Checking in from my hotel room at Manadalay Bay in Vegas... C is attending the NAB conference, leaving me to my own devices which thus far has meant losing $20 in slots, losing my room key card somewhere on the fake beach, and paying $7 for a smoothie. But the upsides are, I did spend a few calm hours relaxing on the fake beach getting a very real tan despite my good-girl 30 SPF sunblock, the hotel was kind enough to make me new room keys, and the smoothie was yummy and made with lots of real fruit. And I'm banning myself from gambling the rest of my trip here so that I can instead spend my money (ha. like i have any) at the Zappos outlet... which provides a FREE shuttle from the Luxor hotel next door... And in the mean time I'm chilling in the comfy little couchy nook in my hotel room. It's been a few years since I've been to Vegas and I really had forgotten how far superior the hotels are here to anywhere else in the world. So, that's awesome. And driving here from Phoenix after a GOOD visit with my mom, my brother, his wife and my little niece, we got to see the Hoover Dam and some pretty scenery, and one of the few routes through the desert of this vicinity that we hadn't ever been to before. The wind was furious today but it was still warm. Not as hot as Phoenix, which even exceeded MY comfort zone, which really only happens over 100 degrees. I prefer more like 90. But supposedly it was about 79 here today which was not bad at all despite the winds that carried my key card away.
I'm missing my cats, all four of them, but enjoying myself in the mean time. Trying to be a good girl and get some work done now...
So, yes, once again, sorry, it's been a while. Somehow it seems like I don't have a lot of time despite the fact that I don't have a job. Still, I seem to have a million responsibilities, things to take care of, places I need to fly, and cats to take care of... Starting with that, I seem to have acquired two more cats. How that came about is a long story, and I was supposed to find them a nice home... but once I get attached, I can't help but want to keep them. So now I might just be adopting the foster kids. Which would be no big deal except that C and I are trying to have an actual human kid now, and whether four cats and a kid will be excessive in this apartment, remains to be seen. But for the time being, such is my life.
Money would be good. Job would be even better. But writing, and the work I need to do at home, keeps me occupied, as do my travels and the aforementioned cats. I was up in San Francisco earlier this week to see Arwen in A Streetcar named Desire. Amazing production. Amazing talent, all around. Plus a nice visit up north when it was supposed to rain and miraculously, the weather held out. I always have the best food when I'm there. Had amazing butternut squash ravioli at a restaurant in Marin, and a yummy, YUMMY crepe back in the city before I left.
Now, I'm back in town, organizing my thoughts, organizing my brain, and preparing for whatever comes my way next.
