thoughts on vegas

I'm back. The very first thing I want to say about Vegas is that it's hot. No, I mean literally - it never got below 100 degrees and on Sunday it got to 115! It hovered pretty much around 110 the whole time, and I seriously thought I was gonna burst into flames! I will never go back there in the summer!

I will go back again, though. We had a great time! It was nice to meet some fellow scrappers who are now my new friends. All the girls were so nice! I got a lot of scrapping done (12 12x12 pages and 10 cards!) and we got to see a few sights. We went to the strip on Friday night, but we only saw 2 hotels and a few gift shops and the M&Ms World store. (We have an M&Ms World here in Orlando, so I wasn't too impressed.) I really wanted to see the fountains at the Bellagio, but we didn't get there. There were like 12 or 13 of us, and the one girl who lived there was trying to keep us all together, but it just didn't work. Some people wanted to gamble, some wanted to shop, and some wanted to see the sights. But instead of splitting into groups, we stayed in one big group and waited on people while they did their thing. I was a little disappointed that we saw so little of the town, but I didn't let it ruin my trip. Brian and I will go back sometime. In the WINTER.

Here's my overall impression of Vegas: it was a gigantic smoldering cigarette butt with a mountainous backdrop. LOL Seriously, there was so much smoke inside the casinos that I couldn't breathe! And yes, I played the slots! I lost $8 on the quarter slots on Friday night. Then at the airport yesterday morning, I played another $3 on the nickel slots. And I won $12!! So I came back $1 richer! :-)

The flight over there was pretty cool - when it was almost over, we had been flying over deserts and canyons and mountains for awhile. That part of the country is so different from what I see all the time and it's just beautiful. Then suddenly, we flew over this one mountain and there was Vegas and it was HUGE. It was like sudden civilization. Very cool.

The best part of the trip for me was getting home and spending some time with my sweet husband. I missed him in a big way! My car was at Denise's, so when we got to her house from the airport, I drove over to see Brian at work. We talked & snuggled for about 30 minutes and then I headed home. He had to work late (he's on deadline this week and the Nintendo bigwigs are there) so it gave me time to get unpacked and check email and get stuff done at home. I was exhausted and jet lagged, so when he got home around 8:00, we ordered a pizza and a movie - "Rumor Has It." It was good and we enjoyed hanging out together and relaxing on the couch.

I've gotten some of my articles done, and I have nine more to finish by Friday. It won't be a problem and I'll have some extra time to scrap and hopefully meet a new friend for lunch sometime this week. Brian kept the house in pretty good shape while I was gone (he was hardly here!) so there's not a lot to do around here, which is nice!

AND we found out that Marc Broussard will be in Atlanta in August, so we might just plan a quick trip. ;-)