my volleyball team on monday night has been talking about going to vegas for months. we finally have managed to organize ourselves and we made the trip out there. it was great fun.
friday night:
i departed san jose after swapping cars so that jenna won’t be left alone near the airport. my mom was afraid that jenna might be stolen if i left her in some dark alley so i swapped her with the pathfinder and left the pathfinder at my dad’s office. i arrived in vegas around 7ish and we ate at the rio seafood buffet.
though this buffet was on the expensive side at about $40, the food was pretty amazing. i ate too much food but i was plenty happy. the feel of vegas was settling in.
after the buffet we got ready to go clubbing and we stopped by a bar for a shot of grey goose. our friend knew the bartender there and the shot of grey goose we got was probably closer in volume to 2.5x a shot. way, way more than a double shot. so we all downed the drink and headed off in our merry way.
that was a lot of vodka.
we managed to get VIP passes to rain at the palms, but they weren’t very VIP. we still had to wait in line, but the wait wasn’t so bad. as i was waiting, i started to feel rather sick. my captain bought me another drink and i started to feel even more sick. i excused myself from the line for a little bit and ran to the bathroom where i proceeded to hurl a good portion of my dinner away. i returned to the line feeling much better. i don’t think anyone knew that i had just worshipped the porcelain throne and gave it an offering.
the rest of the night was good, i felt fine and stayed away from any more alcohol. rain is totally overrated now, the music was bad, and it was way, way overpacked. it was so bad that i couldn’t really move much at all. but still, it was good to be out with the gang.
i was really tired after rain and the gang headed back to the room. as soon as we got to the room, i rested my eyes for a bit. i probably woke up 20 minutes later to discover that a bunch of people had left the room at 3AMish to go out again to gamble. i wanted to gamble too, so i went downstairs looking for them and played a little blackjack. it was a little lonely and boring gambling alone so i went back to the room after i broke even and went to sleep.