Land of Lawns
I've been in Oklahoma City now for less than a week, the rest of the O'Dangs for a but more than a week. However, we're in some kind of crazy acceleration zone with a lot happening. Part of that is deliberate--hoping to acclimate to the new hometown as quickly as possible. Here's random bits and pieces of life so far. I got window seats for my flights Tucsonš”Dallasš”OKC. Since the place landed here around 4:30pm the view of the city was good and also a shock: Holey Moley, it's FLAT. Quite a shock compared to the mountains around Tucson. The kids have described the city as one big flat lawn. There are a lot of lawns here, lawn-care trucks driving around and the local pawnshop displays an array of lawnmowers out front. I don't know for lawns but we have a lot of lawn, the house is a rental, and there's an HOA so we have to take care of it. In the short run, that meant hiring a couple guys to mow Thrusday, which might continue. Watering also seems like it ...