Still Sick

I was supposed to go paint my friends nursery on Thursday, but just wasn't up for it. I fell asleep waiting on them. So, I just stayed here. Felt a little better on Friday, but still icky. Finally today Jarrett took me to the doctor. We went to visit Prima Care. Turns out I have an upper respiratory infection. YUCK!!! I did get a Z-pack which is what I was hoping for. Hopefully this will get knocked out soon. Cross your fingers.

Home Sweet Home

Our flight left at 1:55 and for some reason his dad wanted to be checked out by 10:00. He wanted to meet for breakfast at 8:30. Now, without any exaggerations we are only 15 min. from the airport. We finally convinced him to check out later and we felt so rushed that morning. You are able to checkout via tv and he was fine with that. I wanted to look at a gift shop and just felt rushed. The whole morning felt rushed. We got to the airport gate in order to wait two hours before we left. Everyone seemed a little frustrated and ready to go home. My parents picked us up and we returned to a spotless house. So, nice to walk in and everything is clean. Glad to be home, but still feel like crap.

The Plan

The plan for Tuesday was to get up early and head out to the Hoover Dam. As we were finishing getting ready his mom knocked on the door and thought we shouldn't waste a day heading out there and just stick around the strip. So we did. We had a little tour book and went for it. We did almost everything we could. We went and saw the Flamingos and ducks at the Flamingo. We went and saw the tigers at The Secret Garden. They were pretty neat. However, I felt like we were just going from place to place looking at all kinds of animals. The big thing we did was head to the Eiffel Tower. You can actually go up in the tower and eat or go to the very top. So, we did. We got in the elevator with Rosario and headed up. It turned out to be higher than I expected. Boy was it high. I hate heights. I toughed it out and stayed up there. I survived! J and I went down earlier than everyone else and played some slots. It was fun. By this time I was pooped. I was just tired. So, what did we do head off to the Miracle Mile Shops. We finally headed back to the hotel at about 4:30. I slept for an hour and half. It was nice. Everyone else had gone downstairs. Jarrett suggested we go downstairs and play some. So, I searched and searched for the perfect slot machine. Not sure if there really is the perfect one, but we looked anyway. I played a couple of machines and finally found the Double Dragon. It is a penny slot and pretty fun. It is like two games in one. If you land on the two dragons and other piece then you get to fight. If your dragon you pick wins the fight then you have the potential of winning big. I won $24.50 the first time and $25.50 the second time. All in all I won $125. Not too shabby. Still sick though.

The Sickness

So, in the middle of the night I awoke and was freezing. I couldn't get warm. Jarrett put every piece of clothing on me. Still the chills would not go away. That is ok though I awoke in the morning and was drenched from head to toe. I mean soaked. I guess the fever broke. We had breakfast at the Java Cafe. I had a cheese danish and split some fruit with J. We decided to venture out to the south side of the strip to go tour some of the other hotels. We were gone a long time. My feet felt like I had cinder blocks on them all day. Just very tired. I got to sit a little and that was nice. We really didn't do much except just wonder from hotel to hotel. Everyone started getting a little testy with each other since we didn't have any secure plans. Not sure what Justin was thinking would happen since he has been there before. I guess we did see the Lions at MGM. Not exactly what I thought it would be since they were asleep. Jarrett and the other guys rode the roller coaster at New York New York. I won a little money on the slot machines at the MGM I guess about $15. Got back to the hotel around 8 and I fell asleep. The others decided to go back out and I went to bed at 10. I was just beat.

The Start of a Journey

First time I have been on a trip other than with my family in a long time. Now, I am with my new family. Jarrett and I got up at 4:30 in the morning after a 12:45 bedtime. My mom and dad picked us up at 5:30 and we got to the airport promptly at 6:00. We beat the other half of our group so that is good. To our surprise it was packed that early in the morning. I figured it might be crowded due to spring break, but didn't think that early in the morning. Our flight left at 7:15, so I figured we had time. Terminal D was crazy crowded. We did the self-check which takes a bit of time. They didn't call our name until 6:30. Just took longer than expected especially since they were calling others ahead of us that checked in after us. We then headed to the TSA line and realized we were doomed. At 7:00 we made it through the line. We had to hurry to our flight. We were not the only ones that got caught. We found our seats and were sitting on the bulkhead. Fine by me. I always have extra leg room. : ) Before we took off the pilot informed us that he had some log booking to do. Not sure what he needs to log at 7:10, but if he has to do it he has to do it. Meanwhile the aircraft maintenance was on board. Luckily for nothing too severe. Just the overhead screens were not working.
At 7:20 a lady and two kids get on the plane. The little girl Abby is supposed to be sitting next to Jarrett. Jarrett was excited due to the large amount of space he would not have to share. The mom said, "Abby do you want to sit here? Oh, ok no then in the back. I will sit here." Jarrett's reaction was quite funny. He smiled and said yeah the big lady is going to sit next to me. Unfortunately Abby's mom went to the back and took someone's seat. So we sat next to David. David was on a family trip but was flying standby. Very interesting to talk to. Jarrett did most of the talking since he was sitting next to him. Mid-flight I went to use the restroom. We were definitely closer to the front, so I headed up there. The last person in there had pulled a homedepot. YUCK!! As I came out the flight attendant told me that if I had to use the lavatory again to use the one in the back so that there is not a wait. I said I wasn't waiting. She went on to say that the pilot sad that this lavatory is for first class. Kind of rude. The first class was using our restroom. I mean when we land we will still be using the same restroom. Doesn't matter whether they paid more for a ticket.
So we landed and got a car and tried to go to Hoover Dam. It was crazy crowded due to the construction that was going on. We decided to come back another day. So we headed back to Vegas and went to downtown. We ate at the Golden Nugget and walked through all of the casinos down there. Went and played Roulette at the Plaza and I actually won $15. Surprised I did since at one point I was down to $5. I turned that 5 into 35. : ) We went outside and watched the light show. Very cool. After a long day of travel and night out we finally headed to the hotel.

Getting ready for a trip.

For some reason getting ready for a trip is like getting ready for a substitute. You do so much preparation ahead of time just to realize that you did more than you actually needed. When I go on a trip I like to come home to a spotless house. Not sure why that is, but just never like to leave without cleaning. Probably why I stayed up until 1:30 a.m. on my wedding night eve. Thanks Julia for staying and helping. Nothing like a friend to trudge through your most personal aspects of life. You know they are a real friend if they do that. She doesn't know how helpful that really was. Thanks Julia Goulia your awesome! So, J is cleaning the dishes and I am about to start laundry. We will see how early we get in bed. We have to be up at 4:30 a.m. to be at the airport at 6 and our ride is picking us up at 5:30. If is was my way and I was single I would probably get up at 5. Guess I better get up a wee bit earlier, now that I have a husband. He will make sure I am up.