tonight i can barely contain the sheer giddy-ness that is welling up inside me to get on that big ol’ jet airliner and land my happy lil’ hiney in st.louis tomorrow.

over 12 years ago 8 young senior girls sat in Denny’s (yes i said Denny’s people….just about the only open all night restaurant in my lil’ bitty hometown of Rolla, Mo….that and the waffel house but i didn’t dare set foot in there since i actually had a short stint as a lousy waitress there that summer trying to save money for beer before i went off to college) but i digress….

where was i..???

oh, yea, 8 girls in denny’s.  we contemplated the ways of the world…important things like how many of us had kissed one particular hottie soccer boy and how much $ we had saved for beer and which frat had the best parties.  you know, things that really matter when you are about to go off to college.  soon the conversation veered course and we began to get deep.  we started talking about the "future". who would get married first, how many kids we’d have and how when we finally did get married how it would be so cool that we would have twice the amount of money to buy beer.    i think carrie was pegged to get married 2nd or 3rd since she was one of the only ones seriously dating someone at the time…..we were a little off…..

carrie is getting married tomorrow night in st. louis…..she’s number 7 out of 8.   

so tomorrow morning i fly into st. louis and amy & brenda and picking me up at the airport.  we’re spending the weekend in st. louis. we’ll head to the wedding tomorrow night. carrie wanted us to get there early so we can hang with her beforehand and get some pictures with just the 4 of us.  we decided to stay saturday as well and make a girls weekend out of it.  we’re going to hang out and shop and probably head down to the landing saturday night. we’ll head out and back down to rolla on sunday where i’ll swing in for a maid-rite ( quite possibly the best hamburgers ever ) and then pick up my mom and start our drive back to the great state of tx hoping to arrive late sunday.  we’re hoping to make the entire 12 hour drive on sunday but of course that all depends on….

how much money i take to st. louis for beer.

soo, i’m off.  it’s fast approaching midnight and i’ve yet to pack a thing……

stay tuned for fun pics!