Welcome to day six of this trip report! If you are looking to start at the beginning, go HERE.
This morning begins at Fremont hotel. I slept in late. Which apparently now means 9:00?
Out, stopping at Dunkin Donuts, obvs. I played some single line Ultimate X Double Double Bonus video poker and hit 3s!
Welcome to part 5 of this Las Vegas trip report! If you are lost and want to start at the beginning, go HERE.
Day 5 in Las Vegas. More importantly, day OFF in Las Vegas. No work for me! I am up at 8:30 and a happy to be free.
I slowly go about getting ready. I am starving but I am out of reward credits. I don’t want to pay for food so I just get iced coffee to hold me over until I move Downtown today.
I put 5 $100 bills in Buffalo and leave with $500.
Welcome to day 4 of this trip report. If you are lost and want to start at the beginning, go HERE.
Work up at Paris on day 4 for yet another shitty shitty shitty shitty shitty day at work. I crawled out of bed to stand online forever for iced coffee. I am exhausted. Because I am exhausted, little tiny insignificant things annoy me. You order coffee at Cafe Belle Madeleine at the register and pick up at a counter near the entrance/exit. But the creams and sugars are all the way back near the cashier. So you order, walk towards the exit to get your coffee, then back to where you just were……I mean this whining is so stupid and dumb and useless. It is not far at all. But exhausted and so many people and “excuse me, excuse me, EXCUSE ME” followed by dirty look by the person who thinks you are an asshole for screamng EXCUSE ME at them. But I had to because you didn’t fucking hear me the first two fucking times. Yargh.
I worked all day without a break. Then once it was time to log off, the work texts began coming in. My manager posted my birthday is this weekend and I have people texting me to wish me a happy one. This is nice, but my phone going off for work related things is really making me anxious. I need a fucking break. Good thing I am off the next five days.
Welcome to day three of this trip report. If you are lost and want to start at the beginning, go HERE.
Oh what a shitty day. Woke up at Paris on day 3, somewhat on time for work.
Sunrise:
There needs to be a law about lines for food at 6:00 AM. If your line has more than 2 people in it at 6:00 AM, you need to open another line. The line at Cafe Belle Madeleine is so long. Cafe Americano is open, but their comps redemption is 2-1, so fuck you.
Work work work all day like a jerk. I hate working from Vegas.
I went out with $300 – did great on Buffalo. I missed taking one photo but have these:
Birthday trip day 2! If you landed on this page and want to start at the beginning, go HERE.
Somehow actually I woke up at all. Not as exhausted as I should be. I forgot to pack face wash, but I am checking into Paris tonight so I can just go to CVS.
I am at New York, New York. Starbucks opens at 6:00 so I go down around 5:30 to play my way over there. It was already open but I wanted to play so…
Dancing Drums, MAJOR bonus pick! Holy crap. $829.69:
Ahhhhhhhh yes. I am flying to Las Vegas for my birthday. This was supposed to be a quick long weekend trip. Then I added some days. Then some more. Then spoiler alert: I added even more when I was there. I think this was a 4 night trip that ended up being 21? Whoops?
I have a flight at 6:13 AM. I have so much JetBlue credit that is finally expiring so I had more than enough to overpay for a Mint flight so I did that. When I booked, rows 2 and 4 were filled. 2 had one open seat late at night on the 30th, so I nabbed it woo hoo, total privacy!
I rarely fly early so here are some photos from the plane that I normally cannot get.
Ah yes, Wynn. I am now more seasoned than I was during my first trips. Back then, everything was new, so I didn’t really have an idea of what was actually new. There was construction everywhere. Look at this photo from Bellagio back in 2005. There’s Wynn going up!
Desert Inn sat on the current site of Wynn. I don’t recall ever going inside. I know I must have passed it on my Strip walk on my first trip, but that walk is very hazy.
Desert Inn from my room at Stardust:
Yet another “last day I am going home today waaaaaahhhhhhh” day in Las Vegas.
I wake up at Cosmopolitan at 7:00 AM. I am supposed to go back to Luxor for my massage but I don’t want to. I don’t. I don’t want to, can’t make me. I call and cancel and tell them they can charge it to my room since I have resort credit to cover it. They seemed to feel bad for me that their policy is to charge for it if you are a no show. It is fiiiiiiiine, just charge it. Let me off the phone. Bye bye.
I decided to walk through the casino to get to Starbucks rather than through the 3894873 mile walkway from the Chelsea Tower. I played along the way, losing money.
Armed with coffee, I head back to MY Ultimate X video poker machine. What a run I had.
Day 10 Las Vegas trip report!
I woke up at Cosmopolitan. At 5:00 AM. View from my balcony:
Was on the world’s longest Starbucks line at 6:00. That’s a thing in Las Vegas in current times, Starbucks lines. They are fucking insane. I stayed at Luxor, where Starbucks opens at 6:00 AM. I moseyed over at 5:59 and the line was incredibly long. Don’t even get me started with the Flamingo Starbucks of death, where the line never ends and goes out the door. These places used to be 24 hours. I fear this is never coming back.
I played my favorite Ultimate X Double Double Bonus video poker game and whoooooahhhhhhhhhhhh yay.
Good morning Las Fucking Vegas!
I wake up at Treasure Island at 9:45. I am out at 10:45. I am not staying here tonight but since I am burning them, I booked the comp for tonight so I did not have to check out until I felt like it.
Reservations at all restaurants are still needed in Vegas during this trip. I was able to score one for 12:45 at The Pantry at Mirage. I cannot wait until the days of going to eat when you are hungry are back. I hate having to keep track of time for meals.
I stopped at Starbucks, and then went to my Ultimate X video poker machine. Lost 2 $100 bills before hitting this:
Also hit this:
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