The wide and wonderful city of St. Lou

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Retitle: The wide and wonderful trip to St. Lou and all that transpired there.
2/16 6:20AM Woke up going, "Ack, ack! I'm late" when in reality I wasn't. However I rushed anyway thereby forgetting my deodorant and razor.
7:30-10:30AM Hiked uphill to metro. Took metro. Got slightly lost in metro/airport. Got unlost. Checked in. Went through security. Found gate. Got breakfast, settled, watched planes and read new book.
10:30-1:00PM Flew to Chicago. Tried to land unsuccessfully. Tried to land again unsuccesfully. Tried to land again unsuccessfully. Landed in Indianapolis. Tried not to puke (both successfully).
1:00-3:0PM Sat in airplane. Had lovely conversation with Southwest airlines representative. Tried not to puke.
3:00-3:30PM Flew to Chicago
3:30-4:00PM Ran around Chicago airport trying to figure out gate of flight. Stood in many lines. Queried why my coworker had a boarding pass and I didn't. Boarded plane.
4:00-5:30 Flew to St. Lou
5:30-6:30 Watched much luggage go by on carousel. Came to slow realization that mine wasn't there. Filed complaint.
6:30-7:30 Looked for metro. Found metro. Stood in snot-sticking cold. Got on metro going in the wrong way. Got on metro going in right way. Rode metro to hotel.
7:30-8:00 Checked in. Found that hotel had been charged to me. Got key. Went upstairs. Tried key (unsuccessfully). Tried not to cry (successfully). Went downstairs. Got new key. Went upstairs. Tried key (successfully). Had best pee of life. Realized I had only eaten one bag of pretzels and two bags of peanuts all day. Met coworker for dinner.
8:00-9:30 Ordered dinner. Waited for dinner. Waited for dinner. Waited for dinner. Tried dinner. Dinner burnt on top, raw in middle. Traded dinner in for soup. Soup too salty. Sat on phone. Called several people inadvertently. Ate crackers that came with soup. Went to bed!

2/17 (No hourly description needed) Registered for conference. Went to boring meetings. Got luggage! Ate good lunch. Went to more boring meetings. Went to press party! Ate large quantities of chocolate cake! Met neat people! Rode up the St. Louis Arch! Tried not to puke (successfully). Thanked lucky stars I only had one beer.

2/18 Went to boring meetings. Walked around in snot-sticking cold to find restaurant. Gave up. Ate in a hotel with some lovely physicists. Didn't understand conversation. Went to more boring meetings. Went to party! Met neat people!

2/19 Went to boring meetings. Found restaurant! Ate. Went to more boring meetings. Went to bar! Drank copiously! Went to party! Went on five story spiral slide! Drank!Crawled through ceiling! Climbed through things! Touched a skate! Pet a guinea pig! Met neat people! Went on three story slide! Climbed up and down things! Bruised myself!

2/20 Went to boring meetings. Had lovely lunch with coworker. Got on metro in right direction. Met neat person. Flew to Chicago. Ate dinner. Flew to DC. Took metro. (all with neat person and coworker) Hiked downhill from metro. Went to bed.

tada!