90 Days From Heaven Or Las Vegas.

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Counting down, in the wasteland of trip tweener time.

Cutting back to three trips a year really creates some Vegas time gaps. April to August, August to Xmas, Xmas to April, rinse, repeat. Honestly I could squeeze in another one every year if I didn't keep having wallet-busting trips. I haven't seen a hand pay since last Xmas. And now I'll be skrimping to get to the needed $5K save for this Xmas, after still having to dig out of the August trip.

I'm not too worried, I'm more or less resigned to staying in this (shitty) job until the end of the year now, as if I leave it will be walking away from potentially $5K in bonuses, which I will need to finance the Xmas Vegas. As it is I will probably only be able to squirrel away a couple grand in the November/December paychecks. Trip after trip, I always make it work somehow someway.

The resort is locked at MGM Grand, as my Rewards offers have fallen off. Was 4/$50/$100 now 4/$30/$50. Guess I haven't been feeding the MGM beast enough this year. Have the far better package locked in for Xmas and my birthday so a couple trips to earn back into the good graces. The comped nights and no resort fees is still more than worth it regardless.

Not much else to cover. Just tick off the days, weeks, months and hope for a smooth countdown.


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