Nothing...

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 ...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 savings to walk out one beautiful day). Health not great but no worse than a year ago, really. I'm aging but not precipitously. 

Sports world is turning in my favor. The dark months of winter are receding; golf and tennis are back on, F1 in a couple weeks and baseball too. Dubs more watchable now. Things to watch while in Vegas which is all to the good.

Dunno, yeah. Not much to report. But here I am, reporting.

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