I spent the majority of my weekend at the OCCC Arts Festival. Several of our REACT team were out there to assist with shuttling people back and forth from the parking lot…using golf carts. It was a blast. Yesterday, I was there from 8:30 am – 3 pm and stayed busy the entire time I was there. The people I picked up were very courteous….and very happy to receive a ride because it was a long walk from parking lot A to the festival. I love to help out in any way I can and this gave me the opportunity to give back to my community.
I left the festival at 3 pm and met Jeff and his dad at his dad’s house…..and then we all three headed to Norman for the OU-Utah State game. A friend at church gave me one of his tickets, so I had to sit in a different place than Jeff and his dad. What I did not realize was my seat was way up in the top of the stadium. It took me a good 15 minutes to walk up the ramp to the top level. Heck, I thought when I finally made it to my seat that I could actually touch the sun. Ahhh, what a beautiful view of the City of Norman. I took these pictures and they look like I took them from a blimp, or a helicopter….but they were taken from my seat in the stadium. The game went well and at least OU won, but they had to earn it. They made so many mistakes, I did not think they would win.
I overslept Sunday morning, but did make it to Sunday School on time. I sat downstairs during worship and listened to Bro. Wayne’s last sermon. He resigned on Sunday, August 29th and yesterday was his last day. He preached…and then all the members of the church gathered around him at the altar and prayed for he and his wife as they follow God’s direction to another ministry.
I was back at the Arts Festival that afternoon at 1:30 and spent all afternoon shuttling people, via golf cart, from the parking lots to the festival. It was a rather warm day, but at least we had a good breeze….and I got a little bit of a sunburn on my left leg and left arm…the two parts of my body that were exposed to the sun while I was driving the golf cart. I look kind of weird…weirder than usual.
As it got closer to 7 pm, they pulled me off of shuttling people back and forth and moved me to the north entrance of the college. I had my reflective vest, my whistle, my flashlight and my two-way radio and helped block off the entrance. I also had to speak to many of the motorists to let them know where they could park. Most of them were ok….just a few got mad at us because we would not let them in. The area we had shut off was for the members of the philharmonic orchestra. They were to perform at 8 pm and fireworks were suppose to start at 9:30 pm.
Again, we stayed busy because we had many cars that wanted to park where we were at, but we had to turn them away. At the finale of the fireworks, many people started leaving. Fortunately, we had a police officer with us, assisting us with traffic (actually, we were assisting him). We would stop traffic going north and south and allow the traffic going east and west to proceed…then, we would let north and south traffic go and stop the traffic going east and west. Several times, we had all of the traffic stopped so pedestrians could cross. I had to use the strobe on my flashlight to direct traffic and had to blow my whistle several times to get the attention of the motorists. It was a fun night and I finally made it home by 11 pm.
I slept in this morning. My body was so tired and so sore. My legs kept cramping up during the night, causing me to wake up. Karla had to be at work by 7 am, but I didn’t have to go in until 3 pm....so I just laid in bed. When I got up, I went by CVS and put oil in Karla’s car…then I followed her home and cleaned out her trunk. Since it was breezy, I decided to go ahead and mow my lawn. I mowed, weedeated and edged both front and back yard…and mowed, weedeated and edged my neighbors front yard.
The rest of this week will be real busy for me, so I am bracing myself.
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