Xmas Switcheroo.

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Changed up the room sitch for Xmas. Bigly.

I had Delano booked for 5 nights, and Cosmo for one. This would have been nice. It would have been safe. It would have been relatively inexpensive.

A week before I go, I just chucked all that out the window.

I'm going to change this whole mess up and stay all 6 nights at the new Resorts World, in a Conrad Strip View room. I found a great rate on Priceline on a Express deal, less than $100 a night for what would be $160+ to book direct. It's the middle of the 3 luxury levels on the site, but the strip view will be a nice upgrade and the room itself looks very posh.

Reasons? Fuck you and your logic, that's why. It's been a hell of a year and I've upgraded my work position and paygrade substantially...I could have played it safe and cheap by staying with MGM but honestly outside of the room rates they really aren't doing much for me and I wanted to switch it up and try something new. 

I was just down at the MB complex for 6 nights a month ago, nothing wrong with it but doing 6 more would have felt like a rut probably. I also tend to be spending a lot more time on the north strip and the cab ride from MB is nasty for that. And, also, just fuck it, I can afford to blast out the budget as a celebration of a good year and will have time to build things back up before another trip.

I always bemoan the fact that I never do anything different in Vegas...this sure as shit will be different and will force me to do some new stuff, and stay in a new resort. It'll be fun and maybe I'll even end up loving RW after a couple meh trips up there thus far. For sure my luck there can't get any worse.

So commence the adventure and here's to doing something fucking different for once. Here we go.


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