"I've never been to heaven, but I've been to Oklahoma."

So this Friday I fly back to Oklahoma for a few days and I have compiled a list of the things I am most excited for!

Here we go:

10.) That southern hospitality. While I love Colorado and the people here, there is just something about Oklahomies that doesn’t even compare.

9.) Braum’s ice cream. I need some peanut butter cup ice cream in a waffle cone ASAP.

8.) The heat. I know as soon as I get back into Oklahoma I will probably regret this, but I don’t even care. As I write this it is 70 degrees outside and I am wearing a jacket. I feel like it just isn’t summer without walking outside and feeling like you are going to melt.

7.) My mom’s cooking. Enough said.

6.) Swimming. I can not wait to jump into our pool. I honestly may run into our house, run right out the backdoor and jump straight into the swimming pool with all of my clothes on because that’s how much I miss getting to swim and lounge in the pool.

5.) Laying out by the pool. I daydream about sipping on sweet tea, reading a good book and laying out by the pool. So pumped.

4.) Getting to sleep in my own bed, in my own room. While I love my Colorado roomies, I can not wait to sleep in my own room and own bed. And also be able to fully sit up in my bed without hitting my head on the bunk above me (this happens daily).

3.) Just being in a familiar place with familiar faces (I think that may be a lyric to a song, or at least it should be.) While I have made Estes my home for the summer, and even know the backroads to avoid tourist traffic, there is just something about being back in my hometown that is honestly the best.

2.) I am flying back for one of my best friend’s weddings and I could not be any happier to get to be a part of her special day. Emily has been in my life for about as long as I can remember and she means so much to me! She gets to marry an incredible man of God and I am so stinking excited!

1.) Getting to see my family and my friends. I mean c’mon, obviously this was going to be #1. I can’t wait to see my mom and dad and sister and all of my Claremore friends. I have missed each of them dearly and I can’t wait to get to have sleep overs and coffee talks about what has been happening these past couple of months.

So basically I am stoked to get to spend a few days back in Oklahoma!