Three days. Ninety kids.

Everything I learned on my trip to St. Louis with the 7th grade class....

St. Louis is a neat city.

The City Museum totally rocks.

Yes, I went down the 7 story slide.

And yes, I screamed the entire way down.

Teenagers talk a lot.

They talk and never stop.

Ever.

Teenagers take lots of pictures.

The penguins at the St. Louis Zoo were my favorite.

It's an amazing exhibit.

Teenagers take pictures of allllll the animals at the zoo.

And a group of four girls wants to have their pictures made together as a group in front of allllll the animals at the zoo.

With each of their four cameras.

Cheese! Cheese! Cheese! Cheese!

Three days on a charter bus makes my back hurt.

Two nights in a hotel bed makes my back hurt more.

I loved the St. Louis Arch.

Yes, I went to the top.

Teenagers talk a lot.

Oh - I've already said that?

Well, they talk enough that it is worthy of being said again.

Three of the craziest things I saw on the bus that the kids brought:

A bottle of Elmer's glue,

A roll of duct tape,

Last year's year book.

And yes, the chaperone of the kid with the glue was informed of our discovery.

The girl with the duct tape was a bit more trustworthy.

Have I mentioned that 90 teenagers talk a lot?

Connie and I were roomies.

It was fun.

It was just like the old days.

Except we didn't wear each others clothes.

We just shared eye wrinkle cream.

Times have changed people.

The trip was great.

And loud.

But very fun.

St. Louis is a neat city.

And I'm very glad to be home.

With the Captain.

And my kid who has a glued up head.

And the Bloggie Doggie.

The End.

Day 3. Heading Home

If all has gone according to plan, today we will be enjoying the St. Louis zoo, lunch at Lamberts and the long trip home.

I'm sure there will be many bloggy tales next week. And I'm sure at this point, I will be dying for my bed. And a little peace and quiet.

In the meantime, why don't you just watch this. It totally cracks me up.

St. Louis. Day Dos

Day 2 of the St. Louis trip....

Today's itinerary takes us to the City Museum, the Science Center, Union Station and Hard Rock Cafe.

In other news...

Happy Birthday to the Captain! (I love you and I'm sorry I'm away on your birthday....)

And to my Nephew T. who is officially a teenager today!

For your viewing pleasure today...

Check out this little video. This will make you smile. I promise.

This is the description that was posted with the video: An elderly couple walked into the lobby of the Mayo Clinic for a checkup and spotted a piano. They've been married for 62 years and he'll be 90 this year. Check out this impromptu performance. We are only as old as we feel, it's all attitude. Enjoy! They certainly do!

And seriously people, how cute is it when they pat each other on the rump.

Get on the bus

By the time you read this, I will be on a bus.

Headed to St. Louis.

With 90 teenagers.

Yep, you guessed it.

I am a c-h-a-p-e-r-o-n-e.

Which is apparently French for "nobody else wants to spend three days trying to keep 90 teenagers in line".

Jordan's entire 7th grade class is headed to St. Louis on a school trip.

Connie is going too.

Cause misery loves company.

Actually there won't be misery.

Just a lot of teenagers.

Enough said.

Seriously though, they are a good group of kids.

And I've never been to St. Louis.

So I'm actually looking forward to the little road trip.

Let me just say that it is *very* hard for a Mom to be gone. For three days. But I have full confidence that the Captain can keep Cooper afloat while I'm gone. Special dress-up day Wednesday, baseball practice Thursday, spelling test Friday, along with the usual blah-blah-blah. I admit I had a tiny breakdown complete with tears when the Captain had a moment of enlightenment after he realized that somebody has to pick Cooper up from school on Friday since he was going to be at work and his mother would be out of pocket due to a medical procedure. "Oh yeahhh". (Dear God: Please don't let anybody forget to pick my baby up from school. Amen.)

On tap for today....

A visit to the Arch.

Dinner and the arcade at Dave and Buster's.

So off we go.

I've got some Lemon Heads, crossword puzzles, the Captain's stun-gun for crowd control and three gallons of hand sanitizer.

KIDDING!! I'M KIDDING.

I only have TWO gallons of hand sanitizer.

I'm hoping Connie, since she has the inside MD connection, is bringing some pills that are small and white.

JUST KIDDING PEOPLE!

Kind of....

Since I won't have much internet access, I'll be doing the beloved auto-post the rest of this week.

If I don't show back up on the ol' blog next week, call the authorities.

So peace out people. Play nice while I'm gone.