It's Not A Bender, It's A Lifestyle.

I got a new car. And oh yeah, Vegas is close. Subaru kept bugging me about the lease equity in my Crosstrek. I only had about $6K left on my lease, and they knew they could sell it for literally MORE than the purchase price I agreed to lease it on. I resisted them for a while. I don't need a new car, I hardly drive as it is and the 'Trek was fine as a commuter. I had the upper hand in the negotiation, so I used it. I gave them a number, told them no down, no drive off for a new WRX. I thought it was a long shot... ...but they met it. And I drove off with 120+ more HP than I had driven in with. Model, year and color in the pic above. I'm proper happy with it, so much more fun to drive and it makes the commute far more bearable. I never looked forward to driving the 'Trek. This thing...oh yeah. AND I'm saving myself over $120/month on the lease payment. I robbed a Subaru dealership, and I'm not proud. $4 dollars more a month on insurance. Yes I take on more and ...

 ...new. Boring pre-game on this trip. Same room, same flights, same steak...same. Good same. I think I've more or less perfected the art of Vegas at this point. Do the room algorithm, book the flights, get a food or two set up then sit back and wait. This will be trip # 54 all time so I guess it's to be expected that I have this down by now. Still could get a Cosmo suite for $100 less than Bellagio but the fact that Cosmo doesn't do mobile check in and that their bell desk is hellish on a Sunday means - Bellagio. It's fine. The room is good and I won't spend much time in the resort anyway, aside from trying to escape. Life is same also. Still stuck in the shitty job, just trying to keep my head above water and looking for an out. Job market is tough , especially now that Cheeto Man is now fucking the whole country up. No one could have predicted that, though. The money is good and I'm essentially unfireable so I can afford to be picky (or to build up enough sav...