June Locked.

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Put JuneVegas to bed today.

Got a little bump on Freeplay in my June offers from my April spend, so I rebooked the same room at Cosmo to get the added value. +$40 in FP above the old offer, same RC, about $20 out of pocket more to book so I come out $20 ahead from rebooking, with no penalty on room qual or resort. I'm still getting paid to come to Vegas, at least room-wise. Still the Terrace Studio King, probably with an Aria view but whatev. I already have the pictures from the other side.

So that's it. Great resort, it's a plus room, and perfect placement on center strip to be able to branch out and have a live trip. Good flight and transportation package set, some good food reservations in the queue, and it should be a nice, mellow week on strip, perhaps until the day I leave, when the July 4th-ers start slinking in. I'll be happy to turn it over to them.

World Cup round of 32 will be on all week while I'm there, I don't expect it to impact me much but it might add a little spice to the bar scene. Hard to say who will still be in it but single-elimination games are when the soccer countries start to live and die with it. It's fine. If the fans of the Democratic Republic of Congo are making too much damn noise in the bar I'm in, there are at least 500 a couple other bars on strip I can retreat to.

So it's down to less than a month, let the countdown begin. Good, relaxed, no pressure trip incoming.

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