St. Louis

With Purdue football on the road at Notre Dame and Purdue Volleyball still on the road, I had a weekend off! It was a pretty slow week in the office so we had made plans to get out of town on Friday afternoon and head to St. Louis for the weekend. I have only been there once and it was just for a day and Karl had never been so it seemed like a good place to visit when you only have a few days. I was able to leave work around noon after we wrapped up the commercial shoot for women's basketball so we got there around 5pm. The downtown area was nice with lots of big buildings and sports venues to check out and our list of things to do included visiting the arch, going to a Cardinals game and learning about the Anheuser-Busch Brewery. It was a successful trip and we checked everything off of our list. Friday we ate at the rotating restaurant at the top of the Millennium Hilton so we were able to see a lot of the downtown and watch the baseball game going on down below. Saturday we checked out the arch, watched Purdue lose and saw the Cardinals win their second to last game of the season. Busch Stadium was really nice, its no Miller Park but no complaints about the game or our awesome seats. Sunday we made a trip to the brewery for the tour which was informative and educational. I'm not a beer fan but Karl certainly is so this was something he really enjoyed. We got to see a lot of steps in the process and take some pictures. My favorite part was seeing the Budweiser Clydesdales and Karl's was the beer tasting at the end! It was a fun weekend and we were both happy to get a chance to get out of town. Its very rare for me to have a weekend with absolutely no events during the school year (especially during the fall) so I never take those for granted.... you just don't know when your next day off will be!

Aside from our weekend trip, nothing really new to report. With football season comes visitors so my grandparents came for the Central Michigan game and my mom and step-dad are coming this weekend for Penn State. I love when family comes!

Ella was not interested in eating last week and was having trouble keeping anything down so we had to make a trip to the vet with her on Thursday. I washed every set of sheets we had in the house and our carpets are in need of some serious cleaning, but I think she is doing better. Seems that she has some acid reflux that causes her to throw up when her stomach gets too empty. You would think that she eats a lot by looking at her but she really doesn't so we have modified her diet by feeding her less more often and giving her over the counter pepcid daily. She is just like a person but so far, so good. She spent the weekend playing with Bob, grandma and grandpa while we were gone.

We are looking forward to having more friends and family visiting this week, celebrating Karl's moms birthday today and my big volleyball breast cancer benefit on Saturday. Happy Birthday Sharon :)