My Fun Trip From LA to Oxford, Ohio

Going to bed on Saturday night, I knew that the next few days would be rough. I had to fly back to Kansas City, drive to St. Louis Sunday night, wake up on Monday and drive to Oxford, and start work on Tuesday. I had it all planned out, and what do you know, the plan didn't go as planned. My flight out of LA was at 9:50. Well after staying up until 4 am, sleeping through my alarm, not being able to shower and shave, and getting on the hotel shuttle at 8:30, I was in a world of hurt. I made my plane, but I had this weird feeling the something was going to go wrong. I told myself I would sleep the whole way home, so I would be rested up. Well that's difficult to do when your sitting in the middle seat. I was afraid that I would end up waking up on someone's shoulder or drooling into someone's complimentary beverage. So I stayed up! About half way home, I realized that I had to get some sleep. I started walking to the back of the plane to see if any window seats were open, but I had no luck. I saw two bathrooms in front of me and a light turned on inside of my head. I slipped into the bathroom, and fell asleep in the bathroom for a half hour. If your sitting there reading this and can't believe I would do something like that, get used to it. The plane finally landed, and my plan was to grab my bags, find my car, and head to Marc Schmidt's house in St. Louis. Well they put my bags on the wrong flight, which was wonderful, and I had to go back to Becker's house. The plane that my luggage was on didn't get in until 11:00 pm. So Becker and I spent our second night together in the past week, and I greatly appreciated his hospitality. We went to Fahrenheit 9/11 that night. I recommend everyone see the movie, democratic or Republican, it will make you think. I made it back to the airport at 11 to welcome back Eric, Brian, and my bags. The mixup landed me $50 in vouchers, which made the mixup better. I like Free Stuff!

The next day, started my 9 and half hour road trip to Oxford. On the way through the great state of Missouri, I stopped at the University of Missouri to check out the Fraternity house and the baseball stadium, which is named after a Phi Delt. The house was amazing, and two of the guys' moms gave me a tour. I also stopped at Indiana State to see if they had a Larry Bird statue or anything cool. The only thing cool I found was a Dusty Rhodes Auto Shop. I traveled through Missouri, Illinois, and Indiana to get to Ohio, and the drive didn't seem that bad. I arrived in Oxford at about 9:30. The first week, until the older consultant moved out, we were assigned to live in the General Headquarters Building, where I work. There is a little living area on the 3rd floor for about 5 people. I was exhausted, but the old consultants thought it would be a good idea to take us out for a welcome drink.