vegas

Ma and I arrived back from Las Vegas earlier this evening. My ma got the trip as a gift from her company after working there for 20 years. We stayed in a really beautiful suite on the 25th floor of the Venetian. It had three flatscreen TVs, including one in the bathroom. We went for a gondala ride, went shopping, had massages, and ate yummy food. Not as exciting as actually being in Italy, like E is right now, but still pretty cool. We only explored the strip a little bit (The Venetian is huge, so we hardly felt the need to leave) and spent all of five minutes gambling (me: video blackjack, net winnings of negative 50 cents; Ma: video poker, net winnings of a whopping $8 resulting from a four of a kind). Our favorite place was the pool deck on the fourth floor, which was like a big garden with a couple of pools, grassy areas (well, fake grass, but it looked real) with chaise lounge chairs, a bar, and restaurant with patio seating.

The weekend was fun, despite my lingering backache from moving. Tomorrow I'll be doing laundry and running a couple last minute errands, and then we're going out to celebrate my brother and sister-in-law's one-year wedding anniversary.