VEGAS BABY!!!!

Some day I will learn that I just can't handle traveling with Courtney...LOVE HER TO DEATH!!! But I can't travel with her! The next time I say I am going to go on a trip with her someone lock me in a closet until I come to my senses!!!

So here we go...off to Vegas...Mind you this is my first time going and will be the last time I go with her! I am not saying that I am all that...but I am not, thankfully as high maintenance as she is...and will never be as hung up on appearances...now everyone...the big question here is she wonders why she can't find a man!

Wednesday...the 2nd...I get to her house at 4:30 am because Ben dropped me off on his way to work...she is still not packed...there is a pile of clothes and makeup on the floor next to her bag that I am thinking there is NO WAY she is going to fit all of that into her suitcase...I was right by the way...and she is still doing her hair. NOW...I am not saying that you shouldn't care about how you look but at 6am when you have to sit in an airport all day and have a 4 hour flight...slack up a little...you don't need the full makeup job when...and I quote...I just know I am going to have to wash my face when we get there because it always makes my skin feel nasty...so just opt for the basics...she finally gets packed and our ride to the airport shows up and we are off...Those of you who know me know I have some health issues and things that affect me in bad ways...I have arthritis in my back and knees due to the accident and not caring how I was sliding into second base for four years worth of softball, I get migraines in the sun due to another softball injury to my eye, I get hives on my face when I get stressed and my blood sugar is always low...meaning I have to eat small meals about every three hours...Courtney will go days without eating and thinks that having to eat on any sort of schedule is just ridiculous...you see where I am going with this right...SO WE Get to the airport and head to have breakfast before we take off...I got eggs and bacon...I figure load up on protein so I don't crash as fast and I get this...can't we just have a bagel and be fine...Our flight had a two hour delay...had I not had eggs for breakfast I may have shoved her off the Jet Way...we finally get to Vegas and she needs to get changed and fix her hair and makeup...because and again I quote...She cares about how she looks...oh yeah she said it...so two hours later we are all set to leave the hotel room and head about town and to the Haunted Las Vegas Tour we had signed up to go to...in the worst section of town they could have possibly found...we finally found the EK IS after an hour of Tram and walking time...it was actually supposed to be the Greek Isles Hotel...very nasty little hotel. Saw Wayne Newtons House and that's about it...the night was uneventful but fun...we walked so much I though my feet were going to fall off...got back to the hotel around 12am

Thursday...the 3rd...we get up and I wait and wait and wait while Courtney does her hair and makeup and then gets impatient with me because I want to get food before I find a way to push her out our hotel window...because again she would be fine just getting a bagel...I am seeing now that when traveling with Courtney you need to have a plan...can't just play it by ear because she has in mind things that she wants to do and gets upset and pouts when she doesn't get to do them. So were going off and about...we make a reservation for dinner that night and reserve a car for Friday because we wanted to go out and see Hoover Dam and go to this Red Rock place that the drunk women on the plane said we had to see. Which I was fine with...so we're off...shop a little...grab a snack...then head back to the hotel to sit by the pool for a little bit before we head to dinner. By pure luck we made it in time for our reservation had a great dinner then hit the clubs...We went to a really fun outdoor club and met four great guys!! Had way to much fun and WAY to much to drink...carried Courtney back to the hotel at 6am...way fun!!! Found out later the guys stopped by our hotel to hang out and we missed them...Courtney was so glad that we didn't know they were there because she didn't want them in our room and couldn't believe that they had shown up...note that remark for later it will prove interesting...I wish I had known...I had a great time...they were SO nice and all married and basically harmless :)

Friday...the 4th...remember we had rented a car for the day...yeah...Courtney didn't crawl out of bed until 11am...wasn't ready to leave the hotel until 2pm...we finally got to Hoover Dam at 4pm and NEVER got to go hiking at Red Rock...She was pissed! again because it was something she wanted to do and we didn't get to it. We ended going back to the hotel and getting ready to head out for the night...I got dressed fixed my hair, touched up my makeup...she was mad because none of the 25 shirts she packed were good enough to go out in then at 7:00 she says I need to lay down for a while...why don't you head to the casino for a while and I'll call you when I'm ready...at 8:20 she comes down stairs to leave... all upset because she got sick after the night before and really didn't want to go out but sulked along just because I wanted to go...I wanted to hit the clubs again because it was our last night in town and I wanted to have some fun....we went to a couple of bars and ran into the guys from Thursday night again...who she tried to duck the minute she saw them...because she would die if they saw her!! I ended up making sure we said hi because, again, they were very nice and had bought us a few drinks the night before and I thought it would be rude to just leave and not say thanks for that...at 2am I thought we should head back to the hotel because she was still not having any fun...almost got hit by a car trying to get this creepy old guy to quit following us back to the hotel...made it back there and went to bed :)

Saturday...the 5th...our flight doesn't leave until 10pm!!! so we had ALOT of time to kill before the flight...spent 4 hours by the pool...got a little pink Probably the only person in MI with a natural sun burn!!! :) Went out to grab a few souvenirs that we didn't want to deal with earlier in the week...had to listen to her complain the whole time because she had to bring along all of her makeup, hair stuff, lotions and CRAP...so she could fix her hair after we went to the pool...I thought that's why she brought her hat!! anyway...our shuttle to the airport picked us up at 7:30 we sat at the airport going over our photos :) and our flight home left early...Got back to the big D 20 minutes ahead of schedule...and we all survived!!

Now I will say that I am sure that she is complaining about me to her friends at work because I am not as patient as I once was when it comes to some things...That being People who can point out all of your faults but not accept their own...people who can't chew with their mouth shut...people who insist that their way is the only way...and people who ask for advice then don't want to hear it...and my nephew who does things just because he knows it irritates me. I am not super good looking but I think I do ok with what I have. I am a genuinely nice person who loves to meet new people and make friends. There is just something about traveling with someone who is the exact opposite that makes me a crazy person.

I want to go back to Vegas soon and maybe see more of the city and do all the cheesy touristy crap...in general not bad for my first trip there, definitely won't forget any of it!!!!