Its just shy of 6 am and I'm sitting in the breakfast area of our hotel. I've been awake since 4:30 and I thought I would climb out bed and get some "me time". I'm a person who LOVES to be alone. As you can imagine, I haven't had much of that on this trip so this is good; just me, my coffee, my laptop, my oldest daughter's devotional book, and my Bible. I need to refuel.
We have everything packed pretty much and plan to leave for the airport around 8:45 am.
Yesterday we were on the road for about 5 hours, landing at the hotel around 2. My youngest 2 and I headed for the pool. We had a couple of pizzas delivered to the room and took off for Freemont St. Its another attraction we HAD to see when we were in Las Vegas. I don't think the folks who told me what attractions to check out had their kids with them. This particular thing was in a seedy part of town. Basically, its a covered section of town of about 5 blocks. The establishments are casinos, street vendors, etc. Of course, they had the huge movie screen of ladies in bikinis, taking off their tops, and dancing. (Certain body parts were blocked off thankfully.) My poor kids were so out of their element! They wanted to leave even before the light show began. Oh, and don't forget the drunk lady the police arrested in front of the Harley shop. She was causing quite a stir.
I had wanted to go here on Wednesday night but my husband couldn't find the place so I had a mild temper tantrum. Being the wonderful guy he is, he did a little more research and we were able to find it last night. We got there around 7:30 and the light show started at 8:30. It went on for about 3 minutes and then was over. I was so embarrassed. Not what I had imagined it would be and certainly not worth the hissy fit I displayed. Thankfully, I have a gracious husband who didn't say, "I told you so."
It will be good to get home. We should arrive in Des Moines around 8 pm which will put us at our place around 10. We had been saving up for a big trip like this for a few years. My oldest will be a senior next year and I figured this would likely be our last family adventure. I wanted it to be very special and I think it really was.
Time for breakfast. More later!!
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2 comments:
I totally get the alone time thing. I think introverts need that to recharge. Curt gets recharged by being in a crowd, whereas I'm sapped by the exprience.
Sounds like Vegas probably will not be high on your list of places to re-visit. I get that too.
Yepp. Alone time absolutely empowers me. When I was in the hospital with someone coming in every 30 minutes - if for nothing else to see how much water I drank - I would lay there and imagine where I could sneak off to from time to time. Unfortunately, when you have to take a wheelchair to lug your equipment around - one doesn't "sneak" anywhere!
Sounds like a vacation you will talk about for a long time. Even though there may have been elements you would have changed - your kids will laugh and laugh about this when they talk about it as adults! remember the look on mom's face when.....!!!
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