Back from Vegas

Well, I had a wonderful trip out to Vegas. Mom's 50th was a lot of fun. Although, I had to give Stac grief when she called me before 9 am (even though it was almost 11 at home). We didn't even get to the hotel until 12:30 and then we dropped our stuff off and went downstairs to play a little bit and have a drink before going to bed. When we were heading upstairs, I commented to Sonny that I hoped it wasn't like 4 am our time...then I checked my phone and it was 1:55, 5 minutes from 4 am our time. And I still had to pump before bed, so I was still a little sleepy when Stac called.

Saturday was Mom's birthday and so we spent the day around our casinos while we waited for the guys who had gone golfing. So we took Mom to the Rainforest Cafe for lunch at MGM Grand. I know, I know, we have one of those here, but we have never gone there with Mom. Then we ventured over to New York New York for a while until Dad and Mark came back (along with the Canadian relatives) and then around 4-ish, we headed downtown, because that's where Mom wanted to go for her birthday and because we had dinner reservations downtown.

We ate dinner at this really nice restaurant. They split us up into two parties of eight, but side by side. Mom was on the end of her table and I was on the end of ours. Then Mic was across from me and Natalie was across from Mom. At our table was Sonny and I, Mic and Mark, Gigi and Nils, Justin, and Bonnie (Joanie's Mum). At Mom's table were her and Dad, Perry and Natalie, Jeff and Tracy, and Preston and Joanie (all of Nils' sons, and their wives (kinda like step-siblings to mom if they hadn't married so late in life)). Sonny and my bill came to over $100. And ours was the cheapest bill at the two tables.

After that, we went to outside to wait for 9 pm for the first Freemont Street Experience of the night. It was a tribute to the Doors. I personally hate The Doors, but it was still fun to watch. Dad, Sonny and I met up again at 10 and 11 to see the tributes to Queen and Kiss, respectively.

Oh yeah. I forgot that two different cab drivers told us that Krispie Kreme doesn't even hold a candle to Dunkin Donuts. So Sonny and I conducted a taste test. I do not agree with the cab drivers. I am still a Krispie Kreme fan. Thank you downtown for helping me with my 'research'.

Sunday, we attempted to start the day together by having all the relatives meet up at Mandalay Bay for Brunch before heading to the Belagio and the new City Center. Neither of those were things that I wanted to do, but I rode along to the Belagio but when Nils wanted to sit for a little bit and play, I knew it was time to leave because a)I don't like that casino (I remember not liking it from when we stayed there) and b)I knew it would take forever to get everyone out of there. So Sonny and I left and went over to Paris and Bally's to play. Then we took the tram back to MGM to hoof it over to M&M World to buy shirts for the boys. Then we walked them back to our room, I pumped and then Dad called to say that they were finished at the City Center and that they were coming to our hotel to take a cab with us down to Circus Circus and Slots'a'Fun. We didn't end up staying long because no one was really having a great time. So we probably were down there a couple hours before heading back.

We took a cab back to Excalibur because that was the only one of my faves that we hadn't yet been to. We had fun playing there. My dad played the same machine the entire time and cashed out over $400. He was pretty happy about that. I thought that was pretty cool. Although I don't think I would have the patience to sit at one machine all night.

After we left there, we played at our hotel a little while longer before heading to bed around 12:00 or so. We got back to the room around 2 or so and then I pumped and got ready for bed and was in bed by 3...probably the earliest night.

On Monday, we had to get up and get ready to head for home. We probably got to play for a half hour or so by the time we checked our bags with the bell hop and grabbed some lunch. We didn't even play at the airport because we went over and hung with Mic and Mark until their flight and then it was only an hour until ours. On the flight back, we watched The Blind Side. That was a good movie. And I would never have gotten a chance to watch it at home.

All in all it was a fun trip. I always hate to leave Vegas. I'm always sad that we didn't get to stay longer. But it's okay. I know we have plans to go back in August before the new school year starts.

Oh, and if you are one of the people that I typically send postcards to, I apologize. I did get around to purchasing them, but I never got around to filling them out, or mailing them. So I might just save them for next trip. That way I can make sure I have postage and can drop them in the mailbox so they have a Vegas postmark instead of MN one.