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right now i am wishing i could know more about my future. maybe not everything that is going to happen but just some select things. like... are chi and i supposed to be together are we going to make it? i know there are some who would say no you are foolish to this question. but, it is possible and i would just like to know. we are kind of at a point now where it has to move in a new direction. a year isn't a really long time but if we wait another year then we will be about 6 months from graduating. if you are in a two and a half year long relationhsip when you graduate and move into the big world that relationship needs to be taken into account. it's hard to think about my future when i don't know who or what is going to be a part of it. the second thing i would like to know is what my job prospects will look like. will i get lots of offers? i would like to think so, but who knows what will happen in the next year or so. these are probably the two biggest parts of my future: my career and my life partner. if i could get those two things figured out i could handle the minor details. too bad life has to be so unpredictable, where is the excitement in that?

Thinking about food makes me want to throw up!

So, I have had some of the best meals on this trip. I have eaten more food in the last three days then I probably eat in a week. On top of all of that I still have two more days of food to go. I have learned when you are eating on someone else's dime price does not matter. I have definitely taken advantage of that. Let me recap some of the delicious things I have tried. Night one I had some delicious chicken, parmesean, and spinach toasted raviolis. Day two for lunch a huge grilled chicken club with the thickest peppercorn bacon I have ever seen. Last night veal parmigiano and a really expensive glass of wine, and tonight baked maccaroni with caramel chocolate mousse cake. Not to mention all of these meals came with delicious salads and sides. Anyway, I am totally going to gain 10 pounds between this trip and next weeks trips. But I think it may be worth it. The only problem I have found so far is that tonight as a was taking a bite of macaroni I thought to myself if I eat one more bite of food I will probably throw up. That feeling lasted for a bit and then I managed to eat a good portion of the previosly mentioned cake. Good thing that didn't last long because I love my food.
I am sure what I have had to eat for the past couple of days is really not to interesting for anyone else but it has definitely been the hilight of my trip, along with my super big hotel room. I feel like I should be on one of those fabulous life shows. I wish life could be like this continuously for the next eight months. But of course then I would be fat and lazy. But I do have a boyfriend so I guess it doesn't really matter what I look like. So, yeah I will take it.

Update from New York

So, here I sit in my GIGANTIC hotel room in Baldwinsville, New York. I am not even joking this place is bigger then my apartment. I have a bed room, a complete kitchen (fridge, cabinets, stovetop, microwave, and dishwasher, plus dishes), a living room, and a bathroom. This place is amazing! Did I mention the king size bed? That's right. Three people could sleep in this bed. I can't even begin to think of what they are paying for me to stay here, I really can't believe the would pay this much, I don't really do jack for the company.
Living Room
Bed Room

Kitchen

So yesterday was traveling day, I got paid for sitting on a plane and reading Harry Potter. I finished book 2 and started book 3. I will also get paid to sleep in and fly home on Friday. I love traveling. I get free lunches and dinners at really delicious restaurants. I get to fly first class where they serve me wine. And my hotel has a free happy hour. I haven't taken advantage of happy hour yet but I think I will run over there later this evening. And to top it all off I should get overtime pay. So this is awesome. I am making more money and spending less because I don't have to buy any food and I am saving money on electricity and water. This is the life.

Besides all the nice stuff work is kind of boring and very tiring. But it's better then sitting in my cubicle for 8 hours. I have two more days of work and then get to spend Friday traveling. And my wonderful boyfriend will be there to pick me up at the airport so that we can spend our first anniversary together. So this weekend will be fun celebrating with Chi. I can't wait to get home!

Free Booze!

I got free alcohol today! 2 free cases of Bacardi Silver O3. For those of you who don't know that equals 48 bottles. So far AB rocks, I love the perks of the job.

Near Death Experience

John's first night in St. Louis, my first late night out with the co-op's. It all started out well. I paid $7 and got trashed. Can't complain about that. Ended up with 1 long island ice tea, and 4 or 5 shots of whatever people kept buying for me. If it is free you can't turn it down. Also ended up "tasting" lots of random drinks. Needless to say lots of alcohol was consumed. John didn't do to bad for himself either. He spent closer to $20 but also ended up getting way more then he paid for. Got to love the AB co-op's, after they get drunk they will buy rounds for everyone. It is going to suck when they get those credit card bills. Needless to say John and I weren't the only ones getting free drinks. Whoelse was you ask... why our DD of course. BRILLIANT! So, long story short John and I found ourselves around midnight sitting on a curb staring at the backside of Busch Stadium. Oh yeah thats right we were in the heart of downtown. We were drunk, had no idea where we really were, and had no designated driver. Not only had the DD gotten as trashed as us but he also dissapeared. So we were sitting on the curb John was contemplating death either by mugging or freezing to death, and I was calling everyone I know in STL except my family trying to find a ride. Through some miracle I called some random number which ended up being the cell phone of another co-op Ben who had been out with some other friends at a coffee bar not far away. I barely know this guy but he saved the day, picked us up and brought us back to the apartment. So, thank you Ben! Sounds like a fun evening, sure. Well the excitement didn't end there. Our DD had my purse in his car with my apartment keys, so I got to hang out with John until I finally got ahold of everyone else and get my keys back. Gave John and I enough time to decide that from now on we are trusting no one else. We are just going to take turns sober driving.

Well John ... welcome to St. Louis. All you guys back in Rolla I am sure you can tell John is in good hands!