Reznjun

got back home from yet another road trip. havent had time to write. sometimes i just dont feel like blogging. i get hate mail from people that have nothing better to do than to hassle someone– anyone. they hide behind anonymous letters. i guess by expelling hate, it makes their life better. so i do provide a service that adds meaning to their life.

i went to oklahoma again. i have alot of friends and relatives down there that i dont get to see often. i take advantage of any opportunity to go visit them. plus i do like to travel. i probably always will.  

we stayed downtown at the sheraton. that is the hotel where the jayhaws are staying at while playing in the regional. i wish i could have been there this week instead of last week. maybe i could have seen the players. i did get to high five them at the game i went to this year. i make that a ritual of mine every game i go to.

i got my walking in by checking out the downtown area. i logged 12 miles while there. i went to bricktown. they have a nice two mile walking trail around a canal. they also have alot of eateries. i heard some nice jazz so i went into the place to eat. i ordered blackened catfish, red beans and rice and seafood gumbo. that was a fine meal. after that i headed over to the ford center to watch a pro basketball game. pro players are so much better than college players. it was a good game. got to see some ex k u jayhawk players. i also got to eat 3 different meals with my cousins. we were always laughing. it is nice to see family.

we even got to hit a few casinos. oklahoma is full of them. we went to a big one near the texas border. you could probably put all the kansas casinos inside that place. it was huge. i had walked 3 miles that day so i got tired of walking around that casino. it had all kinds of people in it from all walks of life. it was quite a drive down there and back to the city. we hit rush hour traffic that got worse because I 35 was narrowed to one lane for 19 miles. it took us an hour to travel that short distance. we got home around 4:30 in the morning. my cousin and i visited all the way back. she gave me hints on how she tans hides. i will try that again. i want to get the process down.

while driving we had a gps on that we borrowed for the trip. we named it after an old lady i knew. it had a female voice that would tell you to turn in a mile, then half a mile. then would go off in a nagging voice if you had to go a different direction. it would say ‘recalculating’. it made me laugh.

i had to fill out my ncaa basketball tourney brackets. my family and i do that every year. we place a small wager on it and see who wins the pool. naturally i picked the k u jayhawks to win as i do every year. this year will be the year when they win it all. i have confidence they will.

the weather man is predicting 2 to 4 inches of snow this weekend. winter is not over yet. we have our spring ceremonies to do yet. then we will have a bunch of them for the next month or two. sometime in there i will have to start my garden. that is always hard work. gardening takes half a year or so. the payoff is fresh vegetables that taste better than anything from the store. and i know what i have in what i grow.

have to get ready for a ceremony that will take the next few days. we never know when they will come up. we just do them.