somebody save me

Well I am officially in the middle of nowhere.

First let me say that my drive from Texas to Oklahoma was fine and dandy.  Plus I got to stop and have lunch with Billy, so Sam met yet another one of my friends from school.  I definitely could have wasted away the rest of the day sitting there in that sweet burger joint and talking/reminiscing/anticipating this years homecoming (and you can bet if I am not back on tour in the fall- which I DO hope to be, that I will be down in the burg for that weekend!).

But onto Oklahoma.  Yikes.  Well there's nothing to say about this town really because there is nothing here.  I am dead serious.  There are two traffic lights.  The visitors guide had pictures of the grocery store in it, more churches listed than shops and restaurants, and the only thing to do here is to visit the historic center to feed and pet deer.  Can't say I really feel the need to do that.  I try to explain this to people, but I just don't think they can quite grasp how dismal it really is.

This is of course assuming that you are not staying in the luxurious, wrap around porch, loft, firepit and satellite t.v. equipped cabins about eight miles out of town.  Out there there is plenty of hiking and armadillos in the woods.  This is where the tour actors have stayed in the past.  But us? No.  We're staying in a "newly renovated" (note: they have a VERY different idea of renovation...) motel with no kitchens, no firepit and cable, which BY THE WAY is the only source of entertainment, since the movie theatre is closed until the weekend and we don't have internet in the motel, and guess what?? IT WENT OUT LAST NIGHT.

AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!

Our first rooms in the motel were disgusting and we told our contact, but rather than you know, getting us out of there, they just moved us around, and saying "oh, they cut us such a great deal."  Well we were sick and tired of fighting about it and my new room does have new carpet no mousetraps in it (I'm not kidding, there was one in my first room) so whatever.  We told them for future reference to never put the actors there again.  My dad and Sam's dad both talked to us and said "go get a new hotel for a night, we'll pay for it until they figure something else out."  The thing is, we would have to drive 40 miles to get to a new hotel.  And that would be 40 miles back to Texas.  And this is actually not an exaggeration.

And so I sit in the parking lot of the library (which looks to be about the size of a small McDonald's with shorter cielings) and bum off their wireless network to write this post and email myself midweek parent letters to send home with the kids today.  Who by the way are pretty awesome.  Very well behaved, take direction well, and REALLY remember their blocking! (I mean Red is just incredible- she remembered EVERYTHING and she's on stage pretty much the whole show)  Their accents put an interesting twist on the show....It's kind of like Red Riding Hood starring Jed Clampett and family.

So here is my piece of advice to you: Southeast Oklahoma- STAY FAR AWAY.  No, that makes me sound too pessimistic.  We're honestly laughing about how pathetic our situation is right now, so don't think I am seriously miserable.  And I think Sam and I are closer because of the madness.

(did I mention that no matter what I do about 6 flies manage to get into my motel room daily?)

Also, thank goodness we have mini-fridges and microwaves in our rooms- since we've been to the only restaurant in town worth going to.  It's Campbell's Healthy Request and pb&j for me all week.  Mmmm.