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

So yeah, that happened. Highlights, I guess, such as they were. Flights: No issues. Got to the airport for the in flight plenty early, it was nice having it be on a day off so the lead up could be relaxed and cheap. Just caught the SAMTrans there, had plenty of time to grab a couple glasses of wine then got on the plane more or less on time. Hit the ground, taxi'ed over to MB and was out on the casino floor by 8p. Return flight also fine, on time, no complaints. Upgraded to better seats for both flights. Well done, Alaska. Food: Had a couple good meals, got Delmonico on Monday, stellar filet, then the next night did the bison filet at Rivea which was also eye rolling good. That was about it for good meals, the rest was as-I-found-it for the most part. Nothing else memorable. Used up some resort credit one day at the cafe at MB and gift card value another day at Yard House, so it wasn't too costly at least. Drink: A lot. many, many "free" drinks sitting at the endless ...

Last call for not-being-in-Vegas-ahol. The trip is nearly upon us. The laundry is done, the bag is 70% packed, half the money's out of the bank and my balls are shaved. All that remains is to sleepwalk through two more days of work then turn off the email and Signal notifications and get on the MOTHERFUCKING plane. I'm so ready for next week. Rarely have I felt more of a sense of "I fucking earned this" than this time. I've set my work on the right path this first few months of '22 and have things ready to expand, or soon will. I'm a star there and feel part of the team and about as vital as can be, for me. Now comes the "life" part of work-life balance. I'll give the career 48 weeks a year, those other 4 when I'm in Vegas - that's me time, ya bish. Mandalay Bay is locked. This is one of the rare trips where I booked 3 months out and nothing better came along to upset that. Adding the Saturday to the trip meant there were other optio...

We almost Vegas. In the familiar territory of being a little over a week out from a Vegas week. Not much going on in the prep, the plans for this one have been locked for a while now and barring some sort of last minute comp miracle they're not going to change. It's MB for the win, which is fine. A Strip View King is no slouch and with the upgrade could even score a junior suite so no complaints. TBH adding the Sat night killed a lot of the comp possibilities elsewhere but the total with no resort fees at MB will be like a full comp at other places anyway. Going to pull down the carry-on this weekend and start loading it up. Looks like 80's, low 90's that week so it'll be a simple pack. Polos and short sleeved button ups and Bob's your uncle. Didn't get to the full save goal but with the fact that I just got a raise and I'm a superstar at work I'm just going to take a full 6K and fuck the cushion in the bank. I'll build it back up over the next f...