T-Minus 1 Week (Plus A Little).

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8 days from...NOW, I will be on a plane to The Vegas.

All is well. Have done a little shopping pre-trip as I do; got a couple more polos to wear as a couple of my old standards are a bit naff, and got a new pair of Adidas so that will be the trip shoe. Will check them out tomorrow to make sure they're comfy but I have an almost identical pair in another color and they're nails. So, as per usual, jeans, sneaks, 4-5 polos and a couple tees, and one dress shirt for my date night (with myself). James Bond I am not, but James Bond wallet I have not.

The weather looks to be really good. Summer has happened there and we all know what that means, but mercifully it looks like it will never get much above 95 highs so not too stifling. Enough to melt that mountain snow that was still there in April but not enough to melt me.

Lucked out a bit on the Knights schedule in the SC Finals - the only game that could impact me is game 5 which would be the Tuesday I'm there, so if I just avoid the NY-Park hood that day I should be fine. There will be a game in FLA Sat night but it should be in the 3rd period by the time I even make it out to the strip so I'll just avoid anything sports-bar'y until after.

Money will be good, the way I have it calculated even after adding the night I should still have $1500 in the bank when I leave so I'm not going to be coming back completely broke. And who knows, maybe April's luck will carry over and I'll come back better than that (knocks wood). 

Work should be OK - will try to stay out of any trouble this coming week so I can leave clean with no distractions. My co-worker has hardly even worked in the last month so it's time for her to pick up some of the slack while I'm gone. Apparently we're golden with the client right now though so that's the big thing.

All else is at the ready. 8 days, a week, Vegas.

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