleaning lady as we met her in the hall, no service today. I carried all of my medications and my computer with me and it’s off to IHOP before heading to our brothers house. It’s so good to see him and his wife. Relived some good times and prayed for days ahead. We are very glad we made the decision to come see them.
Nightfall. It’s back to the hotel. We’re planning to head on out to Carlsbad, NM in the morning. We won’t try to drive the entire way, but about 7 hours. We’ll spend the night in Lubbock, TX then get home early Sunday afternoon. We walked into our room and the first thing I noticed was the room was cleaned. hmmmmm? I opened the little refrigerator door and found my orange juice (drink that w/one of my meds) was missing. I’m assuming poured out. Maybe she thought we weren’t coming back? Nah! Our luggage was still in the room. Sent hubby out for an orange juice run in the lobby. We were a little frustrated, but again, we’re tired and need to hit the sack.
Good morning? Well, I didn’t notice last night, but my hair brush was missing. Along with my $20 jar of Bath & Body Works cream. (Lemon/Lime Souffle…girls best friend). Also missing was my blow dry brush. Now, that has just touched a nerve with me. I wasn’t too happy. Trying to make the best of it, I jumped into the warm shower and calmed down. (good place to enjoy the steam from the warm water and talk to God) Ok, I forgive her, guess she needed that cream more than I do.
Towel dryed, rubbed my hand through my hair and I had a wad of hair as big as a baseball in my hand. Today is the day. I spent the next hour or so pulling my hair out. Ha! It was pretty fun really. I got as much as I could, then took the scissors and cut my hair about 2 inches all over. Today is my first ‘pretty hat’ day. This is the day that God has made! We’re headed home. A beautiful day for traveling.
As I left the city limits of OKC I was chuckling. God knew all along that I didn’t have any more use of my hair brushes. I hope the same little housekeeper gets to clean my room again, because I left her a full head of hair in the trash can. I’d like to see the look on her face! Yep, I’m onery! I definitely lost it in Oklahoma City.
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