T-Minus 2 Weeks.

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The final countdown to Vegalicious December 2018. This time 2 weeks from today I'll be well into day one on the strip.

All on track, nothing much new to report. The Macy's pension check that I thought wasn't going to make it before the trip, did, so that covers about 2/3 of the trip expenses, which is nice. It's even nicer because before a couple months ago I didn't even know I HAD a pension with Macy's. So I'm going to just take a full $5300 with me on the trip. $1000 for the first day to get things off on a good foot then either $900 or $800/day the other 5 days. Should be more than enough if things go as usual.

The plan is set and very good, didn't go overboard on shows or reservations this year like did last year. One show, a couple food reservations and just general Vegas awesomeness for the rest of the time. May pick up one more show for Thursday if a very good rate opens up on one of the ones I want to see, but not going to be disappointed if not.

Nothing much else to say, had my last day out in the City yesterday. Santa-Con next week (no chance I'll be anywhere near the bars for that) and the following Saturday is the day before the trip, so I'll be resting up and hopefully sleeping a lot that day. Early wake up call Sunday morning.

So now it's just ticking off the days in anticipation of the last Vegas of the year.

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