Today is the day, I arrive in Las Fucking Vegas.  I am going to be gone from home for 40 days, HERE is where I posted all the places.

JFK was insanely empty, I have never seen it that empty before.   My flight was also pretty empty but have no fear, we still had the required screaming baby.  

We left early and landed early.  I don’t really know what time either of these things were?  I am so mentally disconnected from everything that is not my upcoming cruise that I cannot focus.

I decided to take a cab to Cosmopolitan and the driver asked me if I was here for F1.  Eff no.  Turns out it starts on Thursday.  Guess who has to get back to the airport on Thursday fuck everyone.

The Strip is ready:
I get to Cosmopolitan and it is past midnight.  I have not one but two emails from Cosmopolitan saying my online checkin failed and letting me know to go to the front desk.  I didn’t think mobile checkin worked for Cosmopolitan at all so these emails are concerning.  They were from human names, not a distro.

I attempt to check in and as is normal when checking in, the person helping me has to call someone.   This often happens when you check in late at night because your room type is probably gone and they need permission to move you.  Sometimes upgrade you.   But with the pairing on those oddball emails, I find myself getting a bit paranoid.   He gets me a room and I need to swipe my card for incidentals and it declines.  Um.  Let’s try again.  Declines again.  Oh dear.  I have more card with me so I just use a different one and I am given room keys yay and for the first time since MLife took over Cosmopolitan, I got Strip view!   Oh how I have missed this!

I called my credit card company first thing and they said they needed to verify some potential fraudulent activity.   First one, Cosmopolitan trying to make a charge for $0.  Second one, Cosmopolitan trying to make a charge for $600 (that would be the incidentals.).  So that was all fixed, my card is back.  And let’s fucking go?

I decided that despite it being incredibly late and I have to work in the AM, I am going to be a good girl and go to Walgreens for water.  I do this and come back and play.  Whoops?  I will only play $100 of my $225 free play.  Okay no I won’t.  I will play it all. Is that BUFFALO?  OH LET ME PLAY SOME MORE.  

Finally I am at $245 which is exactly $225 free play + my $20 I started with so I cash out and go and eat at The Henry.  The server was wonderful, the food was not that great.  The hashbrowns are normally in a crispy square.  Tonight they were oozing oil and brown nowhere.  The server was fantastic though. Shout out for the extra iced tea to go I LOVE YOU.

I was going to go to bed now but saw single line quarter Double Double Bonus video poker and gave it a whirl.

Now it is definitely bed time, I can barely keep my eyes open.

I am going to bed up $260 which is a fantastic day to end day one.

Good night.