What The Literal Fuck.

I'm an idiot.

So I'm in the shower this morning (a dangerous place, clearly), when a thought comes into my head. "Gee, I wonder, theoretically, what the feasibility would be of taking a very short Vegas trip for my birthday". Literally as soon as the thought arrived I knew I was going to do it. I got out of the shower smirking into the mirror like some naughty schoolboy who just peed in the pool.

Flying in the face of my best laid plans for the year, I got to work and spent the better part of the morning (on the clock), planning and carrying out the booking of a 2 night, 1 full day birthday Vegas trip. I will fly in in the evening of the 24th, be staying 2 nights at the Flamingo (only place I could book a reasonable rate, some big convention in town), and fly out early afternoon the 26th. Jet Blue in, Virgin out, less than $120 for the flight, upgraded to a Go room at Flamingo so that's about $140 with resort fees and all. Tried to book a free night at Cosmo but they were all booked.

Just wow.

I'm only going to have about $1K to spend, but for one night and one full day that should be enough. My normal allowance per day on a trip is a grand, so if I just go a little easy on night one I'll be fine.

I mean, I don't know. The only real downside to it is I put off being able to pay down the CC like I had planned for the 2nd check of this month (all of my bills come due during the 1st check of the month). Hopefully I can pay it down some in May, then hit it hard after the August trip. Other than that I'm just basically using up the whole 2nd April paycheck, aside from rent. I'll have everything else paid up.

I guess once in a while you just have to acquiesce to that wild hair tickling your ass. It's not like it's a milestone birthday or anything, just 48, but whatever. Better than just hanging out here on Polk St. So, it's a 4-trip year after all, though it's really more like 3 and 1/3. Now my countdown clock is 20 days instead of 130.

More soon as I close in.

Jeebus.