Because I am too lazy to upload pictures right now…
Here a few updates on my life right now:
- - I have been sick for a week now and I have had no voice for almost 5 days. I sound hoarse and scratchy and I have been apologizing to people I have been talking to on the phone or in person that I don’t know all that well letting them know I don’t normally sound this way. I also have this annoying cough that just won’t seem to go away.
- - My girls trip to Las Vegas was awesome. It was just what I needed, even though I was sick the whole time. We shopped, ate, drank and went sight-seeing. We did Vegas right - complimentary dinner at Beso and free champagne at Eve, both at the Cosmopolitan, on the guest list at Tao at The Venetian, where we found some nice, young men to buy us drinks and a free drink at Chateau Gardens & Nightclub at Paris. We had the best desserts at Sugar Factory, saw the fountains at Bellagio, saw Greg London - Impressions that Rock! (for free!) and went to the Hoover Dam. I have been to Vegas so many times, but this trip was definitely one of my favorites. Pictures to come soon.
- - I started my freelance job today. Feeling a little pressure, but it also feels good to be doing some kind of work again. Job searching seems to be going a little slower, probably due to the fact that I have applied to almost every position that applies to me in the DFW area. Something is coming though…I can feel it.
- - Since I have been sick, I have been slacking on the things I have been wanting to do, like clean up my patio. I am hoping to get to that this week because looking at leaves and dead plants out there is starting to irritate me.
What happens in Vegas…
I can’t tell you how many times I have said I would never go back to Las Vegas for fun…but, I just booked a weekend trip with my friend Ashley to visit my friend Lenora (March 5-7). We both had so many AAdvantage Miles (it cost us both $5 for our flights!) and got a good deal on a hotel (thank you, Priceline), it was hard not to go for a long weekend.
I am really looking forward to getting out of Dallas for a few days to have some fun with my friends!
I found a bag in Las Vegas that I love. It’s from Michael Kors. It’s not as expensive as I thought it would be either. I was 95% sure I was going to buy it while I was there, but I figured I would just come back to Dallas and get it.
I have been looking on the MK website and I can’t find it! This is the closest thing I can find and I am not sure I like it as much. I think I am going to have to make a trip to North Park Mall in the very near future.
Kudos to American Airlines.
After spending almost 9 hours in the Las Vegas airport last weekend, I was pretty pissed. I went standby on a flight to get out the city earlier and home to get some sleep. The plane I flew standby on had mechanical issues. Something about a malfunctioning alarm.
They kept pushing back the flight, so I called my travel agent and she rebooked me on the next available flight…which was 6:15pm the next day! Talk about unhappy. American Airlines finally found another plane to fly everyone back to Dallas. The bad news was that it left at 9:30pm, landing in Dallas at 2am. I know shit happens so I didn’t complain to American Airlines. I just rolled with the punches.
Today, I got a surprise in my inbox. American Airlines gave me 5,000 miles on my account! Kudos to them.
Quick Las Vegas Recap
- Experienced my first Las Vegas buffet at Wynn. Delicious, but I needed to prepare better for it. I ate too much during the day and wasn’t as hungry as I could have been.
- Gambled with $50 on a $5 Blackjack table. Played for two hours, drank $1 Michelob Lights and met some interesting people. After the last two times in Las Vegas, Casino Royale is my favorite place to gamble.
- Fabulous dinners at Botero (Encore), Blossom (Aria) and LAVO (Palazzo).
- Spent Friday shopping and sight seeing during the day and went to dinner, dancing and gambling Friday night until 6am. That was my latest night out in Las Vegas in all of the last five years since I started traveling there.
Good times.
My day - S.P.L.
S - Shopping
P - Packing
L - Laundry
I need a few new things - shoes, maybe a couple shirts, a new iPod, makeup and this new bag I have been eyeing.
I am off to Las Vegas (again) for work and a couple of days of pleasure, so I have to drag out the big suitcase and start packing.
And last, laundry. At least two loads.
Sick?
I am trying to decide if I need to go to a doc-in-the-box tomorrow morning.
I started to feel crappy during my CES trip to Las Vegas, but just thought it was the dry, desert air making my nose feel like it had grown like Pinocchio and my eyes puffy like I had been crying for hours.
I continued to feel crappy Monday and Tuesday, but thought it was just my body catching up and recovering from the long days on my feet, junk food, OD’ing on 5-Hour Energy and drinking too much.
Now it is Wednesday and I woke up with a lump in my throat. It’s been there all day. A couple of Advil help and tea helps a little more, but it doesn’t seem to be going away. If I still feel crappy in the AM, I might have to make a trip to the City Doc for strep test.
I haven’t been sick in years, so I am hoping that this is a cold or simply just a sore throat. I am going to drug up and pass out early tonight.
Las Vegas kicked my ass.
This year’s CES was officially a beat down. My feet hurt, my back hurts and I may have slept for 12 hours in the past 6 days.
I can’t wait to go home.
