Let's Try This Again.

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K, well, Vegas is closed for at least a month.

Absolutely did the right thing cancelling the March trip as the entire town is in shelter in place, as it is here in the City. Couldn't stay there if I wanted to right now, and nothing would be open if I did. The order in Vegas is to stay closed up until May 1st.

So, me being a fiend, I've scheduled air and resort for May 3rd.

The rates are crazy, not surprisingly. Booked 5 nights, getting 3 comped nights at Delano, with $50 of resort credit for around $340 all in. No harm no foul on the reservation of course, if they extend the shelter in place order I can cancel with no financial hit. Not booking flight yet, have Alaska flight credit out of SFO if we get confirmation these dates will happen, and also have $80 flight credit on Allegiant right now from the aborted March trip so my air is pretty well set up for the rest of the Vegas year (if there is a rest of the Vegas year).

Hedged my bets as well, booked another 5-dayer with the same structure at Delano in later May. I figure (hope?) one or the other will pan out. If early May dies I go to late May. If May dies I go June, and so on.

All of this is pretty nuts. As a creature of habit my habit creature is freaking out right now. Not being able to work, not being able to go to a bar, not being able to go ANYWHERE really aside from to and from grocery stores or to pick up takeout. Have another week and a half of company paid "work from home", then I don't know what happens. If my site stays closed after that, which seems likely, I'll have to hope either the state or the Feds will cover at least a decent portion of my pay. If that gets resolved I'm basically OK. I don't so much mind the being home bit as long as I can get the essentials.

So, all up in the air, the least of which my Vegas year but at least I'm being positive and hopeful. Hope is about all we have right now.

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