I was awake at 5:00 am as always except this morning I did not need to be up that early. My head was pounding and I went to the medicine cabinet to take some Excedrin for the headache. I laid back down and slept for about an hour more…but when I woke up my head was still hurting.
That told me that it was time to get up turn the coffee on and get this one underway. I am hoping that today will be sunny and warm so I can do some of the outside chores I have lined up. Yesterday was windy and overcast and I really cannot get motivated on those kind of days.
This morning my plan is to go to the Casino and eat breakfast. I will order me an omelet and some orange juice. After I eat I am taking my lucky $5.00 bill to the slots to see how long I can play. I try not to spend more than $5.00 a day gambling when I am at the Casinos. Most of the time the parking is free so Sherri takes her share of the camping site budget and I take $5.00 and we entertain ourselves. We are so ingenious when it comes to stretching the budget.
I got all the way over to the casino and had forgot my card, which I needed to get the discount on the breakfast. So first thing I had to go to the desk and get me another card and then back to the buffet line. Well there was no line so I was seated real fast and soon found myself in the omelet line. I ordered an omelet with everything except the peppers and olives. Man was it good. I had a tall glass of orange juice to go with that and when I got through I was packed just right. Not too full and ready for the slot tour.
I walked up stairs to the 2nd floor and found me a slot that looked like it would pay off. I slipped my $5.00 in and soon I was up .50 cents…time to cash out. I got up all the way to $6.00 dollars in about an hour and then it was time to get crazy and I started betting 3 lines at a pop. Soon I was back down to my original $5.00 and once more it was time to cash out and head home. WOW…two hours of excitement for $0.00. You can’t ask for more than that.
I was reading my mentors journal today…
http://www.wanderingamerica.com/index.html He was saying something about attending a men’s Fellowship….here it is…
I started the day with a men's fellowship group at Dick Bishop's house. We are watching a video series by John Eldridge entitled "Wild at Heart" which deals with men re-establishing their masculinity (his assumptions are that somewhere men have lost it to women but, I'm not buying it - it's made him a lot of money though). Oh well, the video is well done and they do some neat "men" things
I am right there with Darrell…where does this guy get off thinking that men are loosing their masculinity?
Oh well I did not stay on the computer long. I had house work to do before Sherri arrives tomorrow. I had to clean the bathroom and do the laundry. I must think up something for diner tonight and tomorrow so Sherri wont have to cook. Gee I better vacuum the house and get the dishes done so I will have time to darn some of those socks of mine that I have been meaning to get to for some time….
To think that guy talks about men’s masculinity! What does he know anyway.
That is about it for this day here in Shreveport. I think tomorrow I will do another breakfast and see how long I can stretch that $5.00 again. Maybe I will hit the big one…
Somewhere in Time
5 comments:
Best way to darn socks?? Hold em over the trash can, saying "darn darn darn" and drop em in! LOL
Two hours for $5.00? WOW!
Two weeks ago we went to Atlantic City. We do that about every other year and allow ourselves $20.00 each. Well 15 minutes and $40.00 later we were headed home.
Phyllis
You have to be playing the penny machines. More time on less money.
Joe, back away from the pink things.
When your pink things start outnumbering your blue things you could be in danger of losing your masculinity. LOLOLOLOL
Its the best thing that ever happened in this century IMHO. :) Men, listen to Joe. He can wear an apron and still be a man. :)
Now get back to work, you have dinner to put on. :P
Wild at Heart is a great book. I'd love to hear what you think of it next time we get the chance to meet up. Would also like to get a few tips on Mexican Train...
kind of reminds me of our stint earlier this summer at Santa Fe Habitat for Humanity where one guy asked me where I got that girly hammer? I know it is not a full fledged 22 oz framing hammer but I didn't think it was 'girly' hammer... Only thing I could think of was to answer, "I got it out of the kitchen drawer where all the rest of my tools are..."
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