Monday at MGM

It's been a couple of days since I posted an entry, so there are a few things to catch up on.

Saturday night Helen and I went to see "The Nutcracker," a production by the Las Vegas Ballet. It was performed at Paris Hotel and Casino and I enjoyed the show quite a bit. I'd give it a solid B, but I think I liked it more than Helen did. She's a real Nutcracker fan and noted that this performance varied from the more traditional version in a few ways. I didn't really notice the difference, but she did.

One interesting note, the performance was sponsored by poker pro Phil Ivey and his wife. We looked through the audience to see if Phil was there, but didn't spot him anywhere.

Also, on the way out of the theater, as we were getting Helen into her wheelchair, I managed to gouge a chunk of flesh out of my right-hand pinkie finger. I jammed it on some metal on the wheelchair and it was bleeding pretty good, so we stopped at a restroom as we left. I drove home with my right hand swathed in a couple of tissues. At the apt. we wrapped a bandaid on it and it was sore, but usable.

Also Saturday, I talked with Gordon about our Dad's situation. He'll be moving into an adult care center called Forest View, about 10 minutes from Bev's house in Lincoln Park. Seems like a smooth transition from Gordon's place in Fla to the new facility and Dad seems fine with the move. That's a big worry off my mind. Putting Dad in a facility was one of those decisions we just had to deal with.

On Sunday, we went to church early, then I headed over to the Suncoast to watch football and play bj. It was the second losing day of the trip. Between bj and fb bets, I went down $120. Got home about 5 and made us a couple of hefty salads for dinner.

This morning, Helen and I had coffee and watched the morning news before I headed to MGM to play poker. Between 10 and 3 p.m., I ground out a profit of $86, a nice turnaround from Sunday's setback. I got home about 4, picked up our mail and checked my emails. Just finished putting together a big pot of chili on the stove where it'll cook for an hour or so. Tonight we'll be relaxing and watching some TV, but tomorrow our adventure continues...