It's Not A Bender, It's A Lifestyle.

Whelp, 3 months, 3 Vegas trips. I went from coming back from the December trip not knowing if there was going to BE a trip in 2019 to now I'm at least going to be doing 4 and maybe more. Could be a record year if I can squeeze one more trip in in the summer somewhere. That may depend on the situation at the new job but I imagine it could be a thing. So! The plan for this trip, and there is a (small) plan. 4 nights, 3 full days and a bitch of an early morning fly out day (as of now) but eh, it is what it are. This is, as I've made clear ad nauseum, the 50th birthday trip, so there will be some serious lack of moderation going on. I will be fooding, drunking, and ass-grabbing to excess for every waking moment I'm there. STEP 1: Foodz. I will be having at least 2 great steaks while in town. On the 24th, the day before the birthday, I will be at Delmonico in Venetian. Their filet knocked my socks clean off on the February trip and I can think of no better pre-show mea...

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Hey so, yeah, I'm like, going to Vegas or something, tomorrow. The money will be in a good place, I'll have $750 for the first, short night (if all goes well will be out to the strip by 9p), then $900 for the two full days. Should be more than enough. I don't plan to do any more than the now customary VP in terms of gambling, so those dailies will be healthy, and will leave my savings when I get back still relatively so. In terms of savings on this trip (aside from the insane room rate and flight cost) I did cash in a myVegas reward for a lunch buffet at Mandalay Bay, which I may or may not use, and still have the old venerable certs from Restaurant.com for Carlos & Charlie's and Senor Frog's should I feel the need to be frugal during the trip. May hit Delmonico again at some point during the trip for the splurge meal, still jonesing after the filet I had last month. Had to wrangle a bit over the phone with Park MGM the last 2 days (they were trying to ...

Off to the Veganatrix for a quickie this coming week. As detailed in the last post, I secured jobitude, so to reward myself for that it's off to the Park MGM for a quick 3-nighter. Got a great rate, no comped nights but all in with resort fees just a little over $230 for the three nights, then got an even greater deal on the flight by going out of OAK with Spirit Airlines. Total bare bones airline, fees for everything including breathing but $107 for a non-stop round trip? Insane. Since I'll just be in town for the 2 full days I can just take my Timbuk2 and stow it under the seat, no bag fees. I'll have to take BART to get to the airport but shouldn't be any big deal. Park MGM, home of the paper thin walls, but eh, for just the 3 nights it'll be tolerable, hopefully. Worst case I can run white noise on my phone or call for a fan or something if next door peeps are being unbearable. Cant beat the rate for newly renovated rooms in a newly renovated (and quite n...

Whelp, I am now officially jobby. In the past week I was made a job offer and went through all the paperwork and background check stuff to be finally cleared today to start Monday after next. I'm jazzed, this was the job I targeted since literally day one of my job hunt, I think it was resume one that I sent out, in reality. It was a solid 2 months of talking to recruiters and managers back and forth so I'm glad it all worked out, I would have been pissed if it hadn't. I will be working for Thermo Fisher Scientific as a remote Lead Site Specialist running a small team of people at the brand new Merck Pharmaceuticals plant in South City. Basically, as I understand it, it's an inventory and supply management job, making sure all the scientists and research folks have all the tools and equipment they need to do what they do. I've been told it's about a 50-50 desk-to-site ratio, so should be on my feet a bit which is good. I've done enough damn sitting ...