Can’t Lose for Winning

Please read Part 1 and Part 2 first

I should have known that Lady Luck wouldn’t be on my side. The signs were all there. I remember telling Cons that I had a bad feeling about

the gambling gods. But I just couldn’t follow my own advice.

I should have known when I arrived at the airport for my 7:00 am flight only to find out that it had been delayed 3 hours…

I should have known when a 7:30 flight on the same airline went out on time and I couldn’t get a standby seat…

I should have known when I went to the bar at 8:00 am only to find out they couldn’t serve liquor until 9:00 am…

I should have known when my plane finally arrived and I got the seat with the 2 year old directly behind me…

I should have known when prior to takeoff this 2 year old kicked the back of my seat approximately 1,000 times…

I should have known when once we got in the air, this 2 year old cried non-stop for 4+ hours…

But then we got to Vegas

And the cab line at the airport was as short as I’ve ever seen it!!!

And video poker at the Bellagio was excellent to me (although John the bartender still makes horrible picks on college football)

And although we frightened everyone at brunch (the guys were eating but I snuck in for the free drinks), flip cup with champagne is one of the greatest games ever!

And then I won an orange guitar!

And I was winning and winning!!! Keep the drinks coming!!!

That was a major problem. No sleep, no food, too many drinks. See, when you’re blacked out. You don’t remember things that happened just minutes before hand. So multiple trips to the ATM seem like they never happened. And you think you’re winning because you have cash. But in reality it’s just cash that you got out of the machine because you were losing so bad.

But then I won every football bet I played on Sunday afternoon!

And I decided to go for it all! I took all my winnings and then took more cash out of the ATM and put it on one game…

Colts vs Chargers. GO PEYTON!

So of course the Chargers return to early kicks and Manning throws 6 interceptions. And I’m broke.

I go to the ATM only to discover that it won’t even let me take cash out anymore (how much have I spent anyway?) I barely have enough cash for the taxi ride to the airport.

At the airport…signs are back…

My 10:00 pm flight back home is delayed 2 hours…

Seat behind me…only crying baby on the flight…

Other than that…fantastic trip! I only wish I could remember more. Can’t wait to go back!