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

So, so far away. But it's still out there, and that keeps me going. The rut would be unbearable without knowing that somewhere in the deepest, darkest aether, a Vegas trip awaits. I'd be a sad, probably dead monkey if it were not so. This trip will be an action trip, too, with a Cirque show, and overpriced tix to Nails. Too early to book food but surely I'll have time for at least one splurge meal on the trip, as well. The last couple trips have maybe been a little too unstructured. I think having a couple things pre-booked (that I can't bail on w/o losing money) will be good to keep me engaged in the Vegas Experience and not just shuffling from one bar to the next. Added the option to tack on a day at the end of the trip too, I'll still have most of the weekend to recover  with the fly out Sat. If I don't completely lose my ass on VP it should be fine. Nearly 5 full months between trips is brutal, but I should be fairly bursting with hype by the time we get th...

Finally going to see MJ One in September. I've been circling this show for years, always just deciding it was too damn expensive, but MGM's running a flash 30% off sale so I broke down and booked it. Having seen KA and Mystere, and Love several times, I know what I'm getting into and I should be set up for a solid show. Putting all his alleged extra-curricular activities aside you can't downplay the greatness of the guy's songwriting. That and the Cirque experience should make it worth the hundy. So it'll be a "show" trip. MJ on Monday and NIN on Thursday. It'll be nice to have a couple events scheduled to break up the constant meandering VP and Belvedere train I've been on the last few trips. There's a lot of entertainment to be had in Vegas and I really ought to schedule at least one thing every trip to take advantage of it. Ready to Beat It to Vegas.

Locked in the flights for NIN September. Alaska again. With a little discount from flight credit, outlay was only $176. Not terrible. Could have saved more but would have been a scrub, ass-end of plane seat and possible bag bump. As is I'm about in the middle of the tube on an aisle. Air prices likely to fluctuate greatly this summer but since fuel prices are unlikely to go down I figured the time was right to book. May try to stick with Alaska for this year to maybe build up enough points for a free flight by next year. NIN has begun the tour I'm going to see. First two shows had wildly different setlists so unsure what to expect to be played on the LV date which is fine, it's nice to be surprised. Just hoping there's no COVID surge and cancellations of shows. 4 months is a long string to run out but keeping fingers crossed.  The save has already informally begun for the trip. Going to put away at least $500/check between now and then and probably closer to $1K once I ...