So Steve and I being the huge world travelers that we are decided to go to Vegas Baby for our 12th wedding anniversary. Did I say Steve and I decided? Okay, maybe I decided and convinced Steve that it would be a great idea AND we haven't been in 12 years AND it is our anniversary AND we didn't even get to stay overnight the night we got married AND...(you get the idea) The poor man got tired of hearing my excuses and finally gave in.
Got leave, kinda. There was some major swapping of shifts and begging on my part to get some things covered but it finally happened. We left out early Friday morning with the kiddo's hanging out with my sister for the weekend arriving to major mayhem in the "City that never sleeps". We could see smoke billowing from the airport when we arrived and traveling to our hotel. We stayed at New York, New York so we were slightly concerned as to what the hell was on fire? Was it our hotel? The shuttle driver assured us that it was surely construction that was being done around the strip. Cool! A little excitement!
Traffic was at a stand still but having the experienced shuttle driver we did we manipulated our way through the city like nothing was even happening. Rounding the corner to our hotel it all came into view as to what was on fire! The Monte Carlo! Perfect timing. Three little old ladies in town for the "Red Hat Society" world-record breaking chorus line attempt (just imagine how many broken hips they ended up with!) where arriving to stay at the Monte Carlo where a bit in a dither, they asked if they could stay with us over the weekend but didn't want to bother us since we looked like newlyweds'. HA! -So sweet! Now that's funny. We just suggested to them to belly up to a bar and wait it out. Hope everything turned out okay for them. Minus the anxiety that there could be people in the hotel it was a pretty cool scene. People being evacuated and running around all crazy like. It was like a train wreck, it sucked but we still wanted to see more. At first the whole thing was disbelief. "Oh my! Look at that"! That quickly turned into "Here get a pic of me standing here in front of this massive casino while it burns down". And "Do you mind getting a picture of us together?" and finally I knew the vacation to Vegas was off to a great start when we found a Monte Carlo employee standing and watching her place of employment burn and asked "Hey, wanna take a pic with us?"
After wrapping up our photo session we were of to, well...drink. Hung out at a piano bar in New York, New York and Steve was so done and cuddled into bed by 1700. Thankfully Austin our long-time friend was in town working so he and I grabbed some dinner and headed to the bar to finish off what Steve started! Our schedules where a little off since Steve was ready to rock and roll when I got back but it was my turn to call it quits. We got better at syncing our schedules and working together after that.
We felt like we were always on the move and did you know? There are no clocks located anywhere in the Casinos? It's like a little time-warp where your money and time gets sucked up all together! So much fun! There is also many other things to do and see, you don't have to be a big gambler - shows - clubs - attractions.
Our evenings where full fun and excitement some things we will not disclose here because you know what they say..."What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas"
Thank you baby for enjoying a fun-filled, exciting, weekend with me.It all went by so fast - like a Cheetah! Had a wonderful time, I can't wait to do it again!
Monte Carlo Fire 1/25/08
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