Amazingly enough we got to OU on time. The admissions recruiter was very enthusiastic and I thought gave very good information. Sometimes those info sessions get long and boring. It was quite hot during our campus tour. Good thing they gave everyone a cold bottle of water! Mary liked the campus and dorms too. She really liked the reading room in library. Unfortunately, Sarah slipped on the stairs coming out and fell hard on her bottom. She has a nice bruise because of it. Sarah kept going with a smile! Mary also met with the music department, theater department and the education department. Theater was defintely the best! The guide/recruiter was so nice and gave us a really good tour. There are lots of good pictures on the photo album. They are opening a play tonight of Henry the IV by Shakespeare. Since we would be gone, we were invited to the dress reahearsal last night. It was really good and a lot of fun. We stayed to watch the formation of the curtain call too. Mary really has a passion for theater and would really like to major in that area, but is unsure of potential employability. The meeting with the eduacation department was ok, but Mary was not impressed with the education lady. OU is #2 on the college interest list, right after the University of Michigan.
Our meals here have been tasty. We had lunch at a Campus Corner pizza place, then had dinner at one our favorites from years ago, the Interurban. I had my favorite, the Ranch Burger. It was obvious that our waiter made a special concession to make 3 Cherry Cokes for Sarah (cherry coke is not on the menu). Eating in OK wouldn't be complete without some ice cream from Braums! Mmmm.
Jeff and I were able to visit with some friends too. We saw Pastor and Mariane Klumpp before they move down to Texas to be near their kids. It was a nice visit. Jeff also visited the new National Weather Center. It is really nice. We wanted to get a tour, but you have to book them 2 weeks in advance! We tried to see some of his old profs, but they were gone on vacation, we missed one his old classmates by just a few minutes.
Can you tell we had a good time? Yes we survived the intense afternoon heat, recovered a forgotten phone (mine), saw a lot of campus, and experienced a late night Oklahoma thunderstorm!
Today we are going to meet with Jeff's ROTC commander for lunch and then off to Arbuckle Wilderness, a drive through animal safari. Tonight we will arrive at Kathy's house for the weekend. We are all anxious to see family!
Grace
