I woke up at Sunset Station. The alarm clock said 1:19 and my first thought was that I slept through the entire night and it was 1:19 in the afternoon. Nope, morning. My nap had lasted ten hours. Not 22, idiot.
I got up and played on my phone. Good thing I did not go right back to bed as shortly after, the alarm clock went off from the previous guest. I could not figure out how to turn it off so I just unplugged it.
What should I do now? I tried sleeping again but it didn’t take. So obviously, I went down to gamble. And had the realization that I never want to be anywhere that is not downtown ever again. Here is why:
I needed cigarettes and coffee. The gift shop is not open, Starbucks is not open. It is negative eleventy billion degrees outside. Even if I were willing to go out there (I was not) it is one-freaking-something am and I don’t know which way to walk to find anything once I am out there.
I was fortunate that the casino had cigarette machines around ($9.00 a pack, cheaper than New York, that’s for damn sure) but my only choice for coffee in a cup that I could have next to me at a machine was a cocktail waitress. Of which I saw none.
If I had been downtown, I could have had a choice of Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks. Both 24 hours, both a short walk away. If it had not been eleventy billion degrees below zero, I could have went outside. But I am at a local’s casino with about 89234783 exits. I don’t know where anything is outside. It is too cold to go exploring. Let’s talk about that for a bit, shall we?
