Well Yeah Sure OK.

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All set for pre-birthday Vegasness.

Flights booked, room locked in, Gold MGM assured, even a food rezzy locked down. 2 1/2 months out and I have nothing to plan. I haz a sad, but a good sad. Bellagio will be the base of operations, a good one. This room was pretty bomb when I stayed in it a couple years ago and it's been remodeled since then so it should be posh. More than enough room for little big me. Across the street from most of the things I love in Vegas, so it's a great home base, no endless cabbing.

Added a seat on Alaska for the in, so it should be no issues with getting on/off and stowing the bag. It's an early flight but that gets me there to maximize day one and hopefully I can check in soon after arrival. Out is unchanged and fine. Not too early and gets me home by around 2:30p if all goes well, so I can find parking here. I imagine I'll just drop coin on SFO onsite parking again like last time, it was expensive but convenient.

I loved my filet so much last time at Jean Georges, I booked it again. The Tuesday night, right about in the middle of the trip to soak up the $100 resort credit I'll have for getting to Gold last year. On the MGM Rewards tip, I will have $50/$50 RC/FP for the booking package and should have around $150 in Slot Dollars by the time I'm in town too. Not massive but enough to possibly parlay into a bigger hit.

So, yeah. Now it's just tick off the weeks and save a little, then be ready to fly on 4/13. Tick off, weeks.

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