Good One.

A good trip, that one.

Very solid Return of the King (uh, me) after 4 months of deprivation. Nothing momentous, just some good drinking, decent fooding, and in a shocker, good gambling.

No blow by blow here, just some general impressions. Had a good flight in, slight delay but nothing horrid, Flight out bad - 3+ hour delay. Took it in some stride by getting late checkout but on fly out day just get me the fuck home, and Alaska didn't. But file it under shit happens.

Plenty of drinking, never felt too out of control, also did some light shrooming most days of the trip which was mostly good but it got me on Monday, I took too much apparently and freaked out a bit after about an hour out and several resorts away. Made it back to the room and let it wear off and the night was OK, but by about 1a that last night I was fried. For the most part though the body hung in there and kept me in fun all day every day with no naps. I slept OK for the most part.

Hung out a bit with Evan again, at his new (disgustingly expensive) workplace and at Rock House one night. Good to have some built in Vegas friends. Other than that it was a lot of bars and different resorts; despite staying there I didn't spend much time at NYNY.

Speaking of which, the new rooms are a win. I was in the Chrysler tower and had a great stay. Instantly among the best standard rooms in the MGM portfolio, despite the bathrooms still being tiny. As always at NY, clean, comfortable and quiet. No elevator trouble at all.

Then there was the gambling. It was gud. Hit 4ACES and the kicker twice in the trip, for $2K x 2. Hit one on full day one at Resorts World (always a nice relief) and one about 2 hours before going up to the room on the last night at NYNY. Very nice bookmarks. After the first day I paid for almost everything with cash, taking pressure off the MGM CC, and still came home with 5000 little friends in my wallet. More than I took to begin with.

The only gambling downside was while I gambled well I didn't gamble much. Only $5K coin-in at MGM props, which puts me behind the 8-ball a bit on keeping Gold this year. Will have to buckle down on the next trips in June and Xmas, and may need to sneak in another one this year, based on finances/time allowances.

So, a nice little get back. And now just a short layoff until the next one, less than 2 months. Let's go.