GEAUX TIGERS!!!

Made it to Baton Rouge in one piece.
I'm staying with a friend from college who I got to live with for 2 years.
It wasn't all that long, but we got to engage in a way that bonded us for life.
So it was a no brainer when I was looking into a place to stay in Baton Rouge (although now I bet she wishes we were less close, having a guest for multiple weeks probably wasn't one of her Christmas wishes, haha!)
It's been 6 days and I've already had to much fun!
She works at "Cupcake Couture" so you can imagine how wonderfully awful it is to get free cupcakes all the time! I visit her at work and harass passer-byers to buy cupcakes, we make a wonderful team!

We had our first real adventure Saturday night after driving to Alabama for the LSU game. Alicia's dating a grad assistant for LSU so we got BALLER tickets. We sat 8 rows up from the field right behind 2 of the most hilarious fans I've ever met.
The scene was familiar. Alabama's fans sported crimson and grey, LSU supporters wore purple and gold. Made me think of UW and WSU, however this scene was like our Apple Cup on steroids. It was crazier than any sporting event I've ever been too.
However, the game was not the most exciting part of the night. After the game we met up with Alicia's boyfriend at the buses. She said her goodbyes, we got our hugs in and then we started towards the car. Well, what we failed to realize is that since we had went around the stadium to visit the buses, we weren't walking out the same way we had walked in. I'll be the first to admit that my sense of direction isn't as sharp as I'd hope. (I still make L's with both hands to figure out which way is left and right) BUT the street we walked out on looked identical to the street we walked in on. Vendors lined both sidewalks and there was a constant sea of people pushing and shoving their way through. We had parked behind a church on a street called "black bear" so we walked and walked but neither of us spotted the signs we were lookin for.
"feels like we should be there by now"
People had pittered out one by one and now we were the only ones walking. (never a good sign!)
We pulled out our phones to help us out. Oddly enough we couldn't find the street we were looking for. Most smart people would turn back and re-trace their steps, but nope, not us...we just kept walking. Finally it got to the point where A. we were exhausted (we had now been walking for 30 or so minutes) and B. we were starving! (it was midnight and we hadn't eaten dinner). Finally I saw a cop pull up to a light,
 "excuse me officer...do you know where black bear street is?"
(he laughed as if to mock us...you guys are so far off!)
He gave us directions that took us another mile or 2 to our car. It felt so nice to sit!

We had to drive another hour or so to our hotel in Meridian Mississippi so we thought we'd hit the road and wait to grab somethin to eat til we got there. but we were BEYOND hungry...we were hangry (hungry/angry) and we had started to kinda nip at each other. The only thing that gave us hope was that we had decided Taco Bell was the destination once we got to Meridian. Well when we finally pulled into the city, around 1:30, the Taco Bell was literally just closing their doors. We were heart broken, but there was a Mcdonalds next door. Nope, they were closed too. We drove around for another 15 minutes...everything was closed. I thought Louisiana was like the most obese state in the country, or at least the second, you would think fast food would be a priority.
We were on the verge of giving up and going to bed with our stomaches gnawing at our gastrointestinal lining, but just as we were about to turn...lights! Burger King was open!
We got our food to go and got to our hotel room (which we were sharing with alicias boyfriends brothers girlfriend, haha) So we quietly (not so quietly) sat on the floor and laughed as we shoved fries and chicken down our face.
If this isn't what the trip is all about...then I'm not sure what is.