We leave in a couple weeks now and somehow I'm just not very stoked to go and I'm don't know why. I was really excited about it a few months ago when we had to cancel tahoe and ended up going to Vegas instead especially since our son is coming along too. Don't get me wrong, I (we) were extremely bummed about having to cancel Tahoe, particularly because it was all on account of my health, which made it suck doubly for me, I feel like total sh!t when things get in the way/hold us back because of me. They're really great and ressuring that they're cool with everything, it is what it is.
Normally by this time I'd be knee-deep and completely absorbed with planning and checking and re-checking everything about the trip but I haven't really touched or looked at a whole lot things for the last 3-4 weeks except for car rental which I have now at Payless 280 bucks for the week all in. I do have a pretty extensive list of to-do's, might-dos's and what-not that I started when I first booked us to go. I'm thinking or really hoping, the excitement will hit me here soon.
I know one thing I'm definitely having the love/hate thought about, and that's driving to the GC over and back in one day. I'm not a long distance person at all anymore, as a matter of fact I despise being in the car for more than 3-4 hours at a time so I know that's going to be one loooong ass day. I've actually been thinking of ways to duck but that's so extremely selfish to want to do that, maybe I should look into the tour bus thing. I am cool with the Hoover dam tour and lake Mead cruise again tho. Maybe I will enjoy the lake cruise a bit more this time(last time we went, I had what was probably in the top three of the queen mother of all hangovers, the bartender was very cool and obliged me with large glasses of ice water everytime he saw me coming, I tipped him and his children well ) ,I am looking forward to this for sure.
Perhaps I'm worried about my son having a good time, I really want him to think of Vegas fondly after this. He's heard me talking about it and knows it's one of my favorite places to go all his life. One of the reasons we ended up going to Vegas this trip was a girl(friend?) that had moved out there and they were skyping all the time so I figured she was going to keep him entertained for part of the time, half family time and half girlfiend time which I figured would be really enjoyable for him. Well, I guess that situation has gone south a bit so I have no idea what's going to happen with her there. Maybe I'm just thinking about how I would feel being an 18 yr old on the strip and not being able to do everything, actually I know EXACTLY how I'd feel, it would suck, BIG TIME! I am trying to get a free night night or two in the Myvegas game, he would be completely stoked about having his own room for a couple nights in a strip hotel.would a 18 yr old like staying at circus circus or excal? I dunno, I'll figure it all out.
Well that's all for the Sunday morning ramblings, hopefully the excitement factor will kick in here shortly, I'm sure it will. Have a good day everyone!
JOHN
BTW got a letter from the travel ins. people yesterday(we had bought travel ins. for Tahoe, 1000 bucks), and those MF'ers denied it! I was floored and am totally PO'd in a big way. My nephralogists (sp) wrote them a letter and those bastards wanna turn it down, what a crock! I was counting on that for part of our trip, piss me off. Now I gotta call and fight with them tomorrow which I know is going to be an uphill battle, if winnable at all. SIGH, it is what it is.
Normally by this time I'd be knee-deep and completely absorbed with planning and checking and re-checking everything about the trip but I haven't really touched or looked at a whole lot things for the last 3-4 weeks except for car rental which I have now at Payless 280 bucks for the week all in. I do have a pretty extensive list of to-do's, might-dos's and what-not that I started when I first booked us to go. I'm thinking or really hoping, the excitement will hit me here soon.
I know one thing I'm definitely having the love/hate thought about, and that's driving to the GC over and back in one day. I'm not a long distance person at all anymore, as a matter of fact I despise being in the car for more than 3-4 hours at a time so I know that's going to be one loooong ass day. I've actually been thinking of ways to duck but that's so extremely selfish to want to do that, maybe I should look into the tour bus thing. I am cool with the Hoover dam tour and lake Mead cruise again tho. Maybe I will enjoy the lake cruise a bit more this time(last time we went, I had what was probably in the top three of the queen mother of all hangovers, the bartender was very cool and obliged me with large glasses of ice water everytime he saw me coming, I tipped him and his children well ) ,I am looking forward to this for sure.
Perhaps I'm worried about my son having a good time, I really want him to think of Vegas fondly after this. He's heard me talking about it and knows it's one of my favorite places to go all his life. One of the reasons we ended up going to Vegas this trip was a girl(friend?) that had moved out there and they were skyping all the time so I figured she was going to keep him entertained for part of the time, half family time and half girlfiend time which I figured would be really enjoyable for him. Well, I guess that situation has gone south a bit so I have no idea what's going to happen with her there. Maybe I'm just thinking about how I would feel being an 18 yr old on the strip and not being able to do everything, actually I know EXACTLY how I'd feel, it would suck, BIG TIME! I am trying to get a free night night or two in the Myvegas game, he would be completely stoked about having his own room for a couple nights in a strip hotel.would a 18 yr old like staying at circus circus or excal? I dunno, I'll figure it all out.
Well that's all for the Sunday morning ramblings, hopefully the excitement factor will kick in here shortly, I'm sure it will. Have a good day everyone!
JOHN
BTW got a letter from the travel ins. people yesterday(we had bought travel ins. for Tahoe, 1000 bucks), and those MF'ers denied it! I was floored and am totally PO'd in a big way. My nephralogists (sp) wrote them a letter and those bastards wanna turn it down, what a crock! I was counting on that for part of our trip, piss me off. Now I gotta call and fight with them tomorrow which I know is going to be an uphill battle, if winnable at all. SIGH, it is what it is.
