I spent my 34th birthday in Vegas with my brother! We had the best time. Bill and the kids drove me to the airport on Friday evening and I flew to Vegas. I took a cab from the airport to the hotel all by myself. This may not seem like a big deal to most of you but it is a BIG deal for me. I was very proud of myself. It also was only my second time in a cab, the first being when I was about 14.
I made it to the hotel about 8:30 and what a swanky hotel it was. We stayed at The Hotel at Mandalay Bay and it was beautiful. I made it to my room, checked it out and ordered room service because I was starving! After I ate my dinner I took a bath in a beautfully big tub! Oh, did I mention that there is a T.V. in the bathroom so I watched supernanny while I bathed...heaven!!
I had a wonderful sleep and woke up raring to go! I decided to venture to the gym in the hotel for a workout. I am so not used to the world of fancy hotels and did not forsee that the gym in the hotel was going to have an additional cost...oh well, I was on vacation! After a great workout and a shower, I thought I would venture out into the hotel in search of coffee while I waited for Dave to arrive.
I found a Starbucks and sat down to enjoy my coffee while also enjoying some people watching. It is amazing the vast variety of people you will see while sitting in a casino: preppy, put together couples, families with strollers, guys(and girls for that matter) that seem to be on the prowl at all hours of the day, and then the couples that are walking around in shorts and t-shirts with buckets of coins for the slots and gigantic drinks!
After my coffee I walked around the casino and was heading back to the room when I ran into Dave coming in the door! He dropped his stuff off in the room and then we were starving so went in search of some food. I was buying Dave lunch for his birthday as his is 8 days after mine. We found a burger place we wanted to eat at but decided to go have a margerita and some chips and guacamole while we waited for our table. I don't know the last time, if ever, that I have had a margerita before 12 in the afternoon! After lunch we went back to the room where Dave took a nap and I rested and read.
Then it was time to get ready for our evening. We got dressed up and headed over to the Venetian where Dave bought me a delicious dinner at the Mario Betalli restaurant. It was soooo yummy! After dessert we walked across the street to the Mirage where we had tickets to see the Cirque De Soliel show LOVE. Neither Dave or I had ever seen a Cirque show before and we were very impressed. It was one of the most intricately timed and preformed shows I have ever seen.
After the show we went to the New York New York hotel where my friend, Will, managaes the ESPN Zone. He bought us a drink while we caught up, it had been about 8 years since we had seen eachother. It was really fun.
The next morning Dave was going to get a massage and I was happy to stay in the room and read and relax. Dave, being the generous big brother that he is, had coffee and breakfast delivered to the room! it was perfect!
After we checked out of the hotel we walked around Vegas for a while and visited a few more hotels. Then we had lunch and took a taxi to the airport. What a wonderful weekend!
My mom and Bella picked me up at the airport and I when we got home a party was waiting for me! I had a yummy dinner, a delicious cake, two homemade cards and some beautiful earrings!
What more could a mama ask for?!?
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