whoa. long time no see!

So I've been gone, like on a roadtrip gone. Had fun. Walked a lot. Parts hurt that were not good to be hurting. I can't believe I have 17 more weeks of being pregnant. I hurt. All over.

We went to St. Louis to catch the Brewers take on the Cards at the new stadium. Not impressed. With the new stadium or city. Loved the old Busch stadium. It was classy and had character. This one is just "eh." Eh because it looks like all the other stadiums out there. Reminds me (and A) a lot of Coors Field in CO. We had fun, though. Took another trip to the top of the arch. Watched the movie again on how they built the thing. Shopped. Got J a cute little shirt. Picked up 2 new Brewer hats for A. Hung out with friends we have not road tripped with in a long while. Like 7 years long. All was good.

Now for the city. St. Louis is the rudest city I have been to. Maybe it is my naive, northern/midwest upbringing. Maybe it is just plain "Having Good Manners," but we encountered a whole lotta rude on the trip. First off, we took the Metro Train just about everywhere downtown. We took it before the game and boarded 8 stops before the stadium. Ya think ONE person would have offered me a seat? Ya think one person staring at my pregnant butt hanging on for dear life would have gotten up off their fat asses to give me a seat? Ya think the family with 2 small kids, easily lap-sittable, would have had one of them sit on their lap to offer me a seat? You guessed it. Nope. 8 stops. Crammed into the train and getting smushed, pushed and prodded and no one offered a seat up to me.

Then we encountered a rude little girl at the hotel. She was about 8 or 9 - you know that "attitude" they have at that age? Well, she had a whole lot of it. We all we were waiting for the elevator after breakfast. Her and another woman quickly got on & I was a little too slow on the draw. So slow, the little girl watched as the doors started to close before I could get there. Yes, she did not hold the elevator for me. Right then and there, I vowed that J will not grow up to be one of "those" girls. We will instill manners, politeness and just all around common sense.

And the old people at the hotel and on the trains and just in general. I cannot wait to be a senior citizen. I can push and cut off people. Not wait in line. Just be rude because I am old and it is owed to me.

Surprisingly, we had fun. Just a whole lotta rudeness going on. I am currently working on the scrapbook for St. Louis. I am making a mini album and will print it out for our friends, too.

And J - J did well at G&Gs. Sassy. Got a few spankings. Slapped Grandma. Got new shoes. Typical weekend with the G&Gs.

p.s. I am actually going to scrap all of J's shoes. My mother needs to stop buying her those shoes. I'll post that when I get it done. Check out my gallery for some great new pages. I am just having a *little* bit of fun.

posted by Stephanie @ 1:45:00 PM