Oklahoma: Day 4

A small child filled this morning’s activities just as one did yesterday evening.  One of my Kappa Phi sponsors adopted a boy named, Onesimus, and asked me to take his pictures at the OCU campus.  He is your typical, rambunctious two year old boy.  He had us running after him and pitching the football before we sat down to look at his memory books.  Angi brought them along so I could catch up on all the time I’ve missed; I love how pictures can so effectively tell such an emotional story!

After photos, I ate lunch with Mandy Lathan (another college roommate from freshman year) at the Iron Star.  I hadn’t seen her since graduation day: May 5, 2007, and we spent a couple hours telling the intricacies of the past few years… how our occupations and relationships had gone through numerous renovations- how we’d moved here and there to try to find ourselves.  Mandy has gone from tap master to yoga school owner and operator; check out her amazing school: Cadence Yoga!  She has decided that she can’t complain about her community if she doesn’t do something to improve it, so her yoga studio has become a meeting place and mecca for local artists.  She even offered for me to have a showing at the attached art gallery next door (which her boyfriend, Greg Diamond, sells abstract art from) and asked how she could help my business.  Heh- she even began devising a plan for me to begin a touring dance company which she would hold fundraisers for- bless that woman!

Lunch with Mandy was followed by the peace festival.  (I love how these things seem to find me.)  I met several people that had ties to Houston and now have connections to a meditation school and possibly a job opportunity educating people about the useful nature of essential oils.  A random life is a beautiful adventure.

The day finished at the Oklahoma City boardwalk that runs through Bricktown.  I met up with Alissa (yet another college roommate) at Falcone's.  We ate Italian fast food and enjoyed several hours of conversation as we watched the young break dancers scurry in and out of the pizza shop- avoiding cold for a few moments before hurrying back outside for a battle or two.  Alissa is originally from Indiana, but she has found her way in Oklahoma City by holding numerous dance jobs in and around town.  (I think that’s the common way with most dance teachers.)  We reminisced about the year we spent as college roommates and missed our other half: Allison and Paige whom are now living in NYC.