Tulsa Mortuary Road Trip!!!!!

Well, did I get to go on a road trip to weirdness or what?
   I got 3 hours notice asking me to take my oldest nephew to Tulsa to complete his 6  "assignments" for mortuary school which he had put off off for so long, he had 2 days left to do them or would be out of the school for good. No one cared, was able, or had time to take him except me. Of course, I did it. I called my friend, Barbara, because she had been wanting to go ANYWHERE for a long time and been "crying" CASINO as well. She got ready faster than I would have believed. We were both amazing! LOL
   His uncle rented a car, paid for the room, and fronted money for gas & food. Off we went. Of course, it was eventful. I will only touch on the "road trip" aspects.
   I will just have to come back (or write this all down someplace else) since it was so weird. LOL 1) Freaky guy at gas station yelling at me because I walked into the storage area ("his office" ???) instead of the bathroom, My nephew got a free candy bar from him afterwards and I wished him peace and good stuff like that on the way out as his mouth fell open); 2) non-stop talking by my nephew which almost drove me crazy. I love him but I would have preferred the stereo. Mortuary and his breakup/get even talk with his girlfriend gets tedious, at best, after 5 hours; 3) Everybody was the driver :-P; 4) Overshot the area of Tulsa we were supposed to be in and the gas guage was on the little gas pump. There was nothing for miles & miles. Barbara & Anthony talked of the movies in which people run out of gas in these kinds of scary places at night. We made it to a gas station. DARN!; 5) Located the mortuary then set out to find a room.  Showdown in car that almost had us returning home; Stopped at Super 8 motel. While finding out about a room, clerk had a call for police then a woman burst into the office saying a man broke the window and was trying to kill her. I left. We went over to Tudor Place which was Medieval looking on the outside and cheaper. Later, Anthony said that the guys at the mortuary said they get a lot of hangings & suicides from there and a lot of prostitute deaths from the Super 8. How nice.
   6) While Anthony was getting his "assignments" done (these were to be at least 4 embalmings and 2 autopsies), I went with Barbara to the Cherokee Casino. I watched her lose money, bless her heart. She won a few times but I wished she would have won more. Might have shared! LOL This was a brand new place so I guess they were still paying for it. Nice buffet and beautiful! I love the sounds & lights.; 7) I played a nickel machine at which someone won the progressive jackpot while I was sitting at it. Typical.; 8) Anthony came back both times smelling terrible, with blood on him (he brought no other clothes) and telling all about what he had done :P :P He did take baths! :-D His favorite stories were getting to drive limos around Tulsa, tho. LOL; 9) We started back Thursday morning after just having gotten there late Tuesday night. He was all done. On the way back, more mortuary talk. (I want to be cremated). He finally found the backseat of the Olds Alero folded down in the trunk & he went to sleep. He had not slept but a few hours all the time we had been gone; 10) I think, today, I am finally recovered. LOL
   When I saw Anthony last night, he was feeling good and said the school was amazed to see him back. (He graduates in November.) I was glad to be able to do my small part, with a crazy road trip, to enable him to do that. Surprised we all 3 are not nuts. :-D
   It is good to know that even though I have changed, the interesting life I have always lived, has not. LOL It keeps coming.

Peace & Joy!!!

   I've got peace in my heart, I've got peace in my soul, flowing like a river into the depths of who I am and I am sure of who I am. Sweet peace. :-)
   I've got joy in my heart, I've got joy in my soul, flowing like a fountain into the depths of who I am and I am sure of who I am. :-D
   In love with life! Life is good.
   Love one another as you want to be loved.
   Being poor in money is minor to all the wonder of the riches of living, friendship, family,
arts, giving, community, & spirit. It is difficult to believe I ever felt any different in life.
   Great things are happening! My happiness grows, if that is possible. :-D
    I am truly blessed :-D :-D :-D :-D

Let it begin with me

"I am only one; but still I am one.
I cannot do everything, but still I can do something.
I will not refuse to do the something I can do."
--Helen Keller.

I am a living message of love to the world.

For that Special Someone

For weeks, I have heard this song in my head as each day goes by...
I finally decided to post the lyrics here & maybe it will help them to go away...
For you-know-who-you-are.... whereever you are.... change "she" to "he"

"With Or Without You"

See the stone set in your eyes
See the thorn twist in your side
I wait for you

Sleight of hand and twist of fate
On a bed of nails she makes me wait
And I wait without you

With or without you
With or without you

Through the storm we reach the shore
You give it all but I want more
And I'm waiting for you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

My hands are tied
My body bruised, she's got me with
Nothing to win and
Nothing left to lose

And you give yourself away
And you give yourself away
And you give
And you give
And you give yourself away

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you

With or without you
With or without you
I can't live
With or without you
With or without you

“Lateralus”

“Lateralus” Written by Maynard James Keenan

Black then white are all i see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be,
reaching out to me. lets me see.
as below, so above and beyond,
I imagine drawn beyond the lines of reason.

Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
Over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition, missing opportunities and I must
Feed my will to feel my moment drawing way outside the lines.

Black then white are all i see in my infancy.
red and yellow then came to be,
reaching out to me. lets me see there is so much more
and beckons me to look thru to these infinite possibilities.
as below, so above and beyond, I imagine drawn outside the lines of reason.

Push the envelope. Watch it bend.
over thinking, over analyzing separates the body from the mind.
Withering my intuition leaving opportunities behind.
Feed my will to feel this moment urging me to cross the line.

Reaching out to embrace the random.
Reaching out to embrace whatever may come.
I embrace my desire to feel the rhythm,
to feel connected enough to step aside
and weep like a widow to feel inspired to fathom the power,
to witness the beauty, to bathe in the fountain,
to swing on the spiral to swing on the spiral
to swing on the spiral of our divinity and still be a human.

With my feet upon the ground I move myself between the sounds
and open wide to suck it in. I feel it move across my skin.
I'm reaching up and reaching out. I'm reaching for the random
or what ever will bewilder me. what ever will bewilder me.
And following our will and wind we may just go where no one's been.
We'll ride the spiral to the end and may just go where no one's been.
Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going.
Spiral out. Keep going. Spiral out. Keep going.

An Invitation

I think this says it all
   Go here -- http://www.inspiringthots.net/movie/invitation.htm

The Search

"Let those who seek, continue seeking until they find.When they find, they will become troubled.  When they become troubled they will be astonished..." "Recognize what is in your sight,and that which is hidden from you will become plain to you."--The Lost Gospel of Thomas
   The search never ends. Knowledge of everything, physical and spiritual, is ongoing. The answers all lie at the end. I know the raod now though. That is a more than most know. I am truly blessed.
   We all teach each other. We all are Love. We all are one.
   Just most don't know this yet.
   Its amazing when you finally see the light.
   Affirmation from someone else that you meet and watch come back from the darkness is totally amazing and teaches more than one could ever believe.
   Such is Gary W. 2 for me.