Fuck It, Fucking Let's Just Fucking Go Already, For Fuck's Sake. Fuck.

Last update on this wunderblag before the Last Vegas Ever of the year.

Bout to go live like a Caesar for the next week. All the prep is done. Pulled out the money, am most of the way packed, all the arrangements are made and I'm ready to light this candle and see what trouble I can get into in the desert.

Unfortunately I've caught a low-level sick right before the trip, because of course I have, but it doesn't seem to be anything too serious and shouldn't impact the proceedings much if at all. I get these little snotty head colds a few times a year, and it rarely gets much worse than that. I've still got a day and a half to rest and relax it away as much as possible. Loading up on fluids, slept a bunch last night and will try to do so strategically before the 3a wake up call Sunday morning. Oh man, why did I book a 7a flight. UPDATE Alaska cancelled another flight on me like the last trip so now I don't get in until 11a. Ugh. Guess it gives me the chance to sleep a little more and hopefully can head straight to Vdara to check in. 11a is about the time I would normally be getting after it on a normal Vegas day anyway.

The excellent Vegas playlist is locked and loaded into the Pixel. 48 songs, mostly lo-fi beats, nice and mellow and relaxing, which is going to be the general theme of this trip. This year's been a doozy, at least by my standards, so taking it easy and breezy and getting my mind off any future issues will be the name of the game. I have some challenges ahead of me in the coming year, but for the last couple weeks of the year I'm putting them aside and putting faith in the fact that in my life these things just have a way of working out. All will be dealt with in the new year, the last 2+ weeks of December are ME time.

Bought a new pair of shoes and a new jacket for the trip. the jacket I had is a tad too small, and this one's nice and warm for the chill desert nights. The shoes are to take the place of my usual pair, which get a little pinchy in spots over the course of being worn for several days of heavy walking. As it turns out though I may not need the jacket too much on the trip; looking at the forecast a couple days out it looks like low 60's daytime (nice for this time of year) and low 40's at night, so nothing approaching the freezing temps of my trip a few years ago, and no hint of rain. Last year I had good December weather and it looks like that will hold again this year.

It could get emotional on this trip. With my "situation" here at home I have no real idea when I'll be able to make it back to town. Hopefully the job issue will get resolved quickly enough and I can get back into a regular routine - but who knows what the time off conditions will be in that job, and even when it will start. Vegas means so much to me; there may well be some manly tears shed at the moment the plane lifts off the ground to come back here in a week. Trippy to me that my immediate Vegas trip career might be over by this time next Saturday. Hoping it doesn't come to that.

Despite all the uncertainty, Hype Williams I still am. Let's close out the Vegas year strong and see you all after. Wish me luck.