This Just In...

I have just come across this 'long lost' video of a joyous moment in my life. Many of you have heard the story from Laura and her blog back in July. Let me explain....

We go to this camp called Sooner Youth Camp. For many die hard Sooners, I just grabbed your attention. Last July we went to Sooner in Ardmore, Oklahoma for the long, hot week. Its great.

One day I went down to the lake during boy swim time. I was swimming and what not. Then I started goofing off on the dock. I was goofing with a camper named Jared Jordan. We were wrestling on the dock when all the sudden I hear this 'ding,' 'ding.' I look to see Jared lunging for a ring bouncing on a dock. My first thought: ha...you lost a ring. I look at my hand immediately and notice I don't have my ring on. Weird...I had it on when I went o the lake. Dang.

I lunge forward for the ring bouncing towards the water....I missed it by two inches. I can still see the entire 'bounce' in slow motion in my head and seeing it sink fast in the muddy, dark water.

I leap in the water and dive to the bottom. Nothing. Wewe, Steven and me spent the next 2 hours diving and looking.

In fact, when we finally left the lake we went up to the mess hall. Wewe and Steven were kidding around with me about telling Laura or not telling Laura. Ha. Funny. I have at least two more days before I see her. I'll come up with something by then. Nope...Laura came up for a surprise visit. I was shocked. I had to tell her. I wouldn't say she was mad...but not happy. Wewe, Steven and I spent 2 more hours in the water during dinner. Nothing.

Laura told me to forget it. Its just a ring. Her parting words as she left that night to go back to Arlington were, "I'm not married!"

The next day was harsh. I mean, you accidentally lose your wedding ring and people take that as a invitation to make fun of you. Geez. It was all day. It was constant. It was from everyone.

Well...that night at dinner, table 5 'got' table 1 with their elbows on the table. "Get your elbows off the table, table 1!" "Do a skit for us table 1...do a skit for us table 1!"

"Hey Travis, you have to see this."

I thought geez....not again.

This is what happened.

This is Aaron. He spent 15 minutes in the water and found it!