Soon.

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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 four months (until the next Vegas trip depletes it). Just like old times! I'll have another at least $5K available on the CC so no money worries regardless.

Not much else to report. This build up has been long but uneventful. Just ready to go and looking forward to turning off the brain, email and Signal for a week. Feeling like after the great work year so far I've truly earned it.


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