Surprise!  I’m in Oklahoma City, OK.  Why?  Let me give some background.  In the waning weeks of the fall semester I was recommended to a professor at the University of Arkansas for a research assistantship by one of my professors at BYU.  Another student also was recommended for an assistantship.  He and I both corresponded with the professor at the University of Arkansas and were both offered an assistantship.  Before outright accepting the positions, we both wanted to visit the campus and get a feeling for the school.  The best time for a visit was this week, the break between semesters.

So why Oklahoma?  The other student, Sean, has a brother-in-law who is a pilot and got discount plane tickets and a brother in Oklahoma City who we could stay with.  So we are now at the brother’s house in Oklahoma City.

We flew to Tulsa, OK this afternoon on stand-by tickets.  That meant that we could be seated anywhere on the plane.  We ended up in the first row in business class.  It was so nice to have leg room and a large seat.  Not only that, the drinks were served in a real glass, not just a plastic cup.  Plus we got the deluxe selection of in-flight snacks including Reeses’ Peanut Butter cups and Sun Chips.

Once we landed in Tulsa, we rented a car and drove about 2 hours to Oklahoma City.  Once here we just relaxed and watched the movie Legend of the Gaurdians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole.  Yeah, weird name but it was surprisingly good.  After a good nights sleep, were off to Arkansas, only 4 hours away.