| | Our mini vacation is almost over and it is making me kinda sad. I don't wanna drive back home tomorrow and then do the whole work thing.  Here's a summary of our trip.
Friday we both worked. When we got home we packed up and headed out. The drive was going pretty slow. We stopped in Terre Haute to get dinner. We went to a place that Jason had been to before and thought was pretty good. I had chicken strips and wasn't very impressed. And the bathrooms were DISGUSTING! I've been in better gas station bathrooms!
After dinner we headed back out on the road. I drank too much pop at dinner so we stopped at the first exit with a gas station. Again, the bathroom was GROSS. It was actually worse than the restaurant bathroom but ONLY because it was a unisex bathroom and there was a urinal. I have never seen so many pubes in one spot before. Men are yucky. That made the gas station restroom tied with the restaurant bathroom. The thing that made it worse was that there was no soap. Eww! Oh, and the toilet bowl was oval but the toilet seat was round!
I got some coffee and we were back on the road. I was afraid to touch anything because I felt so dirty. I secretly was trying to will Jason to stop at the next exit just so I could wash my hands!
The last half of the trip went pretty fast. We made it to St. Louis and it was time to find our hotel. We booked the hotel last weekend. Everything we were looking at was around $105/night. I hate playing that much money to stay in a hotel. We looked a little cheaper and found one that was $65. Jason left it up to me and I said to go ahead and do it. I figured if it was dirty we would just ask for another room. Well, as we were driving I started getting worried. I was wishing we had splurged and gotten a decent room. I was afraid that we were gonna be in a dump in the ghetto. Well, the hotel was in an area surrounded by probably empty buildings and a lot of construction equipment. It wasn't looking good. But when we walked in you could smell the new construction. That made me feel better. The room ended up okay and the staff was very friendly. WHEW!
We went to bed pretty soon after getting settled into our room. Saturday we both slept in pretty late. Yes, even Jason! We went to eat at a place Jason had found online. It was delicious. And they had bread pudding! I was so excited. But, I was so stuffed after eating our meal that I didn't have any room. I had pulled bbq pork. The meat and sauce was great and the bun tasted like a croissant. I also had onion rings and they had a breading that reminded us of our favorite restaurant in Lafayette. After lunch we went to the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. We went on a tour and then to the hospitality room where we got two free beers. We were going to hit up a winery afterwards but the closest one wasn't open so we just went back to the hotel.
We both ended up taking a nap and relaxing. We went to dinner at another place Jason found online and once again it was DELICIOUS. We had pizza and it had the absolute best cheese on it. Yum! Jason mentioned going back to the place we had lunch so I could get bread pudding. But again, we were so full after the pizza that neither of us even mentioned it when dinner was over. After dinner we went back to the hotel for some tv, relaxing and sleep.
Sunday morning we got up early and got ready for the game. We found a place to park and then went walking to find a place that served breakfast. We went to a bar/restaurant and had some bloody mary's and a good breakfast. Then we walked around to find an ATM. We found a Starbucks and I got a white mocha - it's been so long since I've had Starbucks...I'd forgotten how yummy it was. We ended up hanging out around the stadium while I drank my coffee and Jason had a beer. Then we headed in to our seats.
We were in the 2nd row next to the endzone. We were so close! The game was good and there were tons of Colt's fans...it was almost like playing a home game.
After the game we stopped at a bar and sat outside to have a couple drinks and watch people walk past. There was also free chili. How cool is that? We went to the car and there was no one collecting money as we left...so our parking was FREE! What luck!
We couldn't decide what we wanted to do so we just went back to the hotel. I watched TV and Jason fell asleep. Eventually I fell asleep as well. Jason woke me up and we went to another place he found online to eat. As we were nearing where the restaurant was suppose to be we weren't sure if it was even there anymore. I was secretly hoping it wasn't so we could go back to the bread pudding restaurant so I could finally get my dessert. But, the restaurant was there so we went. It was an oyster bar. I had red beans and rice. Jason had oysters and jambalaya. And guess what was on the menu? BREAD PUDDING! All was right in the world and I finally got my dessert! Yay!!!
Now we are back at the hotel. Tomorrow we will get up and go to the arch before heading home. It's been a great weekend.
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