I’m back. And I thought to myself, “What’s a better way to come back home than to get my non-existent boobs squashed and flattened in a machine?”
So I went to have a mammogram. It was lovely. Thank you for asking.
It also sort of took me down from my high of Viva Las Vegas. I’ve been to Vegas a lot in my life, was even MARRIED IN VEGAS, (yes, that’s right, to my mother’s horror) but this is the first time that I went for reasons other than gambling, seeing a show, hanging by the pool, or getting hitched.
I went solely for the purpose of meeting people that I do not know in real life with the intent of becoming their best friend.
And I did just that. 🙂
I feel like I could write one post a day for the next five to seven days about my 48(ish) hour trip and not run out of things to tell you.
So, with that in mind, I’m just going to start with day one.
My hubby, Hadar, her boyfriend, and I went together. I had mixed feelings about bringing my hubs. I love the guy and all that, but I didn’t want to babysit take care of pay much attention to worry about the possibility of him not having as much fun as me. In hindsight, I’m really glad he was there because he carried my heavy backpack and always got us back to our room and from place to place. I do not have a good sense of direction.
We checked in at The Venetian. Yes, that’s right. THE VENETIAN. Can you say Absolutely Amazing Room that I would not be able to afford on a weekend? I could have lived in that room. Like, for my house. It had a sunken living room complete with a sectional couch and a little mini-office with a PRINTER. I could get ten copies for FREE. Believe me, I was wishing I had some cardstock to start printing up some classroom decor.
The bathroom? TWO SINKS. Separate tub and shower. TV. And a little makeup chair and table that had the coolest makeup mirror ever. I meant to take a picture, but the time that I was all set to do it, my hubby was in the shower. And he was in the mirror. All over the place. There were a lot of mirrors. And no matter what I did, I couldn’t get him out of the picture. So to spare you (and him), I thought I’d take the pic later. And then I forgot. Of course. This is one of the reasons I was afraid to bring him. Obviously.
This makeup mirror was one of those magnified ones and it had four settings with a little light. Evening, Office, Day, and Home. Each setting had a different level of light. Do you have one of these??? I must get one now. Besides looking at my eyeball so up close and personal and pretending I was an optometrist (A? Or B? 1? Or 2?), I LOVED that thing and feel that I must now have one. The setting for Office didn’t work. This made me feel very happy as if it knew I was on summer vacation and did not need to fix my face for school. I’m still confused about the Home setting.
Do you wear makeup around your home? I do, but it’s more of the sleepy dirt and zit cream variety so I didn’t get the Home setting whatsoever at all.
Anywho, as you can tell, I’ve written almost an entire blog post on just checking into our hotel . . .
We went to Gordon Ramsay’s restaurant inside of Caesar’s Palace for Happy Hour and appetizers. We ate the most delicious truffle french fries in some sort of mayo/horseradish/can’t believe I would like it dipping sauce that was to die for!
Then Hadar’s newish blogging buddy, Christi from Crayons and Whimsy joined us. I was not jealous. Really. I wasn’t. Because I promptly made Christi my new blogging buddy, too.
Christi is fascinating because she basically lived the life of The Holiday as Cameron Diaz with a little bit of a twist as a teacher. Seriously. I’m not kidding. You can read all about it on this blog post, but she really and truly traded houses and jobs with an English (from ENGLAND) teacher. I know! And that’s also sort of-kind of how she met her husband who is from IRELAND. As in, Irish. As in, the most adorable accent, even if it’s hard to understand at times. But he came, too, so the boys became fast friends and let us girls talk about glue sticks and rugs and schedules and decor and stinkers and recess duty and high heels and uggs and flip flops.
We went to dinner at an Italian place that was recommended by our taxi driver . . . annnnnnd, turns out, we should have stayed at Gordon Ramsay’s but what are you going to do? We ate the garlic bread anyway and drank the bottomless house wine. I mean, sometimes you just have to live with disappointment, don’t ya know.
Sounds like a fun time so far.
I stayed at the Venetian too. We stayed in a room that was as big as our house at the time. We upgraded, because my husband said how many times can you stay in a room as big as your house.
OOOOOOOOhhhhhh. I know already I am going to love these posts!
It's like reading one of your TV reviews, but this time, you are IN the saga.
Sounds fun so far and I'm excited to read more…
Sending you giant hugs,
Kim
Finding JOY in 6th Grade
Ha! I barely noticed this morning, as I was getting ready to check out, that the mirror actually had settings!! I just turned the knob to make the mirror as bright as possible. But I was wondering about that home setting!! I have to agree with you about that room. And yes, I can say Absolutely Amazing Room!!! I want to stay there again!!!
Kathy
http://coloroutsidelines.blogspot.com
Can't wait to hear more about your trip! You always make your posts come to life and that's why I couldn't wait to hear your recap!
The Polished Teacher
Oh darn you, Kristin! FOMO!!!!!!!!!!
For real, your posts are like a TV show, I can't wait till the next episode to hear about all the fun I missed! 🙂
Karen
Mrs. Jones’s Kindergarten
Cute picture! I'm so glad that you all had fun!!!! I can't wait to hear more about it!
Heidi
Can't wait to hear more about your trip and LOVE the pictures! I'm so jealous of everyone that went!
Erin
Creating & Teaching
What fun! I have never been to Vegas. So jealous of all the shenanigans! Going to look up your new friend now because The Holiday is my all time favorite movie!
Laurie
Chickadee Jubilee
Love reading your thoughts, just love, all I can say…..
Love your posts and can't wait to hear more about the trip!
I want more!!! Love your every word!
🙂
Irene
Learning With Mrs. Leeby
Next time in Vegas try Maggiano's Little Italy at the Fashion Show Mall for Italian. We ate there a couple of weeks ago.
So I'm officially traveling every where with you now so that you can journal every trip for me 😉 Italy next summer? hahah! Love you!!! Just saying!!!
First of all, did you LOVE "the hole in the wall"????? Haven't been there in years, but it used to be sooooooooooooooo yummy!!! It's quite a Vegas landmark to us locals.
Second of all, I'm with you on the meeting people that you only know it cyberspace! I think everyone should have to carry around a foot square piece of posterboard with their button on it!
Hope you had fun! I did!
Bored? How could we be bored! Can't wait for the next post…tell us everything.
Julie:-)
Mrs Stowe's Kinder Cottage
Thanks for the sweet shout out! We just got back today and the hubby is already asking me when he is going to get to see you, Hadar and the boys. We had a blast!
Christy
Crayons and Whimsy
P.S. The first thing I did when I got home was watch The Bachelorette episode we missed!
Reading your blog is the next best thing to being there. I am certainly not bored, jealous, yes, but not bored!!
I would love to go Vegas and meet everyone but I live on the other side of the world. I will keep dreaming and reading your blog!
Your posts are 'THE BEST!'
Rhonda
Classroom Fun
Kristin,
I was waiting all week for your posts. 😉 They just make me smile the entire time. I loved hearing about your trip- and can't wait for more. Yeah- "home setting" -that's not even a real thing! 🙂 Not even jealous- just happy to read. OK- a little jealous- cause that ROOM!!! Oh my.
Thanks!
Carolyn
Kindergarten: Holding Hands and Sticking Together
I'm so sad I didn't go, but at least I can read your updates and pretend I was there!!! LOL!
❀Jodi
Fun In First
Curious to see if you caught up on Big Brother…Love your vacay summary…Looking forward to Day #2 already!
Em
I am living vicariously through everyone who got to go to
Vegas. So keep the posts and pictures coming! I might could have gone if I had brought my hubby….maybe I should not have been so resistant.
Terri Izatt
KinderKapers