Vegas 2010 pt 2

So Larry and I headed to Vegas back in February this year for Valentine's Day, he had come home for a visit from his military training and I, for once, didn't work the Saturday so we had decided to head out last minute. We had a lot of fun, but because it was last minute we felt we didn't spend enough time there and didn't really get to enjoy Vegas the way it was meant to be enjoyed :)
Well I just happened to request a few days off at work this month for the end of the semester/my birthday just so I could relax, I had no real intentions of going anywhere, in fact my only real plan was to organize my music (yes I'm a total dork when it comes to organization that I'd actually spend time off doing that, but that's a whole other topic ha ha). Anyways, Larry had already requested the Friday and Monday off so we thought why not take another trip down? We wanted to spend as much time as possible, so we left REALLY early on Saturday (like 3 A.M. early!) and drove through the rain all the way to Vegas, it was a tad scary, but when we got there I was SO happy to be in the 60 degree weather. As one of my friends pointed out, I'd finally get birthday weather I'd always wanted! Larry had been practicing his gambling online so he was just so psyched to start the Texas Hold 'Em tournaments they had going (which is why we had to leave so early since the Saturday ones start at 11). Well we got there so early we decided to stop at Circus Circus for some breakfast-Larry said it was the best buffet he remembered from being a kid, turns out when you're a kid, it doesn't take a whole lot to please ya! It wasn't the best, I'll say that, but was pretty cheap and we didn't care that we looked like we'd been up all night driving compared to the other patrons. Funny part was when we left, our car was locked in the parking garage (it SAID self park, how were we to know we couldn't actually park there??) So we had to be sneaky and I had to slip through some bars to get the car out-the perks of being a smaller person for those of you who made fun of me!
It was a pretty cool birthday though, after that was figured out. We went and checked into our hotel, they had THE PRETTIEST decorations for Christmas, it made me so happy to see it. Then I found out they had a lion habitat that they fed them twice a day at and I was so excited to check that out, so while Larry was doing his tournament I went to go see that (they said the feeding would be at 11:30 and I ended up waiting and watching till 11:45 and never saw anything-bummer). I ended up taking like a billion pictures with my phone, they were SO FREAKING CUTE! I also found out they do pictures with the cub, I SO had to get in on that, but had to shower before doing anything like that.
After Larry's tournament we decided to check in and go see our room, it was so pretty! We stayed at the MGM this time (last time was Planet Hollywood-of the two I'd recommend Planet Hollywood because it has a million shops, but if you prefer gambling over shopping MGM is MUCH better!). The only negative was the walls being super thin! There was also some sort of cheerleading competition (cheerleaders were EVERYWHERE!) so they would run up and down the halls yelling because they were just so flippin perky! I just wish they would've posted signs of what was going on and where, I probably would've gone to watch while Larry did his gaming. The only bad part is I'm so not used to the smoking and lights and loud noises so that night I ended up with a terrible headache, so we ended up going to bed early.
Sunday we went to the absolute best buffet at our hotel, it was a bit pricey, but so worth it. The service was nice, the fellow people were pretty nice, and they seated us next to the holy grail of dessert selections! It was simply amazing, I tried just about everything! Then we went and got our picture with the lion cub and then over to the casino where I tried some of the games they had and found out I LOVE electronic black jack, I only played the 25 cent games, but man oh man, you couldn't pry me away from those things. I literally sat at one machine for 3-4 hours until my money ran out because it was so much fun! Larry had another tournament that night so while he played I played and would go get a bite to eat and just come back to the machines, it was oddly one of the funnest things I've done (I say oddly because I literally played till I lost all my money, I didn't care if I was winning or not, I just kept going). After Larry's tournament we walked around a bit and he decided to get into this kind of practice tournament, it was a money game and you could just go until you go sick of it, Larry didn't get sick of it till 3 in the morning, but only because (as he informed me at that time) he lost $300! So needless to say he didn't feel like playing at all from that point on.
Monday we had plans to go to AdventureDome to ride their rides, but Larry seemed way too ready to go so we ended up checking out early and taking off. Turns out this was smart because we ran into really bad weather on our way home and it took us a bit longer than we expected to get home. I found out the next day there was a bad flood in Southern Utah that we just missed so we really lucked out! All in all it was a very fun trip, but I'm excited to go again soon so I can do more fun things, we didn't do any of the things I planned on doing, so I'd like to go out maybe for a bit longer next time ha ha.
And now I can't believe it's 2 days till Christmas! I'm so excited, but so not ready for it to be over with, but I will say I'm SO looking forward to the new year!!!