Saturday morning we woke up to cold weather and wind for the race. Despite the weather, Jason and I toughed it out. I was a little disappointed with my time but finished in 1:54:58 which is an 8:47 pace. Jason did amazing with a finish time of 2:01:15 which is a pace of 9:16. One the race was finished it was off to the next race which was getting back to the hotel, shower, and get on the road to catch the plane! Well, all was going well, so we thought, when we were out the door within about 20 minutes, heading for the freeway. Once on the freeway, less than a mile along, Jason gets pulled over after he had just told me to "hold on". The trooper was not much of a trooper...Jason was clocked going 83 mph...needless to say, he got a ticket. The tropper did reduce it to 79 as to only get him 1 point on his record and a reduction of the fine by a whopping $10...Not the best $125 spent! Once we got to the airport it was another race, we literally RAN again, through the airport, on the moving walkways to get to our plane. We had about 10 minutes to spare, just enough time to hit the bathroom and get on the plane.
Once in St. Louis, we had a smooth process renting the car and were off to the hotel. We dropped our stuff off and headed down to the park to see "The Arch". Lines were too long to actually go in there, but we got to see it. We also took a stroll a few more blocks to see Busch Stadium where the Cardinals play. I think if plans would have worked out and we would have been able to attend a Cardinals game we would have froze to death! The weather was cold!! Didn't feel like we left home! Windy and Cold!
Deciding on where to go for supper was the easy part, getting there, pretty easy, the atmosphere, well...almost perfect. There was a guy very underdressed for the type of restaurant this was. After only being there about 15-20 minutes he had 7 or so glasses of wine and was working on a steak and mashed potatoes. Something went terribly wrong...he started talking crazy, making a gun with his fingers and pointing it at the bartender. The bartender called someone to come and get him. The manager comes out only to find out that this man not only doesn't have a way to pay which his tab with the wine and food had to be well over $100, but also doesn't have an I.D. She proceeds to call the police who in turn want her to call 911. She calls 911 and in the mean time, this guy is almost falling off his chair, talking about how he doesn't want to live anymore in between his head dropping and druling. There were several waiters around him and two of them ended up escorting him out to meet the cops. Interesting to say the least. Jason started teasing our waiter telling him we couldn't pay either...wish we wouldn't have had to, especially after the speeding ticket that could have paid for most of supper!
Then we were off to the show "Next to Normal". The theater was beautiful. The architecture was unbelievable! It was huge compared to the theaters in NYC. The show was not really what I was expecting, it was a good show but somewhat depressing and all probably too common. I think more than half the theater was crying! Back to the hotel to catch some ZZZZ's before getting up to fly back home!
Turned the car into the rental and shuttled to the airport. We actually had time to enjoy some breakfast before boarding. Drove back to my mom and dad's to get the kids and then homeward bound!
