More Las Vegas Pictures

More views from our room, these came out a bit better than the first batch

This is a little pond/waterfall on the walkway that goes around all the pools

The same walkway, near one of the hotel convention centers

Las Vegas pictures

Our hotel

South Lagoon Pool, the only one open in the winter

Mountains

Some of these palm trees were huge!

The path around the outside of the pool

Shauna

Funny conversation with Shauna today:

Shauna: "It sounds like Las Vegas is fun."

Me: "Well, it's really more for adults than kids. I'm not sure how much fun kids would have."

Shauna: "Yeah because they have gambling."

Me: "Yes, but Dad and I don't gamble, so we are really just relaxing."

Shauna: "Oh, I know you and Dad don't gamble. Not after Dad gambled that time and lost
six dollars!"

Another Shauna conversation:

Shauna (after calling yesterday to tell me she took her temperature and it was 98.4): "My temperature is 97.5. Don't worry, I'll take it again tomorrow and call you and tell you what it is."

Quote of the Day

Mike: "Well, don't wear a bra."

Me: "I don't want to trip."

68 Degrees

That was the temperature here today, as I sat by the pool and read a book. Pure Heaven!

I'm too tired to blog and don't have internet most of the time so I'm keeping notes on what I want to blog about when I get a chance. We're having a great time and it sounds like CUP is playing the Mommy at home pretty well. I talked to him earlier today and he was actually making grilled cheese sandwiches! His motto is that he won't make anything that can't be microwaved, so that was quite a surprise.

The trip here

The trip here was good, but LONG. I was so exhausted and in pain last night that I didn't even have the energy to blog. I had to have Mike go back and edit for me because I published two posts (one accidentally) where I typed in Last Vegas and I didn't even notice it! Good thing Mike was with it. I had to do a TON of walking in the airports, carrying a heavy carry on suitcase, with no wheels, plus my heavy purse. Normally that wouldn't be much of a problem, but since the torn hamstring has still been hurting every day, I haven't walked much lately, so it was very hard on my poor muscles, although good for them in the long run, I'm sure. By the time I got here, both my hamstrings were killing me, as well as a bunch of other muscles.

Since I was tired, in pain, and really hungry, I was pretty cranky. I was really overwhelmed by everything, also, just being away from the kids, traveling all day, seeing Las Vegas for the first time, etc. I felt like crying, even though I was really happy and excited to be here. I felt sorry for Mike because he was looking forward to me arriving and then I think he probably wanted to send me back once I got here! Although, I have to give him credit for being patient and not getting cranky back at me. I felt a little better after we had some delicious burgers for dinner, but not much. I didn't get to bed until 2:30 am (my time) and then I woke up every few minutes all night. I'm only up now because I wanted to blog before Mike and his computer go off to work.

I started working on a baby afghan that I'm crocheting for one of Mike's co-workers on the flight from Chicago to LV. What a disaster! I've been crocheting since I was 9 and I can pretty much follow any pattern because I've done a lot of it and I'm really good at it. I picked an afghan that seemed to be what I would consider a middle of the road pattern, not too easy, not too hard. Wrong! I had so much trouble with this pattern, ugh. I was on the plane for about 4 hours and I still only have one row done and I'm pretty sure I have to re-do that one because something is wrong. This pattern is really poorly written and hard to follow, but I'm insisting on getting it right. I must have torn out the first and second rows at least 10 times each and I still can't get it to work. I'm going to spend some more time on it today and I hope I can get it to work. If not, I'm just going to have to switch to something different, I guess.

I will try to post again later tonight, if I have time. Mainly because if I don't blog about what happens right away, I'll forget!

My view this morning

This was so much better in person. The sunrise was a beautiful green color as it came over the mountains.

The front of our hotel

Another view of the sunrise

Sunrise

These didn't come out great, since I had the reflection from the window, but you get the idea!