I took last Friday off and spent the long weekend in Las Vegas. I have been to Vegas many times in my life, but none of those times were as fun, relaxing or unusually unpredictable as this one. Normally a Vegas vacation involves casinos, inhaling other peoples smoke in casinos, listening to other people gamble in casinos, tactfully avoiding looking at half-naked women in casinos and sleeping in questionably sanitary conditions. Had you told me before this weekend that the popular side of Vegas (the Strip) was really just the ugly step-sister of the real Vegas, I would have thought you were as insane as an obsessed Carrot Top fan. (Does Carrot Top even have fans?)
The proof, however, is in the pudding. I spent 3 solid days in Vegas without even stepping on the Strip. My weekend consisted of amazing food (In-N-Out), amazing music (The Beatles on vinyl), amazing friends, and naps. I was in bed long before the stroke of midnight every night, and I even got to go to a park, lay out a blanket and sleep under a tree in 80 degree weather. Now I know you’re jealous.
As great as the trip was, it wasn’t lacking in unfortunate circumstances. It’s typical that after a near-perfect long weekend that the diarrhea demon would come a-knockin’ on our door. I think nearly everyone in the car, at one point or another, struggled with a bad case of the runs. Nothing is worse than sitting in a car with the feeling that you’ve got a family of squirrels jumping around in your stomach in a fight over the last walnut of the season. It kind of puts a damper on things, while adding an unsolicited dose of excitement to the journey. Needless to say, I’m glad we’re home.
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I didn’t get sick in the same way as you Nate, but i’m pretty sure we all had definite issues this weekend. Lol. I hope you are feeling better.
