Friday the 13th Unlucky? Not So Much

Our Friday the 13th started with our usual morning routine of coffee and watching the Today show.

Shortly after 10 a.m. I took Helen to a nearby salon to get her hair cut by her favorite LV stylist, April. I dropped her off at the salon, which is not even a quarter-mile from our apartment, and drove home to do some reading while she was getting her hair done.

I have just started a great baseball book "Crazy '08" by Cait Murphy. It's about the rollicking 1908 baseball season and is a terrific glimpse of how the game was played a century ago.

Just before noon, Helen called and I picked her up from the salon. We returned home and I whipped up some lunch - a turkey sandwich on pita for her and chicken salad on pita for me. Then Helen spent two hours solving the problems of the "Desperate Housewives" while I headed to the post office to mail a package, then on to the Suncoast to solve the mystery of their blackjack tables.

Arriving at the Suncoast, I found a seat at a $5 table and bought in for $100. There were two other players at the table and we all started winning. I was betting $5 to $15 and slowly built up a nice stack. After about 45 minutes, I was up $70 and decided to take my profit and walk. I stopped by the sports book and decided to invest $20 of our winnings in a 2-team money line hockey parlay. If the Wings and the Blackhawks both win their games, I would cash a ticket worth $52 (my original $20 +32 profit). Sadly, the Wings (with the best record in the NHL) lost to Columbus...

Anyway, we had a $50 profit and decided to celebrate with a takeout dinner from Del Taco, some really tasty Mexican fast food. Helen opted for steak tacos, while I took on their manly Macho Burrito.

Now we're watching some TV and making some plans for tomorrow. It'll be a busy Saturday - Helen's going to cut my hair, I have to return some library books and hit the grocery store for a few items. It may sound mundane, but the adventure continues...