The Plan, June 2019.

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Not muchofa.

In around 6p Thursday night, straight to a cab and straight to Luxor to check in. With any luck checked in, carry-on unloaded, freshened up and out to the strip by 7p. Probably taking it a little easy the first night, won't have a huge spend and will probably be slightly tired from having been up since 6:30a, having worked, and having dealt with the airport bullshit. May just scrounge around the south strip, get something to eat no doubt and lay off gambling with an eye on perhaps a reasonable bed time. Starting out the first night going ultra-deep put me behind the 8-ball on the last trip so probably just easing into this one. No Double Down and early morning downtown trips this time, most likely.

Friday, the one semi-plan day. Not much in the day time aside from to sleep to my hearts content, then hit Mandalay using a free buffet reward (my first Vegas buffet!) to fuel up before getting the trip truly rolling. Drinks and some VP in the afternoon no doubt on the agenda.

Then, probably a quick freshen up/nap and down to Bellagio (I know) to take advantage of ANOTHER myVegas reward at Prime. This one just champagne during dinner but I always like to do at least one splurge meal on the trips and this will be it. May just plunk down in the Bellagio sports book then, as I'd like to be set up someplace by 6p to watch Game 4 of the Finals. Maybe a light snack after the game and I'm center strip to paint the town red, as, what the fuck, I'm in Vegas over a weekend for once. Who knows where I'll end up.

Saturday, plenty of sleep hopefully from the night before, then can ramble at will, get some lunch and maybe VP it a bit. Trying to focus the gambling on Mlife resorts so I can secure Pearl status on this trip. Have had some luck at MGM lately so maybe there, dunno. This may also be the day I use the $50 drink reward at NYNY to get a solid vodka buzz going for the evening.

Speaking of the evening, no plans aside from trying to get a good meal in somewhere. Possibly Delmonico if I'm down V/P way, or if I'm not feeling beefy maybe Carbone at Aria for some Italian. We''ll see. If I am down that way this could be a Sam Ross trio night at V/P, at least until the posers show up later in the evening. Then I'm looking for anti-poser bars, probably Fuel or various casino bars in various casinos. Could go deep on this one.

Sunday, can sleep in, the only deadline being I'd like to catch the Canadian GP somewhere at 12:30p, so no early wake-up. After that, time to clear the decks. This will be the last day so no need to pull any punches. Time to blow the bankroll and get right with Vegas Jesus.

Sunday night, it's usually pretty mellow in town, could be a cocktail lounge night or hang out at a VP bar to kind of go along with the relaxed vibe. Maybe a Vesper kind of night to close out the trip, we'll see what kind of mood I'm in. No need to rush to bed like last trip, can go about as deep as I like since I don't have to wake up until about 9:30a. Monday. If I'm in bed by 3a that's enough sleep so I'm functional on fly-out day.

Monday, up and packed and to the airport and hopefully out of town on time. 12p flight, with any luck back to the hobbit hole by 2p and can rest the rest of the day.

Seems solid to me. No real plan aside from some good food, plunking down in front of a couple sporting events and trying to have 3 1/2 days of max Vegas funtime.

T-minus 1 week.

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