Sleeeepy
glingdidit August 6th, 2007
So it’s Monday…and I’m at work…trying desparately to keep my eyes open. (This is what I get for staying up too late watching “Flight of the Concords” re-runs.) Anywho…a great weekend was had in the Smith household. On Saturday Jared and I headed out for a day in St. Louis…something we haven’t done in a month or so. I had a haircut that morning…so that got me out of bed at a decent time. We drove into St. Louis, and ate brunch at Cracker Barrell…which is always delicious…but I’m pretty sure my hashbrown casserole is better than theirs. Anywho…after that we headed over to Grant’s Farm because Jared’s never been there before. One of the best things about St. Louis is that most attractions are free…and Grant’s Farm is one such free attraction. It’s actually a pretty cool place. You park your car and then a tram ride takes you around the park…where animals pretty much roam free. Once the tram stops…there’s more animals to look at…an animal show to watch…and lots of memorabilia to check out. We got to pet goats and llama’s (Jared’s favorite…in fact he wants to buy 2 of them…but I’m not so sure about having 2 llama’s in our backyard!). The Budweiser Cleidsdales are out there as well…so we saw all of them as well…and my goodness they’re ginormous! Anyway…after our Grant’s Farm extravaganza…we drove downtown and parked the car…and headed over to the landing. We ate a yummy meal at the Old Spaghetti Factory and enjoyed strolling around landing for a bit. Then we wandered over to the arch and saw that there was a free concert going on…and that night happened to be “country night”. So we sat and watched John Michael Montgomery play…which Jared was surprisingly ok with.  It was actually a really good show…I don’t listen to country music as much as I used to…but it was a lot of fun. After the concert they shoot off fireworks over the river…and who doesn’t love fireworks?! It was a nice ending to a day away from Greenville. Yesterday we had church…and I got my phone fixed…and then headed out for a Pampered Chef party. I ordered some fun new things for my kitchen…which I’ll be excited to get. That brings us to now…Monday morning…and me trying to stay awake. At least lunch is in an hour!
 Oh…I’m running a 5k in 2 weeks….and I think I’ll actually feel good about running it this year!Â