Vegas and my court appearance

On Friday I left work early, hurried home, and loaded up the car. James, Reina, Vanessa, and I started the trip to Vegas. I tried to baby the car as much as possible, but it was so hard. I made sure not to stomp on the gas. It was fun to drive, but a 4 hour drive is still a 4 hour drive. That night we went to Downtown Vegas. I had never been there before, but the movie Swingers wasn’t far off. I think the lights attract weird people like moths.

The next day we hung out at the pool. I saw Mike and Caroline for the first time since October. It was nice to hang out, but now that I think about, I didn’t see them that much. It was GREAT having a room with James and Reina. I was a little worried about spending all of Friday, Saturday, and Sunday with them, but it was great and we had a great time. Saturday night we all went to Rum Jungle (Mandalay Bay) for dinner and KA (Cirque du Soleil) at MGM. Lot’s of fun. I heard Steve had a great time that night, but I wasn’t there, so don’t ask me. Vanessa and I left Vegas making $50 on blackjack and spending… I don’t want to think about that.

We left early on Sunday to get jump on the traffic, so we stopped in Baker for breakfast/lunch. When I got back in the car the odometer was at 602 miles. Oh… past the break in point. I was relatively good, since I had a full car.

I have had some fun with the car this week (just a little). I did a couple of 0 – 60 runs trying the automatic and manual shifting, Stability Control on and off. FUN!!!

I was at work until 10:30 pm last night BBQing for the night shift, then I had to get up at 6:00 am this morning FOR JURY DUTY. YUCK! The navigation made getting to the courthouse a no-brainer, but sitting in a room for 4 ½ hours really sucked. Luckily, at noon they didn’t need us anymore, so I was sent home (back to work). So I am done with jury duty. It wasn’t really that exciting. I returned to work to find Barney took a 2 hour lunch. WHAT THE FUCK!!! He had also sent out a couple of emails that I completely disagreed with. We had another one of those talks. I’m getting fed-up again.

I am going to have to work Labor Day weekend. I will still get Monday off, but will work Saturday and Sunday. Dad is starting to count down the weeks. He isn’t quite to the “I don’t care” point, but it’s just around the corner.

Later.