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:
Next hand was a dud.

I walked to Mirage since the tram was not running and when I got to Mirage, a tram was pulling in and people were getting off. Wonderful.

I love the Mirage. It smells wonderful, it looks wonderful. The Pantry is wonderful. Vegas addicts will have read the news that it is currently being sold. I considered booking it for Christmas. I still haven’t exactly settled on not doing it. The conflict is that I would have to pay a resort fee fuck you. I am currently booked at Luxor for no resort fee + $100 dining rather than my $50 at Mirage.

I collected a $25 free play reward from MyKonami.  I picked a machine, and went to get an ashtray.  Came back and my machine was taken.  Sigh.  That’s fine though because look at me:

The Pantry was full so they were moving overflow to the Italian restaurant next door, same menu.  Other than the service, this place has always been wonderful.  Today with the service being the bartender at the Italian restaurant, everything was perfect.

Well except the stupid menu.

All MGM restaurants named their menu “menu.”  So when you have to scan the menu QR code, it can pull up a menu from another restaurant that you have already downloaded the menu for. I could not get the Sadelles menu for Bellagio to GET THE FUCK OUT OF MY FACE so I just gave up.

After eating, I walked over to Casino Royale for some Buffalo.

I love this place.

Back to Treasure Island to pack and check out.  Lost a final $100 on Ultimate X.

I am exhausted so I nap for an hour before leaving for Cosmopolitan, last hotel of this trip.  I am here on an offer for 2 nights + my Sterling night.

The check in line is all kinds of long and split in 2 and as always and forever, I get on the wrong line and watch as the other one moves twice as fast as mine. At least there is a husky in my line. I always see huskies here, not sure if I am just lucky or if huskies are the most popular dog breeds of Cosmopolitan guests.

Finally I can check in. I offer to pay for an upgrade to fountain view.  I am told they only have rooms with Japanese tubs, so I would have to pay for 2 upgrades.  One to the Japanese tub, one to fountain view.  I try and counter with the truth that Japanese tubs are actually a downgrade since you lose the bathtub to your fear of dying in one, but I did not win the argument and I got a non-fountain view in the Chelsea tower.

I hated this room on instant.  I hated it because I am disappointed I didn’t get fountain view, but it just escalates as I realize how unbelievably far the walk to Starbucks is.  You should have just paid for the upgrade you fucking cheap asshole.

I spent about 47 hours walking to Starbucks and then sat down to play.  What the fuck is that.  Ultimate X Gold?!  SIGN ME UP.

This was a great first session.  I hit all the big multipliers and left ahead.  I should be satisfied to never play this game again.  But of course…

I played MY Ultimate x game for a bit.  Got up from $100 to $150 and kept going until I had zero.

It is somehow now 9:00 PM and I go to my room with Secret Pizza, walking the 947 miles to the Chelsea tower.   I am miserable.

Looking back, I was just being completely melodramatic and ridiculous.  I am in a gorgeous room in Las Vegas, with delicious pizza, fixating on not having a Fountain view room. Which I could have had for a whopping $70.   I think this whole over reaction was likely due to my vacation nearing an end.

I want to go back out.  But I can’t go use MyKonami free plays because Covid made the MLife booths beyond unreliable with open hours.  I want to go check out Virgin for the first time.  Don’t want to go unless I can guarantee the player’s club is open.  So fuck it.  I just go to bed.

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