This past Friday night was a crazy one. It all started with a quick beer after my hubby got off work. I met him at a local bar for a beer, which soon turned into 2, 3, then 4. We decided to go home so at least he could change from his work clothes. When we got home we started calling around to different people we knew to see what was going on around town.... Soon to find out that no one was really up to anything exciting we headed off to a cook-off that was hosted by some of his coworkers. Since it was a whopping 40 degrees out, we only stayed a short while, but did manage to scarf down about a half dozen ribs each and a few more cervezas. They were the most delicious, almost frozen, ribs I ever had, I might add! We got in the car and headed home. Somehow the idea of gambling came up. Next thing you know we are piling ourselves, our pillows and an overnight bag into the car and headed to Lake Charles, LA.
We ended up at Isle of Capri where we each took our spots at a Craps table. I ended up playing about 18 hours straight.... It really didn't seem that long, as the beers flowed and the dice rolled. I managed to double my $250 into $500 in that time frame and got my meal 'comp'ed at the end of my run... Sureley I consumed about 24 beers so that would have been a hefty tab had it not been free. Nick on the other hand, lost quite a bit, but did manage to finagle a free junior suite out of the mess. It was quite nice having a big room to go shower and crash in knowing I didn't pay the $200 a night going rate. Apparently he just stumbled to the check in counter and drunkenly spat out, " I. Need. Sleep." and according to him, his head, that was propped up by his hand then slipped out and his face smacked the desk. He looked pretty pathetic and I am sure that we got the room out of either sheer pity, or for fear he was a lawsuit waiting to happen if he left. Either way that room was awesome and it was ALL free.
The weekend was a blur of alcohol, chips and dice. A total blast if you ask me! I must say that Craps really is the 'King of the Casino' ! It is so much fun and tremendously addicting, especially when your winning. If you ever have the chance to learn it, I HIGHLY recommend it. Fun for all to be had. Back to the real world we go.
On the nursing school side of things, my first week went great! Im making friends and all is well so far. Its a little intimidating, but I think I can manage. Labs start this week and we picked our clinical sites as well. I managed to get my top choice of Saturdays at UTMB. Its going to really suck not having my Saturdays practically all semester (8 of them to be exact), but at least I won't be completely unproductive with school matters on the weekends now. My schedule is so obnoxious to explain that I won't even bother to try to explain...maybe some other time. Long story short I have 2 days off during the week every other week because I chose the Saturday clinicals.
Guess I should get some sleep...going to be a long day tomorrow back in the real world.
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