my parents are in town. that alone is stoke-worthy. over the past year, my dad and i have started getting along really well and now things are primo. feels so good to have a strong relationship there. well, when my dad and his homie, Dan, come to town, they don't just get rooms at the Venetian/Palazzo, they typically get 6-8 rooms all up the Strip to cash-in on chip and other incentives. a casino will usually toss you a room and throw you $5,000 in chips if you can match the $5,000 prior to your arrival... these guys can do some serious damage with 10 grand at a craps table. well, no secret that the economy sucks and this trip was also planned on relatively short notice- they usually plan trips as far as 8 months out, so they always have two or three trips in the works- and since my dad and Dan weren't sharing a suite this time (my mom came with my dad and Dan's wife joined him, as well) and they had to get two rooms at the Palazzo, they only got one room elsewhere- the Mirage. it's nothing special, just a regular old, two queen, minibar, 32" non-flat screen TV hotel room. but it affords me the chance to be away from Fred for three nights and that, my cohorts, is priceless. i've decided this day (or days, now) has gone from shitty to a full-on stoke-a-thon.
i won't go into what all i'm indulging in tonight as people sometimes seem to take talking about yayo and weed as "bragging" or "claiming", but let's just say i'm enjoying myself and just getting ready to leave my room to see what kinds of trouble i can find. wish me luck!