Back to life, back to reality...

Well I have been back from my vacation now for one week. And what a vacation it was! I am finally ready to write about all the fun adventures that were had. Hurricane Ivan tried to stop my big plans but he didn't succeed! The adventure began with my fiance', and our favorite couple who were brave enough to go on a week long vacation with us! How many trips have you ever been on where you get in the car and have no idea where you're staying or where you're eating or anything? This is my first experience "flying by the seat of my pants" and I will have to admit it was the best plan or non-plan ever! We got in the car after the men packed up all the suitcases we headed south towards Biloxi, Mississippi. After a 10 hour ride we arrived in the land of casinos. I have never been in a real casino so I was kind of excited about gambling! We were so tired that we just decided to stay at the first hotel that was reasonable and had room available. We found, THE PRESIDENT casino hotel. And boy if I were the president, I would never ever stay there. It was full of elderly, two elevators not in service and decor from the late 70's. Our room even smelled like Grandma's basement.

So we freshen up and head over to the casino. I have never seen such sad and weird people in my life. These people look like they live in the casino and spend all their paychecks here for fun. I had decided to spend $20 tops on whatever I wanted. So I chose the slot machines. I would win $5 then loose $7. My dad had told me that if I wanted to gamble I might as well take my $20 and throw it out the window. And you wonder why I'm labeled a fun killer?! So I realized that gambling is not really my thing. But the casino did offer a quality live band called "THE OASIS" and the female lead singer even played an electric piano/guitar thing just like RockStar Barbie!! What a night. So we heard that the casino offered a quality continental breakfast complete with cereals! Well we ate breakfast packed our bags and headed for New Orleans where Jeremy's idea to pick up literature came in way handy....