A Busy Week

This has been one of the busiest weeks of the winter., highlighted by Katie's departure on Tuesday.

She had a 6 a.m. flight out of McCarran and was advised to arrive at the airport at 4:30, so I was up at 3 to get her moving. Katie said her goodbyes to Helen and we were off to the airport by about 4. Everything went smoothly for her and I stood at the security checkpoint watching to make sure she got through that hurdle safely. One last wave from her and I headed home, a bit sad to see her leave us.

Her visit was really fun, though I got the sense that she was really ready to go home. Twelve days was a few too long for her and she was overwhelmed by the noise and sensory bombardment that can be The Strip. It's just not her favorite thing, though she did really enjoy some of the other aspects of LV, such as Red Rock and the balmy weather.

Later on Tuesday, I headed to Bally's to play poker and had a great session. I won $82 at the table and coupled with a $55 hoops parlay ticket, my profit for the day was $137. Helen and I celebrated with a dinner of Middle Eastern food - hummus, tabouli, kalamata olives, lebne and pita bread. Desserts were slabs of Cheesecake Factory chocolate cheesecake. Rich and goooood.

Also Tuesday, for the first time in months, I listed an item on ebay. All around the Strip, there were magazines featuring Danica Patrick on the cover in connection with last Saturday's NASCAR race in LV. I saw that someone had listed a mag on ebay and that the bid was up to $31...sooooo. I grabbed about 20 of these mags and listed one for an opening bid of $4.99. We'll see how well I do...

Yesterday, while Helen was at her Bible Study Class, I headed to the Suncoast to cash my hoops parlay ticket (been hitting these pretty steadily in recent days). While there I played some video blackjack and won $7 and bought a $15 moneyline parlay ticket on Florida State, BYU and Texas
A&M. They all won for us last night and today I'll be cashing $36 for a $21 profit. So yesterday's profit was $28.

I also hit the local grocery store yesterday and whipped up a batch of chili for dinner. Opted for ground turkey instead of ground beef and it was pretty tasty. Plenty left for another meal.

Katie called last night to let us know her flights went smoothly. She had a real grind on Tuesday, arriving home at 3:30 or so TC time. Then she headed off to her NMC classes from 5 to 10 p.m. and collapsed in bed shortly after arriving home. What a long day for her! She's in the process of getting a new cell phone and service, so we're looking forward to talking to her on it. Her reception in Interlochen has been poor and hopefully this will improve.

Today may be another poker playing day as our LV adventure continues...