Tomorrow.

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In 24 hours I'll be at the airport waiting for my flight to Vegas, hopefully in the airport bar pre-gaming.

Everything's good to go. I will hit the money mark on the head, and have enough left in the bank that I won't have to worry about coming home completely broke. I always make sure I've got a little buffer anyway, and I don't think this trip's going to be much of a cash suck. Lot of freebies or pre-paid stuff lined up. Unfortunately I WILL have to hit either my bank or an ATM a few times as my direct deposit won't go in until tomorrow night, which sucks. I love to pull out every penny I'm going to spend and have it in my pocket when I get on the plane, but eh. It's probably safer this way anyway. 

Laundry's done, packing basically done and will finish tonight, need to shave (head, face and balls) tonight then it's off to sleep, up early, out of work by 1p tomorrow, hit the bank, come home and try to get a couple more hours of sleep, off to the airport and on the plane at 10:20p.

Supposed to be hot tomorrow (106) but I'll miss most of it as I come in late, then it might not even hit 100 again until the day I leave, so good timing there, maybe.

Mostly dummy-proof trip laid out for me this time. I've gotten things pretty well down to a science on the wheres and whats and hows of the Strip, now I just have to hope that the plan will be disturbed, in a good way. If not, still should be a good experience. 2 shows, good food, good (and probably bad) drinks, a last day adventure and maybe even a social interaction or two, perish the thought.

Commence Lost Weekend.



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