Howdy from Louisiana

I've been in Louisiana auditing for the last 2 weeks and I'm hear for this week too. It's been pretty fun. Over the weekend we went to LSUs campus and I had my picture taken in front of the Kappa house (those will be posted on Facebook sometime soon next week). Then I spent some time in the Mall of Louisiana (and didn't buy anything if you can believe it!). I also drove around and gawked at the huge houses in Baton Rouge and wished I could go ahead and retire right now. Yesterday we went to New Orleans for the day. Because it was a work trip, I kept my alcohol consumption to a minimum. I wish I could say the same for this girl that was visiting one of the guys on my team. If I'd been driving, I wouldn't have let her come in the car. But I did buy myself a souvenier (another addition to "the collection" Sauce!) and can now say that I've been there. I also eaten a lot of seafood including raw oysters and crawfish in almost any form.
To keep myself entertained these days, I'm counting down the days to Paris (20!!) and the days till I get to go home and visit my family (12!!). Grandma Emel who is visiting from Turkey is quite anxious to see me and I haven't seen her since last July so it'll be a nice little reunion.
I found out that when I go to Germany for work I have to fly on my own and make it to the hotel by myself. They asked me if I wanted to rent a car. Seeing as I can barely drive in the US where people obey traffic laws (for the most part) I declined. Especially since they said even if they request an automatic (which is twice as expensive as a stick), there is no guarantee I'll get one. I can't imagine anything worse then driving from France (the closest airport to my hotel is actually in France) to Germany alone in a stick shift car. But I'm sure it would make for some good stories!