Snowy, icy OKC!

Our OKC trip last weekend was great!

And Shirley and I had a couple of surprises.

Our flight was delayed. An hour after we were supposed to depart, we boarded. We waited several minutes, then the flight attendants began the emergency precedures. Then they informed us they were dimming the cabin lights and we began moving away from the gate. Suddenly, the cabin lights came back on and we bagan a fast taxi back up to the gate! We, of course, wondered why.

Several minutes later,we found out the Will Rogers airport in OKC was closed -- freezing weather. It was late, so we slept at the airport and took the first flight out the next morning, at 8:25 am. Where did we sleep? The quietest (!) place in the airport, and very appropriate: the chapel.

We did not sleep well, but enough to get up in the morning and try again to leave. It was nice to kneel on one of the chapel kneelers at 4 am to do Morning Prayer.

Over the weekend in OKC, I "took the plunge" and allowed one of our nuns to give me -- a TONSURE! I've been permanently vowed for a couple of years now, but at the time I just got a haircut. But now, I gave in. I now have a tonsure. I had to get the rest of my hair trimmed when I got back, so it wouldn't look funny. I'm getting used to it. But it feels right.

This weekend: a quiet weekend here with Shirley, church, Cheyenne, and hopefully -- naps.


under the mercy,
br francis