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!