Buffet Blah

I woke up early at five-thirty this morning, which makes sense with the East Coast time I’m accustomed to.   I got a coffee downstairs and then lost some of the money I’d gained from slot machines yesterday.   I went back to the room to find my husband just waking up and got a message from Brek, wanting to know if I wanted to go get breakfast with her.

I love breakfast food so we met and looked at several places and decided to go with one of the casino’s buffets.   I ate a lot, as we were crossing over into the lunch food swap out time and I wanted to try a lot of things.   Full, I headed back to the room.

And then I did a whole lot of nothing,  Boring, blah, and in the bed.   It was nice, not having any responsibilities and nothing I had to get done.  I’m still in the hotel room now, waiting for my husband to get back from the Pinball Hall of Fame, which is the largest collection of pinball machines in the world I think.   They’re all functioning and go back to some of the first pinball machines ever made and you can play them all.   All money collected is donated and pinball enthusiasts volunteer to maintain the machines.

My husband loves pinball machines and we have three of them in our basement.   We both agreed I wouldn’t want to stay as long as he would so I skipped going.  I’ve been twice before and it’s always an experience.  He’s just getting in now, after three hours there.

We have tickets to see Daniel Tosh tonight with some of the friends we’re here with for the race.  The show starts at 4:00PM tomorrow so participants can run along the strip and into the old downtown area at night.   It’s the most sights-driven race I’ve ever done and we enjoy coming back to Las Vegas to participate.

Now we're off to grab some dinner before the show.   And as an aside, happy birthday to my mother, who celebrated yesterday with some of their closest friends.   My daughter remembered it was Mimi's birthday yesterday—she has such a good memory.   It might also be because she knows it’s two days before her own birthday.

The Big Boy Update:  My son’s integrative therapist came to our house today for my son’s session bringing her six-month-old Wheaten Terrier, Theo, with her to meet Matisse.   Theo brought some toys for her and then played with her.   Liz says she’s looking forward to our next puppy play date.

The Tiny Girl Chronicles:  I got a notice on my phone that someone was at the front door this afternoon.  I pulled it up to see my daughter and father-in-law on the porch so I used the option to talk through the doorbell via my phone.   My daughter got her face right up to the camera.   She asked how I knew she was there and if I could see her.   Then we caught up on the dog before she went off on for a walk with Papa.