Love.

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Finally broke down and will see my first Cirque show in Vegas.

Booked a seat on Saturday the 28th to see Beatles Love at the Mirage. It's the night my buddies who are in town will be seeing a Widespread Panic show at the Hard Rock (no, thank you and NO, thank you) so the timing is good. I also am a huge fan of (duh) The Beatles but also of the Love album which is really amazing.

Cirque pretty much owns Vegas show-wise, for the most part all the MGM properties have a Cirque show, and they are all pretty long lasting so I suppose it's time to finally find out what all the fuss is about.

This was another myVegas reward redemption. A $104 ticket, free, just for playing a goofy slot game on my phone for a half hour a day. I imagine in the month I have before hitting town I'll have cashed in a couple more (likely liquor related) rewards so it'll be another nice freebie haul this trip. The free room for 3 nights (going now-a month beforehand for $669), the $100 in slot Freeplay and now the Love ticket and I'm creeping up near $900 in free shit from MGM/Mlife again, before I step off the plane.

Tomorrow marks the 1st day of a Vegas month, which are always the best months of the year. The mental hangover from the last not-so-great trip is wearing off, starting to get pumped for this trip. The money's in a good place, have $3K in the bank now heading toward $4500.

26 days away.

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