It's A Baby! (An Ugly Xmas Vegas Baby).

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We go.

It'll be a white Xmas. Somewhere, not in Vegas, silly. If it be not now, yet it will come: the readiness is all. The money is out of the bank, The laundry is done, the bag is mostly packed. The flight and room are checked into. The devices are charging. 7 nights in the desert are upon us. 12 hours from now I will (hopefully) be in the air to Heaven or Las Vegas.

Don't have much to be concerned about. Would have like to have gotten the Thermo pennies from heaven but as expected looks like that's not happening. It'll be there on the return, and will help massively. No real worries about spending anyway, have more than enough in cash and CC. Weather for the flight was a concern but that seems to have passed and it should be clear tomorrow. The airport will be busy but I do this every Xmas and it always works out, will just duck out of work at a reasonable time tomorrow.

Cosmo and Delano await, good practical choices from an expense and rewards standpoint. Still will be a lovely 6 days, and checking out FB should be a lark too. Have a few rezzies to keep me engaged and a few sports to watch while I'm there (Niner Gang Xmas night).

So yeah, let's do this, back at you all after what should be a banger of a trip.

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