Weekend Update from Sin City

Things started disciplined enough with a really good swim workout before work Friday morning, but I don't know that the words "in training" or "diet" can be applied to anything after. Friday night was the going away party, so, other than a few shopping stops along the way, I headed straight to T's house after work. An excellent time. The most cheerful I've seen J in a couple of years. It was still bitter sweet and sad, but her oppression had been lifted and she had hope. Lots of socializing with lots of fun people. I think I was present when the cool quiet room shifted into the cool smoking room. Don't ask me why, but I even let Scott talk me into trying a cigar (must be that demonic hold he has over me as DM). That on top of polluting my body with constant snacking and such. But I lasted to the bitter end, so I not only got all the general gossip, but the really good stuff (available to the highest bidder). I didn't make it home and to bed until 3:30.

We got up a little before 9:00 Saturday morning and I immediately jumped in the shower to wash off that icky smoke smell. The wife and I went to our favorite Vietnamese restaurant at the City Market for brunch, then we headed out to Independence Center for shopping. Dillard's had all sale/clearance items and additional 50% off, so we spent a good bit of time there. I go a cool new Fossil watch. Then we toured the rest of the mall some. Eventually we made it home and spent the afternoon in bed (instead of enjoying the sunlight with a workout, as we should have).

Upon waking, we did our homework for the weekend: finishing the last few details of her school's yearbook and submitting the rest of the pages (online).

Then we celebrated. We made the 90-minute trek through Weston, Atchison, and Horton to the Golden Eagle Casino. $1 roulette (as opposed to the $5-10 minimums in town). Plus it's nice sometimes just to leave the city and enjoy the countryside, and a road trip always seems to make for good conversation. I lost my $20 of roulette money (after enough up-and-down play to make it fun), but we both got lucky at the slot machines. Right after we first arrived she walked up to a machine that still had a $1 token in the tray. She popped it in and 3 minutes later she quit with $16. While walking away she found another machine with a stray token and turned it into $4. Eventually she lost the $1.35 in nickels we brought but turned the found money into $50. During a break from roulette I put $5 into a 50 cent machine. After two pulls I was up $63 and quit with $60. Those kinds of possibilities are what make the casinos fun. Before leaving we couldn't resist the allure of free pop and cheap snack bar, so the weekend gluttony continued.

Once home we explored vacation options (something with a beach) for immediately after school gets out in May, but haven't found anything quite affordable enough yet. We didn't end up getting to sleep until almost 1:00.

We felt rich from our winnings on Sunday morning and overate at the brunch buffet at Cinzetti's. Then I had a three-hour shift working at the community center while she met with a fellow teacher to discuss some action-research. Finally we decided to try something active, although I'll stop short of calling it actual exercise. We took the dogs walking at Shawnee Mission Park. We felt too lazy to cook, so we had dinner at Qdoba (like Chipotle). I'm doing my online stuff while she does homework. I'm contemplating cooking lunch for tomorrow next, then plan to watch Vampire Hunter D on DVD before bed. Here's hoping we get back on a regular sleep schedule, get back on the diet, and have good workouts all week.

Pages read for the reading challenge the last three days: 0
Chapters listened to in Moby-Dick the last three days: 0