I came, I saw, I ate...

Well the State Fair of Oklahoma is over for another year. Saturday was perfect fair weather, around 75F with a nice cool breeze blowing. Everyone else in Oklahoma must have thought so too because I've never seen it busier. Attendence was definitely up over last year. We didn't get to see much because we could hardly walk for all the people!
Even though we didn't get to go through many of the buildings and get all the freebies; we did make sure that we got our "fair" share of food. I had my annual spam burger, a gyro and a funnel cake. That may not sound like much, but it is considering I ate it all within an hour. Oh and I had a bite of my husbands cheese on a stick. You know that's anther thing that the fair has that you can't find anywhere else, just about everything comes on a stick. There's the usual of course: corndogs, cotton candy, kabobs, carmel and candy apples, but at the fair you can get: cheese, any type of fruit and even pizza on a stick.
Well my in-laws enjoyed the rodeo. My mother-in-law especially liked the barrel racing. They didn't have my favorite event which is mutton bustin'. I guess I'll just have to wait for the Woodward Elks rodeo to see that.

haha what?!

Okay. Yesterday at the post office I had one of the oddest things happen to me. As I was walking over to get the mail out of my PO Box I passed a guy who was looking at me as if he knew me. Considering I work at a place were I meet a lot of people, I thought maybe we had met before. So when he walks up to me I stop to see what he has to say. So the first thing out of his mouth to me is: "You're one of Them." I just looked at him. He then says: "You are, you're one of Them, one of the brides of christ. You know that don't you." Of course by that time I'm thinking okay time to get away from the freaky guy. So I walk away to get my mail. I then overhear him talking to some other guy about the tribulation and the fact that we are already in the first year. The other guy asked how he knew and he just said: "Because I KNOW!"

Anyway. That was the most bizarre/creepy thing to ever happen to me. You know you might expect to have that happen in some big city, but not so much in small, town Oklahoma.

Ahhh. It's that time of year again.

The smell of the corn roasting, turkey legs cooking, kettlecorn popping...stale beer?!?!
That's right folks it's Oklahoma State Fair time. The best time of year to forget about your diet and eat fair food!!! I must say that's the best reason to go to the fair. You can find foods there that you won't find anywhere else, like indian tacos, spam burgers and fried snickers bars.

Of course there is always the ever entertaining opportunity to people watch. I must say it's amazing to see the kind of people who come out of the wordwork during the fair. They don't seem to be around any other time of the year. I guess it could be that it's the one place that I go where they go as well. You know the type I'm talking about right? No teeth or at least very few, wearing very little clothing and tend to have an interesting smell about them.

Well this year I am actually going to do more than just eat my fair share of food and people watch. My inlaws are coming to town from Massachusettes so they want to go to the rodeo. :p This should be interesting. They've never been to one so I'm not sure what they'll think. Being raised in middle of nowhere, small town Oklahoma, I've been to many of them. Hopefully they won't be too offended by the sites and smells.

Heh. To those who don't live in a state with an annual fair. I must say you're missing out on one of life's simple pleasures. ;) They tend to be unique experiences ...well at least the one here in Oklahoma does.

~Misty~

"I'll begin with a few observations..."

"...on a subject that is both near and dear to my heart, leadership." (Dr. Rodney McKay, SGA, Letters from Pegasus)
Well, I just got back from my first class of Leadership Northwest. (a community leadership program.) Today was all about getting to know one another and learning how to work together. So, we went to a ropes course. You definitely get to know someone very quickly when you have to work closely together and rely on one another. And when I say closely I mean closely! There was no such thing as personal space, but we all had a really good time.

Anyone who wants to become more involved in their community should look into taking a leadership class through their local chamber of commerce. It is a great way to learn about your local government, school system, public safety department, economic development, health care and ways to get involved in community service. Our class will only have to meet once a month for 1/2 a day for 9 months.
Anyway, that's enough of that. I need to get back to work.