Ok the title is actually two seperate stories not to be confused as a statement. As much as you’d like to believe that there is something as exciting as blueberry sunsets here in Hamilton, there is not. I still find Tulsa to have the most consistently incredible sunsets I’ve ever seen. In Colorado Springs the mountains were always in the way and here there are trees everywhere. I love the big open sky of “Oklahoma where the wind comes sweeping down the plains”…ok I’ll stop;-)

Since I ended up staying home and didn’t meet any politicians or have a dog bite me, I thought I’d write about a story from my first night here in the apartment. Yes this is where the blueberries come into the picture. My drive to Hamilton from Tulsa was absolutely crazy. I’ve made this drive about 5 times before with little problems. However what should have been a 8&1/2 to 9 hour drive turned into 12 hours due to highway construction. There were other humorous events that took place but they are irrelevant to blueberries. I arrived at my apartment around midnight. I unloaded all of my necessary items including groceries which I placed on the floor of the kitchen. I brought some of my frozen fruit from Tulsa that should’ve lasted just fine with the drive time I’d planned. As I unstacked some cups from home, deep blue liquid went flying all over the counter, wall, and floor of the kitchen! I was shocked and confused. Apparently a bag of frozen blueberries leaked out of the plastic Whole Foods bag and into just one of the cups. Thankfully only that one cup had juice and it hadn’t spilt on my other things or in my car. However it was spilled all over the kitchen. At this point I was so tired and frustrated that I just laughed and scrubbed down everything I could and decided I’d figure something out the next day. I showed my boss the stains the next day when she came over and I told her my story. What a way to make an entrance to my nice new apartment right?! These are probably the newest and nicest apartments in Hamilton and because of that the land lady is understandably super anal. We have thorough inspections once a month so I have to make it appear as if nothing happened The walls are flat and stain if you get water on them let alone blueberry juice. There is evidence everywhere that previous tenants have repainted parts of the walls. For my own comfort I’d like to think they spilled blueberries too! :-) I’ve now primed and painted our wall, a job I never foresaw myself doing in the first two weeks living here. When I went to get the paint at…wait for it…Walmart (of course! Where did you think I went?), I was thoroughly entertained at how the mixing machine worked. Yes this city gal has never seen a paint mixer before. I honestly assumed that you just bought the can of color.

Walmart count for today is 1 :-) I went in sporting my hot pink Texas shirt (don’t worry Oklahoma you are still my #1) and I was asked about it twice haha! I FINALLY bought a loofah which I kept forgetting to get “in all of my other trips. I spoke with my current favorite clerk, Billy. He is mid age with long hair and commutes from Fayette, Alabama every shift which is over an hour away. I told him I saw a sign for it on my drive to Windham the other day. He is very friendly and since I am a frequent shopper there, it makes me feel like I actually know someone here.

Tonight I especially miss Tulsa and all that entails from sunsets to my dogs, my family and friends, and Victory. Probably the biggest adjustment living here is not being around an average of 100 people everyday. Maybe that’s why I don’t mind the trips to Walmart that much ;-)

Crane Flies killed today: 2
I now know why none of my neighbors put their porch lights on. I know that is common sense, but I was thinking safety. Now I’m thinking whatever minimizes bugs at my front door.

Tonight’s serenade is a lot of dogs barking in the distance as well as crickets. It beats the cow mooing that I heard Friday. More on that topic soon.

Lights out on all fronts. Goodnight!