A week off the grid...mostly

I spent the previous 3 days traveling to, through, and from Oklahoma. A fairly boring state, yes, but mostly flat in topography, allowing for quick travel. I was sent there to learn how to cull data from our ILS via MS Access. Yep, a whole 6 hours of tables, queries, and SQL. My meager brain was oatmeal by 3:30 pm.

After the session ended I whipped my green name-tag holder off over my head and strode out of the very imposing, but aesthetically-lacking, OSU library toward my car. I had a very cold bottle of stolen water in one hand and a file folder of powerpoint presentation pages in the other. I made it to my car and of course, went the wrong way. Again. I got lost many times in the tiny town of Stillwater. It's small and everything looks the same: either small house or campus building.

Not all who wander are lost, but I certainly was. Fortunately, work is reimbursing me for mileage.

Some thoughts and experiences:

1. Students in the OSU library are allowed food and drink. Wild! And their library was quite clean. I checked. Yes, all five floors!
2. Oklahoma seems to be under threat of tornado much of the time, even when there are no storms nearby. Paranoid much?
3. It is somewhat dangerous to drive while listening to David Cross do stand-up. There were a few times I laughed so hard, I almost swerved into the other lane.
4. The Club Sandwich at Wendy's is pretty tasty and wayyy less fattening than a cheeseburger. (Although, I had a couple of those on the way home...)
5. No matter how soft the hotel bed, your own bed is superior.