T-Minus 1 Week.

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Final countdown to Vegas-Xmas underway. Weeks/days flying by now.

Not much left to do. One last laundry load to run, probably Monday or Tuesday. Kinda wishing I had a bigger backpack or real carry-on for the in flight on this one, I've never had to pack for essentially 7 fucking days before. My poor backpack is going to be heavy as fuck and bursting at the seams on the way in. I will have a lighter pack on the way out though as I have to trim weight and size to be able to take it with me on the Frontier flight back. They only allow "personal items" that fit under the seat or I'd have to pay as much as the flight ticket to take it on with me. So, I'll be shedding my undershirts as I go. 5 of them are probably 6-8 trips old anyway and are getting ragged so I'll just replace them when I'm back. No biggie. Everything else should squish down fine.

No change on the money. It'll be enough to have a full, nearly normal save for each day. Looking back at old posts I actually had more saved for less days last Xmas (not sure how I did that) but, again, my diminished gambling habits should see me through no problem, and there's always the Discover if needed. By the 3rd day or so I should be well up.

My mom sent me an Amazon GC for Xmas so I bought another sweater to take on the trip but it'll be hit or miss whether it'll be here in time for it. Could arrive between Tuesday (good!) or Thursday (bad!). Eh, I've got enough stuff to get by in any case. Weather's looking like standard Vegas winter, high 50's-low 60's day and 40's night. I'll be taking along my Helly Hanson jacket that kept me warm last year so should be fine. Getting my teeth cleaned tomorrow so the pearlies will be as clean as they're going to get. So I've got that going for me. Which is nice.

Parking set, rooms set, flights set, entertainment set, basically just...set. Maybe one last check in here before fly out day but this one's locked and loaded.

6 days.

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