Follow the Bouncing Booger Part 1

Well,since my boss decided to fire me after 3
1/2 years,I figuered now's as good a time as any
to go to Vegas and blow off some steam.It worked,
I feel MUCH better now.When I got home,one of the
messages I had was from,guess who,MY OLD BOSS!!
Seems he has had a change of heart and wants me
to come back to work for him.So I told him I
would have to have a raise in pay if that were to
happen.When I left I was making $22.50hr andtold
him if he wants me back he's going to have to
cough up $30hr,he moaned and groaned but agreed,
then I told him to F**K-OFF AND DIE!!! and I
would'nt go back to work for him if he had the
last machine shop on earth.That put the cap on a
great Vegas trip for me.Enough about me....

I spent the morning of Dec 9 moving my tool box
from work to my house,no easy task,so after about
6 hours of that,I called my favorite lady at the
El Cortez to see if I could get a room for a week
and she said "no problem".So I get cleaned up,
pack my bag,go to Greyhound station and get my
round trip ticket($48)catch the bus at 4:45pm and
I'm on my way.The bus is almost empty so the ride
there is not bad at all.We make our dinner stop
in lovely Barstow and I decide on some KFC then a
little nap for the remainder of the trip.At 11:00
pm the bus rolls up to Lady Luck,walk 1 block to
El Cortez and by 11:20 I'm in my room and ready
to start gambling.I decide I'm to tired to do
any real gambling so I go to the bar and get a
shot of to-kill-ya and a beer.Gee that was GOOD,
so I get another round.I pound the shot down and
take the other beer with me and wander around
Downtown playing nickle slots.I have no idea how
many beers I had,I ran out of fingers and it was
to cold out to take my shoes off so I could keep
track.I do remember going to La Bayou at one
point and having them put a shot of Everclear in
one of my beers,seemed like a good idea at the
time. Nothing happened on the slots but I sure
had a great time,and I spent about $100.00
drinking and playing slots,and I had a roast beef
sandwich at the Golden Gate.Well at this point I
had fooled around so much the sun was coming up
so I headed back to the El Cortez and was VERY
drunk at this point and did a REALLY stupid thing
I walked up to the roulette table and put a $100
on number 27(my birthday)and the wheel starts
spinning,and spinning,I hear the ball drop and
just as I'm ready to go to my room to get some
much needed sleep the lady calls out "number 27"
holy-shit-on-rye-bread!!!!I have to slug myself
in the head to make sure I'm not dreaming,I
would'nt have felt a slap at this point,I JUST
WON $3500!!!Well,now everybody at the table is
cheering and clapping and the pit boss comes over
and wants my players number and asks where I'm
staying.I tell him I'm staying here and I will be
here for a week,and he says I just earned a weeks
free stay there.So I tell him that I'm already
staying here for free but I will think of
something and he says to make sure I charge every
thing to my room.The pit boss escorts me to the
cage and I get my money,then grab a couple
bottles of water and off to bed at about 7:30am.
Are we having fun yet? HELL YES!!!

Tues afternoon I wake up about 2:00pm,not even
hungover,don't ask me why,and spend an hour or so
collecting my brains and off I go.I go downstairs
and into the coffee shop for steak andeggs.Tastes
just like steak and eggs.Today I decide to put
some points on my card and head over to my VP
machine.Over the coarse of about 6 hours I put
$250.00 in the machine playing .25cent 3-play DW.
I rack up a bunch of points on my card and decide
to spend a couple of them on a nice watch for my
roommate.I don't know what else to do with them,
I'm already getting comped full RFB,seems like
the right thing to dver the last two trips I
have racked up alot of points on my card and I
have no idea what I'm going to do with them,it's
still a little early to get Christmas presents
for for this year,I guess I'll think of something
At this point it's about 9:00pm, still to early
to count cards so I decide to go to the Strip and
wander around.I catch the bus and get off at the
Strat and start walking.I don't really do much of
anything,play a few nickle slots here and there,
go to NYNY and get a couple slices of pizza and a
a beer.Before I know it it's 2:30am,so I catch
the bus back Downtown and begin a round of cards.
I make my normal Blackjack rounds,playing red at
the Western and Gold Spike,and I decided to play
green at El Cortez and Binion's this trip.I end
up playing about 5 hours and wind up down $375
for the night,Oh well.Getting hungry so I go to
the coffee shop and have steak and eggs again.On
my way to my room I stop and get a couple of
scoops of ice cream for dessert.It's now about
9:30am and I'm tired from walking so it's time to
get some sleep.

I've got a couple of job interviews today and
it's 2am CA time,so I'm off to bed and will try
to finish this report when I get back.Looks like
it's going to be a long one...More to come...

Booger

[ January 05, 2003, 10:24 AM: Message edited by: Booger ]

 

WOW a crazy drunken bet pays off!! Congratulations! Looking forward to part 2

 

Good luck on the job interview. Job satisfaction is even more important than having a good time in Vegas. Wait! I must be spending too much time at work and not enough time in Vegas! Anyway, hope everything works out.

 

Gee-how did you manage to get fired. Sounds like the fun kinda thing I'd like to do!