Friday the 13th - Just Another Payday!

Friday the 13th held no special bad luck for me today.

I downed a couple of cups of black coffee and hit the road early, because I wanted to get a $50 bet down on Michigan State. The game started at noon EST, which is 9 a.m. here in the Land of Neon & Free Drinks, so I was out the door shortly after 8 to hit the Suncoast. Got the bet and headed down to the Strip.

My first stop was the Las Vegas Hilton where they have the largest sports book in the world. It's a huge room filled with big screen TVs and betting boards. I put $50 on LSU to beat Kentucky and another $50 on Florida State to whip up on Georgia Tech. It was great watching the games in the atmosphere of a huge sports book. Guys are whooping and hollering on key plays and the electricity is palpable. When the games ended, I won the MSU bet and the LSU bet, but lost on Fla. State.

Lunch at the Hilton was a Cuban sandwich, a tasty grilled pork and ham sandwich on special Cuban bread with cheese and a crunchy pickle. It's grilled on the flat Cuban bread, sort of like a panini. That and a diet Pepsi was about $10.

Then I headed over to the Wynn, just to check out a casino that I hadn't been in for awhile. When the Wynn first opened, I stopped in with my friend Terry to check it out. I have no special memories of the place, except it's high-toned, similar to the Bellagio, one of my favorites on the Strip. But for some reason, I just don't get the same feeling about Wynn.

I walked around the place and played some video poker, but didn't play blackjack. After about an hour, I headed back to the Suncoast to cash the MSU ticket. Before I went into the SC, I checked my finances and found I was down $15 for the day. So I hit the blackjack table and ground out a profit of $110. I picked 6 hoops games and played a $10 parlay that would pay $410, but Wake Forest broke our heart early.

When the dust settled, I was up $85 for the day. Not great, but still a nice day - a winning day and lots of fun watching the hoops games.

While I was gone, Helen spent the day working on her sewing project. She pinned and cut out the fabric for a nightgown for our granddaughter Katherine. Helen also talked with Lisa for a short time.

I got home around 4:30 and relaxed for a while before whipping up a couple of hefty salads - organic mixed greens, red onions, Greek feta cheese, kalamata olives, and roma tomatoes. Now we're watching some TV and wondering what adventures tomorrow will bring...