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2004-02-09 @ 11:20 p.m.

Rockapella - STL or Hold me, I'm skeeeared!

Wow. All I can say is wow. I had an amazing weekend. It started off a little rocky with a phone call from American Airlines at 5:30 AM Friday morning telling me my flight was cancelled and I was rescheduled on an other flight that did not get us into St Louis till 6:49PM (if it arrived on time). The 1st concert started at 7:00PM so that was NOT going to work for me. I get up and after about 30 minutes I finally get Paula and me on a 10:30AM flight with a change at Raleigh/Durham. A few delays and such, but we got there just fine and met Jenn and Angela who had already picked up the car and we were on our way. After a little quick detour through Illinois, we made it to our hotel. We freshened up and went to St Louis Union station and ate. The first of 3 shows passed with the same ol set we�ve heard for a while now. At the M&G George comes right up to me and busts me for sleeping during the show. I was in ROW H. I didn�t think I could be seen � and at one point I just got so tired and I couldn�t keep my eyes open and they closed for a few minutes until Ang elbowed me to wake up. Little did I know I would get caught and busted big time. LOL. Later I was standing chatting with some of my new peeps when I feel a hand on my head and someone trying to turn me around. I hear Jeff�s voice going �hey you!� but all he managed to do was twist my hat and pull my hair into my face. So I turn around and he giggles and puts his arm around. I�m no fool, so I put mine around him. Then he pulls Ang in and I forget what is said, but Ang and I laugh. He asks us �are you drunk?� so Ang and I laugh even harder. He said �you laugh, but you don�t say no!� So I said, �I said Noooo � which turned into a laugh�. He looks at me and says so tomorrow like 3pm is drunk time. I said no, but I�m going to the Anheiser-Busch brewery tour on Sunday before the 330 show. He seemed to take an interest in that. Hehe. Then he cocks his head and looks at me and said �You look like you can toss em back. You are a girl who can hold her own.� I looked at him and said �excuse me�. Then he gave me this adorable smirk, squeezed his arm around my waste, said �see ya tomorrow� and walked away. HAHAHA. We then went with a few of my new favorite people (Boge, Susan, Mo, Krik and Coleen - ) to Maggie O�Briens where we had some good food, good convo�s, good drinks and a side show of a cute boy falling on the ice outside the window.

Saturday Ang, Paula, Jenn and I went to eat some grub at TGIF and then off to the Gateway Arch. The pod they send you up to the top in is soooooooooo small. We had a �strange boy� put in the pod with us who was instantly hanging all over Angela�it was hysterical. He provided us with some entertainment and my journal entry title which became one of our mantras for the weekend. We spent some time up top taking pics and chillin. Then we had to head back to freshen up and go to the 3:30. We missed Krik being PW at the 1:30 show! The show was fine�the M&G was fine. A few us actually did the hokey pokey (rt leg, lt leg, rt arm, lt arm, whole self). Yup. We did the whole thing. Frightening � yet strangely cool and fun for me. HAHA. Then we headed to the �fan convention� which turned out pretty cool�for the most part. Jeff had to leave it early � Scott was corned by a gaggle of women for the longest time � We never got to speak to George at all � We got to chat with Kevin for bit twice. He sat on the couch where I was sitting on the arm and I feel a poke in my back and I look over and he winks and moved his head like �sit here�. So I sit on one side and Ang sits on his other side with his arms around us for few minutes and chill. Later we (Jenn, Paula, Ang and me) got to chill with Elliott for a loooooooong time. I really really really like him. He is so cool and real. We learned quite a bit about El that night � and we shared some good bonding moments. LOL. He got pulled away for a pic (which he so didn�t not want to go for) but went. So we decided to break up the circle and get ready to leave. I look back to where we were with Elliott and he had gone back there to continue hanging out with. How cool is he?!?!? Aw. But then we left and went to Hard Rock caf� with Susan and Boge where I had some beverages and flirted with our waiter Aaron b/c he was just too cute and he was having a good time picking on me � hehehe.

Sunday Paula was AWESOME and joined me on the Anheuser-Busch Brewery tour! Yay Paula. It was really cool and I got to try 3 new drinks that I never had before -Michelob Amber Boch very tastey � which all went right to my head. I was a little tipsy for a bit there. LOL. St Louis rips you a new one though in cab fare. It was only 1.5 miles from the hotel to the brewery and it was $10 for the 2 of us to get there. Ridiculous. The Clydesdales are beautiful! Although we did leave there smelling a little like the beer. Linda drove us to the venue in time for the 3:30 show � which surprisingly enough they did a few different songs which was a nice change. After �I�ll hear your voice� Boge (who was sitting behind us) leans forward and says �that song was puuurty�. I nearlly died laughing right there. LOL. At the M&G I don�t think I really spoke to any of them except maybe Kevin for a few minutes. I wanted to talk to Jeff, but he never came out. Elliott as he was leaving comes right up to me and hugs me and I said �it was so nice seeing you this weekend� and he said � I had a great time hanging out with you last night� and then hugs Paula (don�t know where Jenn and Ang were at this point). How cool is he. Then Jenn went to bring Brendaly and Ang to the airport and Boge and Susan brought Paula and me back to the hotel where we got to catch a quick nap. WHEW. Then Boge, Susan, Paula, Jenn, Coleen and me headed to Hooters for some dinner where it was uncomfortable and cold the entire night. Jenn, Paula and I decided to take the shuttle over to the President�s Casino where Paula and I lost money but Jenn won some! Woo hoo! Go Jenn! We had to wait 750 million hours for the shuttle back to the hotel where we shared part of the ride with a really large and strange black man. HAHA. When we got back to the hotel we became totally ridiculous and it was so much fun. The three of us decided to leave a note under Boge and Susan�s door. We actually left 2 � �We love you, love us� and �Hold me, I�m scared!�. We decided however that we had to sing the mission impossible tune as we ran down the hall, hiding behind corners and flattening ourselves against the walls � and then running at full speed back down the hall after we dropped the notes off. I can�t remember the last time I ran at full speed. It was hysterical.

Monday morning we got to say goodbye to Boge and Susan one last time. I�ll have to say is that Boge is the cutest friggin thing EVER in his overalls and red tee shirt. HAHA. I am going to miss them soo much.

The flight home was uneventful � thank goodness it was a biggest plane so we weren�t smushed like we were on the way there. And now I�m sad b/c the funness and madness is over and its back to work and everyday life and figuring out when the next time and place that we can meet up with Boge and Susan is.

I only have 4 more things to say:

1 for Mo and Krik: A little biut of Madelin in your life!

2 for Paula, Jenn and esp. Ang � I don�t neeeeed no sympathyyyyyyyyyyyyy

3 I love Boge and Susan

4 here are my pics:

St Louis 2004 Pics

And if you click on the pic of �Gateway Arch� it will bring you to pics taken of us at the Arch.

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