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

  Bonus fever! The FY 2025 numbers came through from my company; all the other employees covered for my ineptness and got me a 6.3% bonus. It works out to around $6100 gross, I'm estimating $4K net out of that after taxes, so along with the approx $2K I'll be able to scrimp from the remaining regular checks before go time, I have covered the save easily. This says nothing of the up to 2.7% individual bonus I could be in line for, which would be another $2500 gross, approx $1500 net. TLDR, I'm covered. This is a big improvement over last year, when I had to take a 401k loan to cover the trip FFS. I can pay down my CC normally this way pre-trip too, so I won't have to skip a card payment in Dec and dig any kind of resulting hole. I'll USE it of course while in Vegas to points max, but it should be no problem to get it paid off normally in Jan/Feb. So my 2000 hours of hard(ish) work over the past year has bought me: One Trip To Las Vegas. It's a pretty good trade. ...

T-minus 37 days, bitches. Plan. Night One, Saturday: Its a late flight in and assuming all goes well, I will arrive at Fontainebleau around 11p. Check in, dump the bag, basic unpacking and probably down to the casino floor by about 11:30p. It's the weekend before Xmas so things probably mellow, might try to grab a bite in the Tavern if they're still open for food, or just bars either there onsite at FB or across the street at Resorts World, probably. No reason to stray too far from the FB, as it's going to get late quickly. Drinking yes, plowed no, best course of action. Day Two, Sunday: First full day in town having awoken for the first time at FB. Sleeping in is fine, no Niners or Warriors games that day so no need to jump out of bed. Getting a baseline of sleep going would not be the worst plan, especially after the experience on the August trip. No plans this day in terms of food, can grab a lunch somewhere either onsite or if I end up cabbing somewhere, maybe White Wha...