March Quickie.

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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 nice) resort. Only possible downside is the PAC-12 basketball tournament is going on at T-Mobile, so resort may be a LOT busier than normal but that's not necessarily a bad thing and the great thing about the strip is you can just head away from the action to find your vibe.

The spend should be minimal, I get in late-ish on Tuesday night (should be to the hotel by about 8:30-ish) so it should really just be the two full days I'll need spending money for; $2K should do the trick. Still leaves me with $16K in savings after the fact. Plenty to deal with the debt and car stuff I need to take care of after the job starts.

So this will mean trips in 3 consecutive months. Went last month, this trip and the April birthday trip. I might set a trip record this year.

T-minus 4 days. Jeebus.

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