A Quick Update

Highs
-I made it to Laredo!
-Tomorrow I'll be in Mexico
-I met and had dinner with a bunch of coworkers tonight and they are all tons of fun
-My amazing friends and family made me a book of pictures and encouraging letters to last me for a LONG time. I love love love it. Thanks to those of you who contributed :).
-Meredith was a trooper and we made it to Houston with smiles on our faces and our friendship very much in tact.
-I hung out yesterday in Austin with Chris (USC friend who moved out there a few months back) and fell in love with the city. I enjoyed it so much that I forgot to take a single picture.
-My car got an A+ check-up at Jiffy Lube yesterday (1600 miles and counting)
-I have a king-size bed all to myself tonight.
-Part of our orientation tonight was learning Spanish cuss words so we'll know if the kids say them.

Lows
-Meredith went and got on an airplane back to Raleigh...lame
-She took her TomTom with her and left me with an Atlas the size of a beach towel
-I found out tonight that I'm not allowed to wear capri pants to school...if you know me, you know that my entire summer wardrobe for work relies on my collection of capris. Looks like I need to buy some new pants.
-Lastly, of course, I miss all people and things familiar.


Off to bed

Houston, we have a problem....

Hello, fans of Erin! This is Meredith here, and I thought I would do a little blogging to update everyone on our past few days. We have had a great time, done a lot of driving, and have finally arrived in Houston, Texas. This is where Erin and I will part ways tomorrow morning - hence the blog title - I have a problem with this! However, I know you all aren't reading this to hear about my complaining, so here are some stories on our past few days:

After we left sweet Margaret in Atlanta, we started our trek to New Orleans, LA. Our ride consisted of a lot of singing, talking, laughing, Mad Libs, and some sweet quiz taking. Erin found a great gem of a quiz magazine, so we were able to find out some important life questions such as, "What kind of BFF are you?!"

We also took a quick little detour to Auburn University, and went to see their football stadium. We were surprised by how nice the campus looked, but still had to represent USC when taking pictures:

We had been told by many people before we left Durham that New Orleans wasn't the greatest city, but Erin and I had never been there, and wanted to be able to experience it ourselves. Boy, did we experience it! We started the night off by walking around town, and came upon Harrah's, the casino. As we were walking by I told Erin that I was sort of intrigued to see what the inside looked like, and so we decided to take a stroll through the building. Y'all, we definitely stuck out like a sore thumb in there. We both said we would be willing to use a quarter at the slots (I know, big spenders), and quickly found out the machines wouldn't take cash. So we found a machine that we thought would convert our money into credit, and were suprised to realize that the machine would not take our $1 bill. Remember, we only wanted to play a quarter, so we thought we were being generous with a $1 bill. We were stopped by a staff member when they saw the machine wouldn't work for us, and he asked Erin what we were trying to do. Once he found out we were trying to use a $1, he quickly informed us that the machine we were using only broke $100 bills... that was when we decided it was time to move on.

We walked around town, and then stopped to have some yummy dinner at a Creole restaurant. After dinner we thought we would take a stroll down Bourbon Street... that was when it all went downhill. Seriously, Bourbon Street is nasty!!! We quickly realized we were out of our comfort zone, and started devising our exit strategy. However, we did want to get one picture to document our Bourbon Street experience, as it was very memorable. Erin thought we would be able to stop this "nice" lady we were walking by, asking her very nicely if she could take our picture. We sadly were rejected though, as she said "no, not right now." Seriously, who says no when someone asks you to take a picture?! While we did not get a picture of Bourbon Street, here are a few pictures we did take:

Okay, well that's my summary of road trip day 2. To make sure I don't bore you by having a forever long post, I will leave road trip day 3 up to Erin to write about. I have very limited time left with Erin, so I'm going to make sure I go and enjoy my time with her, and get off this computer!

And the Journey Begins...

My sweet family was there send us off...


My fearless travel companion

I know what you're thinking...If only you'd been able to join us, your life would be complete.


Meredith was feeling artistic as we passed through Gaffney and took this stunning picture of the peach.
(Real Story...We (I) thought it would be fun to take a picture to represent passing through the great state of South Carolina. I think I put too much stress on her to take it while we were passing it going exactly the speed limit...and this was the only picture she got. I appreciate her determination to leave out the Fatz Cafe sign. My personal opinion- I like the picture)

Stop #1...Duluth, Ga. to hang out with the lovely Margaret Harritt and laugh myself to tears.

Countdown...4 Days!

Both of my loyal readers complained that they couldn't add me to their google reader so I changed the privacy settings so now they can (I think).

And, just fyi...here's a run down of the road trip with Merry :)

Sunday, drive to Atlanta and hang out with Margaret!
Monday, drive to New Orleans to hopefully eat some yummy seafood and hang out with Bess!
Tuesday, drive to Houston
Wednesday, Meredith flies home and I go to Austin
Thursday, I meet coworkers in Laredo
Friday, Arrive in Mexico!!

Due to popular demand...

I started a blog. Now you can follow my every move as I up and go to Mexico. I have absolutely NO idea how to do this but I'm guessing I'll figure it out as I go along. Pay no attention to the fact that the site is funtimesinhonduras. I don't know how to change it.

6 days left in the Bull City :(