AZ. And 10 Days.

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It's happening.

Arizona, that is. I have, for better or worse, acquired the new position and have to be moved to the desert by March 1. I've already gone into the pluses and minuses so I won't do that again here. Suffice to say my life will change pretty significantly this year. Can only hope it's for the better, and will leave it at that. More to say as the move progresses.

But hey - Vegas in 10 days, right? Not even going to start dicking with the AZ move stuff until I'm back. This would normally be the time I'd be pushing everything into the back burner and obsessing about impending Vegas but it's been such a rush to get this job over the past month that I have really not had much time to lock in on the trip. 

Luckily, this trip's been on easy mode for months now. Nothing's changed. Money's fine, room's great, not much of a plan outside of a couple food reservations. Have one more site visit in AZ to get past early next week then it's just a few days after that until I'm on the JSX flight Saturday morning. Seems like the time has flown by recently.

With the upcoming need to get an apartment and a car in AZ it'd be nice to come home with some money after this trip, especially since I'm floating the CC this month, but I'm not going to worry about it once in town, or at least will try not to. A fortuitous Royal would be great but I'm experienced enough in the Ways of Vegas that I'm not going to count on one. If I can come home with $1-2K in pocket I will consider it a win and go into the move from there. Floating the card debt to some extent for another couple months while I get set up in AZ wouldn't kill me.

So we end the year, and the Vegas year, in style - and worry about what's next starting in the new year. 

T-minus 10 days.

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